PLNU’s social work program is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), which emphasizes service-oriented, evidence-based learning that prepares students for professional practice. CSWE accreditation gives you the opportunity for advanced standing in master of social work (MSW) programs. Having advanced standing leverages your bachelor’s degree in social work, and allows you to earn an MSW in about one year.
BACCALAUREATE SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM
ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
2020 Report (as of June 12, 2020)
CSWE Accreditation Standard AS 4. B
4.0.2 The program provides summary data and outcomes for the assessment of each of its competencies, identifying the percentage of students achieving the benchmark.
4.0.4 The program uses Form AS 4 (B) to report assessment outcomes to its constituents and the public on its website and routinely up-dates (minimally every 2 years) these postings.
All Council on Social Work Education programs measure and report student learning outcomes. Students are assessed on their mastery of the competencies that comprise the CSWE accreditation standards. These competencies are dimensions of social work practice that all social work professional training. A benchmark is set by the social work programs for each competency. An assessment score at or above that benchmark is considered by the program to represent mastery of that particular competency.
NOTES:
- This report is as of June 12, 2020 with scores for 2 students pending and incomplete scores for 1 item. These students are completing the remainder of field placement hours during summer. As a result, final evaluations are not yet available.
- In addition to these competency measures, the PLNU program prepares a supplemental report for foundational knowledge content and basic academic capacities for oral language, written communication, and critical thinking.
- * The 2020.6.14.20 compiled data report provides the detail and summary of original data sources, including cross reference to prior competencies used for WASC.
- Applied practice items – Competencies 8 and 9 were only partially achieved. Direct practice is field was impacted by COVID restrictions in Spring 2020.
