Areas of Expertise

BUSSW offers exciting opportunities for students to gain knowledge and apply skills in many current and emerging areas of practice:

• Children, Youth, and Families
• Communities, Organizations, and Development
• Gerontology
• Health and Disability
• Social Work in the Global Community
• Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS
• Trauma and Mental Health

We hope you explore these specialty areas to learn about our faculty’s expertise, current research projects, and program specializations and course electives for graduate and post-graduate students. Our Field Education department provides students with internship opportunities in these areas of practice. Our faculty are nationally and internationally recognized for their contributions to research, practice, and policy in these contemporary areas.

To learn more about the research that our faculty are doing, take a look at our Research & Practice bulletin.