The primary objective of the social work major is preparation of students for beginning level professional generalist social work practice. The major emphasizes development of students' knowledge, values and practice skills by providing classroom and internship content in the wide variety of social and personal problems encountered by individuals, groups, families, organizations, and communities. Relationship and problem-solving techniques are stressed during the phases of studying, analyzing, testing, and evaluating social problems in both urban and rural areas. Many types of employment settings are available for professional social workers including counseling, mental health, foster care, adoption, child protective services, probation and parole, services to single parents, day care, public assistance, services to people of color and women, school social work, drug and alcohol counseling, services for the elderly, and positions in the areas of community organization, social planning and social action.