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About

Introduction
1.The Graduate Institute of Social Work (GISW) was established in 2005. Our mission is to train students of Master of Social Work (MSW) to become future professional social workers focusing on family and social work value.
2.The MSW program has strong faculty who are experts in various areas, such as children, youth, women, aging, and family. Our faculty members provide state-of-the-art knowledge and skills to meet diverse learning needs among our students.
3.When students are doing their field practicum and completing their master’s theses, we emphasize on connecting and integrating theoretical frameworks with social work practice to meet the needs of the practice-oriented development of professional social work.
4.The MSW program actively reflects to the globalization of education and highly values interdisciplinary study. The GISW team builds students’ culture competency, connects students with various educational resources, and encourages them to do international field practicum.

Instructional Goals and Objectives
1.To train professional social workers in family social work.
2.To integrate knowledge of social work theory and practice.
3.To promote interactions between social work practice and academia.
4.To increase teaching and research exchanges in the global context.