Social Work

Bois Forte Distance Learning Site Highlights

• All required social work courses are delivered on the Bois Forte reservation or via distance-education strategies.
• Small class size allows for increased personal attention and student support by faculty.
• The program accepts Minnesota transfer credits in a seamless plan through community college partnerships.
• Depending on the number of college transfer credits, students may complete the program on a full-time basis in three or four semesters. Students may enroll in either fall or sprign semesters on a ful or part-time basis. Some courses are sequenced and require fall enrollment.
• The program offers course planning that relates to students with paraprofessional backgrounds.
• There are course electives in areas of child and family welfare, aging, immigration, and child/adolescent mental health.
• The program is designed to meet the needs of adult learners through convenient course scheduling and creative teaching methods.
• There are opportunities for full or part-time study.
• St. Scholastica has a special commitment to addressing the needs of American Idians.

Contact:
Cynthia Donner, Bois Forte Program Coordinator
(218) 625-4924 or (800) 447-5444 ext. 4924
cdonner@css.edu

There are more than one half million social workers practicing in the U.S.today.
Of these, only about 0.2 percent are American Indian.
The employment market for social workers is strong.