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Panel Discussion: Accrediting Your Undergraduate or Graduate Program in Sociological Practice: A Workshop on Process, Benefits, and Outcomes By the Commission on the Accreditation of Programs in Applied and Clinical Sociology (CAPACS)
Panel Discussion: Accrediting Your Undergraduate or Graduate Program in Sociological Practice: A Workshop on Process, Benefits, and Outcomes By the Commission on the Accreditation of Programs in Applied and Clinical Sociology (CAPACS)
Abstract Submissions Closed
Wednesday, 24 February 2021: 14:15-15:45
Location:
RC46 Clinical Sociology (host committee)
Language: English
Session Type: Oral
Invited Session
Professionalizing Sociology begins with the accreditation of a program in sociological practice
(applied sociology, clinical sociology, engaged public sociology, translational sociology, and
forensic sociology) by the Commission on the Accreditation of Programs in Applied and Clinical
Sociology or CAPACS. Graduates of CAPACS-accredited programs complete a carefully designed
curriculum, ensuring employers that they possess a full spectrum of knowledge, skills, and
practice experiences that distinguish them from other job applicants. Creating a highly educated
and trained pool of sociological practitioners furthers Sociology's professionalization, as these
individuals possess educational qualifications, training, and field experiences to support their
acquisition of association credentials in interdisciplinary fields such as behavioral health care,
social service administration, criminal justice, forensic counseling, and public policy research.
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