The Department of Social Work is fully committed to the University's Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity policies and procedures.  The formal admissions process of the Department of Social Work, along with all other aspects of the Department, is designed to provide an academic and administrative environment in which understanding of and respect for human diversity, including age, class, color, disability, ethnicity, family structure, gender, gender identity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation is practiced.  The Department's admissions practices operationalize the University's non-discrimination and affirmative action policy which can be found at http://www.bsu.edu/legal/

In addition, the Department of Social Work follows the university's Sexual Harassment and Consensual Sexual and Romantic Relationships policies which views sexual harassment as a form of illegal sex discrimination.  The full text of the University's Sexual Harassment policy can be found at http://www.bsu.edu/legal/article/0,1375,24288-4086-8479,00.html and the Policy of Consensual and Romantic Relationships can be found at http://www.bsu.edu/legal/article/0,1375,24286-4086-39085,00.html

Lastly, all departmental and program practices are subjected to the non-discrimination and affirmative action standards embodied in the Council on Social Work Education's  Education Policy Statement  http://www.bsu.edu/socwk/article/0,,53117--,00.html  and the professional standards found in the National Association of Social Work's Code of Ethics

Inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy should be referred to the Director of University Compliance (765) 285-5162.