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  School of Social Work 2013–2015 Degree Programs Master of Social Work Program (M.S.W.) Professional Foundation  

Professional Foundation

All students, except those with baccalaureate degrees from programs accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, are required to take all of the foundation courses. These courses contain a body of knowledge, values, and skills essential for social work practice. This common base is transferable among settings, population groups, and problem areas. The foundation curriculum consists of courses in generalist social work practice with corresponding field instruction, human behavior and the social environment, psychopathology, introductory social work research methods, social welfare policy and services, and a course focused on diversity and oppression. Successful completion of the foundation program is required before beginning the advanced curriculum.

The required foundation courses are:

19:910:500,501  Social Work Practice I with Individuals, Families, and Groups; Social Work Practice II with Organizations and Communities (3,3)

19:910:502  Human Behavior and the Social Environment (3)

19:910:504  Social Welfare Policy and Services I (3)

19:910:505  Methods of Social Work Research I (3)

19:910:506  Diversity and Oppression (3)

19:910:507  Psychopathology (3)

19:910:508,509  Field Education Practicum I,II (3,3)

For additional course information, see the Professional Foundation Courses in this catalog.

Students admitted on conditional status without an introductory statistics course that covers descriptive and basic inferential statistical procedures may not enter the advanced program until they complete such course.

 
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