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for California State University, Fresno.
School of Health and Social Work
The primary mission of the School of Health and Social
Work is to provide professionally oriented education at the baccalaureate
level and to provide graduate programs in specialized disciplines related
to health and human services. As a major academic unit in a comprehensive,
regional university, the school is unique and important in educating health
and human services professionals for the San Joaquin Valley. The school
cooperates with other units of the university to provide a comprehensive
curriculum required to effectively prepare qualified professionals.
The school provides an especially important leadership role in community
services through participation of its faculty in organizations, boards,
and a variety of agencies; by conducting workshops, symposia, in-service
education and applied research. The school is also committed to the continuing
education and the professional development of health and human services
providers.
The academic disciplines of communicative sciences and disorders, gerontology,
health science, nursing, physical education and human performance, physical
therapy, recreation administration and leisure studies, and social work
education within the school seek to foster interdisciplinary-holistic education
for future health and human services providers.
The School of Health and Social Work
McLane Hall, Room 191
(559) 278-4004
Acting Dean: Benjamin Cuellar
The School of Health and Social Work includes the departments of Communicative Sciences
and Disorders, Health Science, Nursing, Physical Education and Human
Performance, Physical Therapy, and Social Work Education. Gerontology
and Recreation Administration and Leisure Studies
are integral programs of the school.
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