The M.S.W. four-year option is available on all three campuses. 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, 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, 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:___ Advanced Human Behavior Distribution Requirement (3)
19:910:___ General Elective (3)
Total = 6 credits
Total Credits = 60
