College of Natural and Social Sciences
Department of
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL WORK
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE MAJOR
SOCIAL WORK MAJOR
The Social Work Program is accredited at the baccalaureate level by the Council on
Social Work Education (CSWE).
- Joseph Carlson, Chair
- Professors: J. Carlson, Gilbert
Associate Professors: Brown, Siedschlaw
Assistant Professors: Sasse, Wiersma
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Department Objectives
Criminal Justice
- To provide a broad academic and multidisciplinary background for students majoring in
Criminal Justice;
- To prepare students of high character and ethical standards for leadership positions
within the employment areas of law enforcement, corrections, probation, parole, private
security, and the courts;
- To assist students in gaining employment within paralegal and criminal law career
fields;
- To cultivate in students a realistic awareness of present and historical trends of crime
and criminal methodology;
- To stimulate an awareness of deviant and abnormal human behavior of concern to criminal
justice practitioners;
- To acquaint students with current literature and research pertaining to the
administration of justice.
Criminal Justice General Information:
At least 15 hours (5 courses) of upper division credit in
criminal justice must be taken from UNK.
- Maha Younes, Social Work Program
Director
- Associate Professors: Cook-Fong, Younes
Senior
Lecturer: Panter
Department Objectives
Social Work
- Apply critical thinking skills to generalist social work practice.
- Support and uphold professional standards, values, and ethics.
- Employ generalist practice skills in a way that is sensitive to diverse,
oppressed, and at-risk populations.
- Demonstrate the professional use of self.
- Understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and the strategies of
change that advance social work and economic justice.
- Understand the history of the social work profession and its current
structures and issues.
- Utilize a strengths perspective; employ a planned change approach that
reflects assessment, goals, alternative strategies that lead to effective
intervention on individual, group, environmental, and societal levels.
- Assist and empower people to develop and use problem solving, coping, and
networking capacities.
- Apply knowledge of bio-psycho-social variables that affect individual
development and behavior.
- Identify and assess interactions of people within their social
environment.
- Analyze the impact of social policies on client systems, workers, and
agencies.
- Evaluate the extent to which the objectives of planned change efforts are
achieved.
- Evaluate research studies and apply findings to practice.
- Use communication skills differentially with a variety of client.
- Under supervision, function within the structure of organizations and
service delivery systems and seek necessary organizational change.
- Link people with and assist in the development of resources, services, and
opportunities.
- Understand the dynamics of rural communities.
The Social Work Program is accredited at the baccalaureate level by the
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
The Department does not grant academic credit for life experience or
previous work experience.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE MAJOR
Two degree options are available in the department.
- Criminal Justice Comprehensive Major-Bachelor of
Science Degree
- Criminal Justice Major-Bachelor of Science Degree
The Criminal Justice
minor is available for
students pursuing majors in other disciplines.
Courses with the prefix CJUS are offered by the
department.
SOCIAL WORK MAJOR
Social Work Comprehensive - Bachelor of Science Degree
The Social Work minor
is available for
students pursuing majors in other disciplines.
Courses with the prefix SOWK are offered by the
department.
