  {"id":23542,"date":"2016-04-11T10:58:17","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T15:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=23542"},"modified":"2016-04-11T15:23:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T20:23:28","slug":"bsus-online-bachelor-of-social-work-program-ranked-among-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2016\/04\/11\/bsus-online-bachelor-of-social-work-program-ranked-among-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ\u2019s Online Bachelor of Social Work Program Ranked Among the Best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ&rsquo;s online bachelor&rsquo;s degree in social work has been ranked eighth-best in the nation in a ranking of programs released by TheBestSchools.org.<\/p>\n<p>Bemidji State appeared on the site&rsquo;s 10 Best Online Bachelor of Social Work Degree Programs list, stating that the program &ldquo;provides a theoretical foundation and practical experience to prepare graduates for generalist social work practice or graduate studies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/TheBestSchools.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">TheBestSchools.org<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a> creates its lists to empower students to make informed decisions about their education.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ&rsquo;s online programs<\/b><br>\nStudents in Bemidji State&rsquo;s online Bachelor of Social Work program have access to the same rigorous, fully accredited degree program as on-campus students. The program is delivered in an engaging and challenging online learning environment that utilizes an innovative learning management suite. Courses are taught by highly credentialed on-campus faculty who focus on giving students personal attention and feedback that will bring the benefits of the classroom to the online experience.<\/p>\n<p>The online bachelor of social work is attained through a cohort-based largely online format, with once a month on-campus class. Students must also complete a 480-hour internship in a social service organization as their senior capstone course.<\/p>\n<p>Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ offers a variety of online courses and degree programs that can be completed without stepping foot on campus. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ offers bachelor of science degrees in accounting, elementary education, business administration and criminal justice; bachelor of applied science degrees in technology management and applied engineering; and a RN to baccalaureate program in nursing. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ also offers online graduate programs in education and special education and launched an online MBA program this spring.<\/p>\n<p><b>Links<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The story on TheBestSchools.org: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebestschools.org\/rankings\/best-online-bachelor-social-work-degree-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">http:\/\/www.thebestschools.org\/rankings\/best-online-bachelor-social-work-degree-programs\/<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Contact<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Cheryl Byers, Department of Social Work; (218) 755-2836, <a href=\"mailto:cbyers@bemidjistate.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">cbyers@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ\u2019s online bachelor\u2019s degree in social work has been ranked eighth-best in the nation in a ranking of programs released by TheBestSchools.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":23549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[872,9,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-news","category-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23542"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23561,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23542\/revisions\/23561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}