School of Social Work records

Record Group

Identifier: UA-16.112

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains brochures about the department, brochures about conferences and programs, newsletters, report of student research projects for 1952 through 1959, a bibliography for graduate curriculum, an essay by Walter Friedlander, and materials about the Surviving the Coming Zombie Apocalypse course.

Dates

Creation: 1951 - 2014

Creator

Michigan State University. School of Social Work (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Historical Note

Classes in social service were first offered in 1921 in the Home Economics department at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). In 1930 courses were offered in the Department of Sociology. The Department of Social Work was created in 1944, and by 1951 a two year masters program was offered. The department was expanded into the School of Social Work in 1955. In 1969 the School began offering a Ph.D. program. Currently the school is administered by the College of Social Science.