Department of Social Work Records

Collection

Identifier: UA 0008.0007

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the official records that reflect the history and activities of the Department of Social Work, 1974-2015. A majority of the material relates to accreditation reports prepared for the Council on Social Work Education for both the undergraduate degree program and the Joint Master of Social Work Program between The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. The collection also includes annual reports published by the Department, brochures with general information about the Department, degree proposal requests, a five year department review, newsletters, and an archive of the department's website

Dates

1974 - 2021

Creator

Department of Social Work (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is retained by the creators of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information. Please see our Sensitive Materials Statement.

Biographical or Historical Information

Social work courses at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro were originally taught under the auspicious of the Department of Sociology. In 1972, Mereb Mossman helped to plan and create a joint Social Work Program with North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. It was fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education in 1973.

One of the reasons social work branched off into its own program was due to the increasingly stringent professional accreditation requirements for social work instruction that did not fit well with the Department of Sociology's liberal arts curriculum. Also, a majority of the Department's majors were focused on social work; however, they were being taught by sociologists.

The program became the Department of Social Work in 1980 and in 1987, the Department left the College of Arts and Sciences to join the School of Home Economics (now the School of Human Environmental Sciences). In 1997, the Department implemented a collaborative master's degree graduate program in social work with North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

Extent

4.84 Linear Feet (9 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

In 1980, the Department of Social Work was established from the Social Work Program in the Department of Sociology. Currently it is part of the School of Human Environmental Sciences.

The records of Department of Social Work contains accreditation applications, brochures, degree proposals, newsletters, and an archive of the department's website which document the activities of the Department from 1974-2015.

Arrangement Note

The arrangement scheme for this collection was imposed during processing in the absence of a useable original order. This collection is arranged into three Series. Series 1 and 2 are arranged in alphabetical order while Series 3 is arranged in chronological order. Series 1: General Files, 1974-2015 Series 2: Joint Master of Social Work Program, 1987-2003 Series 3: Annual Reports, 1977-2003 Additional unprocessed materials are also included.

Method of Acquisition

Periodically transferred from the Department of Social Work.

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