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Mission Statement

    The mission of the doctoral program in social welfare is to train research oriented scholars to advance the field of social welfare and social work practice through research and knowledge development. The purpose of the program is to provide students with the necessary expertise, both substantive and methodological, that will enable them to assume leadership roles in academic, social welfare policy and social work practice settings.

    To achieve that mission, all doctoral students are required to develop advanced knowledge and expertise in three interrelated areas: a) a substantive area of social welfare; b) social and behavioral science knowledge applicable to the substantive area; and c) research methods. Expertise in a substantive area of social welfare provides the foundation for advanced research in that area; social and behavioral science knowledge provides the theory and the empirical findings needed to understand the causes, dynamics and outcomes of the subjects and processes addressed by social welfare; and research competence is necessary to conduct the empirical research needed to advance knowledge.

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