Student Resources

When you graduate, you are licensure eligible and can apply for your Ohio social work license. The first-time pass rate for students taking the Ohio social work license exam over the last two years is 77.1%. For licensure information, see the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board.

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world. It works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies.

Miami’s undergraduate social work program is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). The Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) requires social work programs to provide student assessment data to the public. This is one part of the 2008 Educational Policies and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) and the overall movement to make curriculum competency-based with the ongoing assessment of student performance. CSWE articulates ten broad competencies and forty-one specific practice behaviors for social work students to acquire. All social work programs are required to assess student performance and use this information in an ongoing fashion to improve the curriculum.

Study Abroad

FSW Faculty are regularly involved in study abroad/away opportunities. Please check back for further information as programs are available.

For more study abroad/away opportunities, please visit Global Initiatives.

Organizations for Social Workers

• National Association of Social Workers
• National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics
• Council on Social Work Education
• Society for Social Work and Research
• National Council on Family Relations
• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
• Society for Research on Adolescence
• Society for Research in Child Development
• National Council on Aging
• Public Children Services Association of Ohio
• Child Life Council
• Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Ohio Department of Job & Family Services
• State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board
• FSW Student Organizations

Student Handbook

Rights and Responsibilities

The Social Work Handbook covers a variety of information related to policies and procedures that students will follow as part of the Social Work program.

In the handbook, you can expect to find information related to:

• Admission
• Required courses
• Advising
• And other student resources

For a copy of the current Social Work Student Handbook, please contact the BSW program director directly via socialwork@MiamiOH.edu.