As part of NYU’s Global Network University, students have several opportunities to participate in global learning programs. Through immersion in local culture and society, our global learning opportunities developed by faculty provide students with the ability to examine social policy and social work practice as well as contemporary social, political, and economic issues from a global perspective while gaining a deeper understanding first hand of diverse cultures.
Global Learning
Through an international lens, students can focus on advanced clinical theory; engage with communities to conduct assessments of health and social welfare issues; and examine direct practice; and study social justice and social movement, global mental health, and trauma. Several study abroad options allow for language immersion and residing with local families. Through the global experience, students are encouraged to reflect on social conditions and the multicultural values, ethics, ideologies, and approaches used in social work practice.
Undergraduate students can enroll in some of the global programs housed at the Silver School—Costa Rica; Washington, DC; and Paris—and have additional options available in Ghana and Buenos Aires.
The Legislative Advocacy course in Washington, DC, was instructive and empowering. Through informative lectures and meetings with congressional staff on Capitol Hill, students experienced the important role that social workers can play in the legislative process. Even if your focus is micro- or mezzo-level social work, your takeaway will be that all of us can make a difference on the macro level."
- Judith Rosen, MSW '13
- Judith Rosen, MSW '13
Opportunities for Alumni and Other Social Work Professionals
We invite applications to participate in global learning courses on a selected basis and at a reduced cost. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Eileen Wolkstein.
Open House
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