Social Work
Department of Social Sciences: (361) 698-1228
The Social Work Program prepares students to work at the micro, mezo and macro spheres of practice. Social workers work with children, families, immigrants, refugees’ communities and organizations and have a role in policy. Social workers are hired at a variety of social service agencies and they can be found at schools, behavioral health centers, drug and alcohol treatment centers, state and local governments. Forensic social workers can be found at jails, prisons and psychiatric hospitals for the criminally insane.
The Social Work Program offers an Associate of Arts (AA) degree in Social Work. Additionally, the program includes the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Field of Study in Social Work course curricula for transfer to an upper-level higher education institution program in this field.