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  School of Social Work 2013–2015 Degree Programs Master of Social Work Program (M.S.W.) Four-Year M.S.W. Program Sequence  

Four-Year M.S.W. Program Sequence

The M.S.W. four-year option is available at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Rutgers University–Newark, and Rutgers University–Camden. Students are required to take a minimum of 6 credits each semester and to complete the program within four years of matriculation. Advanced Standing M.S.W. students are required to complete the M.S.W. within two years of matriculation. See the Advanced Standing section of this catalog for details.

First Year (Professional Foundation)

Fall Semester

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

19:910:506  Diversity and Oppression (3)

Total = 6 credits

Spring Semester

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

19:910:507  Psychopathology (3)

Total = 6 credits

Second Year (Professional Foundation continued)

Fall Semester

19:910:500  Social Work Practice I with Individuals, Families, and Groups (3)

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

19:910:508  Field Education Practicum I (3)

Total = 9 credits

Spring Semester

19:910:501  Social Work Practice II with Organizations and Communities (3)

19:910:___  General Elective (3)

19:910:509  Field Education Practicum II (3)

Total = 9 credits

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.


Third Year (Advanced Curriculum)

Fall Semester

19:910:511  Clinical Social Work I (3) or 19:910:535  Management Practice and Theory (3)

19:910:600  Field Education Practicum III (3)

19:910:___  Advanced Practice Distribution Requirement (3)

Total = 9 credits

Spring Semester

19:910:512  Clinical Social Work II (3) or 19:910:536  Program and Strategic Planning (3)

19:910:601  Field Education Practicum IV (3)

19:910:___  General Elective (3)

Total = 9 credits

Fourth Year (Advanced Curriculum continued)

Fall Semester

19:910:542 or 584 or 585  Social Welfare Policy and Services II (3)

19:910:595  Methods of Social Work Research II (3)

Total = 6 credits

Spring Semester

19:910:___  Human Behavior Distribution Requirement (3)

19:910:___  General Elective (3)

Total = 6 credits

Total Credits = 60

 
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