Online Bachelor of Arts in Community Advocacy & Social Policy

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Organizing social change in the community

The Bachelor of Arts in Community Advocacy and Social Policy through the School of Social Work is designed to offer you the opportunity to explore issues of diversity, oppression, and privilege and to examine advocacy and intervention strategies to engage in social change.

Resident tuition | Non-resident tuition
ASU Online offers start dates every 7.5 weeks.
Class number may be less for transfer students.
Required number of credits to complete this degree.

As a student enrolled in the BA CASP online program, you will focus on advocacy strategies by exploring, analyzing, and comparing social service systems and policies in depth and from an empowerment perspective. You will learn to develop critical analyses of social policies and study how to create, implement, and evaluate advocacy strategies. Policy analysis and social change will be critical themes in developing an advocacy knowledge base, as they are equally important themes of prevention and social well-being.

Students will complete courses in two core sequence areas: the Diversity/Oppressed Populations Sequence focuses on oppressed or marginalized populations and systems of oppression/privilege, and the Social Problems and Interventions Sequence focuses on social problems that disproportionately affect members of an oppressed population and change strategies.

With a degree in Community Advocacy and Social Policy, you will be prepared for positions in the social services arena, including social action; campaign work; community advocacy and policy; basic case management; staffing hotlines or warmlines; referral, recruitment, and volunteer coordinator positions; and, prevention and education efforts in a variety of settings. This degree will also prepare you to pursue graduate education.


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Next Start Date:

05/20/19
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Faculty

The impressive faculty in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions are inspiring the next generation of public service leaders through real-world solutions to issues around child welfare, safety, city management, human trafficking and water scarcity.


Recent Faculty Highlights Include:
  • Fellow by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association
  • Director inducted into the National Academy of Public Administration

Program Summary

Total Hours:

120

Upper Division Hours:

45

Major GPA:

2.0

Cumulative GPA:

2.0

Total Hours at ASU:

30

Related Careers

Graduates with an ASU Online Bachelor of Arts in Community Advocacy and Social Policy have career opportunities illustrated in the following list. Career examples include but are not limited to:

Career *Growth *Median Salary
3.8%
$59,100
12.2%
$50,430
14.9%
$34,870
8.2%
$41,420
3.9%
$105,060
11.0%
$44,830
21.4%
$57,200
10.9%
$46,520
1.6%
$42,200
19.0%
$90,210
3.9%
$105,060
14.8%
$48,040
19.3%
$51,930
4.2%
$80,930
3.6%
$49,060
3.9%
$105,060
3.9%
$105,060
9.5%
$62,740
13.9%
$62,440
6.2%
$42,120
3.9%
$105,060
18.9%
$41,380
  
$75,630
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Example Careers

  • social services and case management
  • volunteer coordinators
  • hospital and behavioral health advocates

Requirements

All students are required to meet general university admission requirements.
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