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Part-time MSW Program
Throughout our three- or four-year MSW program, you will complete a challenging but flexible curriculum, acquire valuable field experience, and select a field of practice that aligns with your career goals.
After taking introductory courses in your first semester, you will choose to specialize in either clinical practice or macro practice. The program also allows you to complete one or more certificates to further customize your degree.
Three-year Program
The three-year program divides the equivalent of the full-time foundation year into two years. You will take two courses each semester for the first year, then in the second year, you take two courses per semester in addition to your field education placement two-days a week. During the third year, you will have a full-time course load and complete the final field placement.
If you are interested in more flexibility, you may extend the program to a fourth year by dividing your final year of coursework into two years.
Clinical Program Curriculum Plan
| FIRST YEAR | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | CR | Spring | CR | Summer (optional) |
CR | |
SCWK 7721 Human Behavior & the Social Environment |
3 | SCWK 7701 Social Welfare System |
3 | |||
SCWK 7723 Re-thinking Diversity: Systems of Oppression and Privilege |
3 | SCWK 7722 Psychosocial Pathology |
3 | |||
| SECOND YEAR | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | CR | Spring | CR | Summer | CR | |
SCWK 7762 Basic Skills in Clinical Social Work |
3 | SCWK 8855 Clinical Practice with Children & Families: Assessment, Intervention & Evidence-Based Practice |
3 | Elective | 3 | |
SCWK 8800 Basic Skills in Macro Social Work |
3 | SCWK 8856 Clinical Practice with Adults: Assessment, Intervention & Evidence-Based Practice |
3 | Elective | 3 | |
SCWK 9921 Field Education I* |
3 | SCWK 9932 Field Education II-CSW* |
3 | **Option to do Field Education I & II as a summer block for students employed in an appropriate human service position with Field Dept. approval. | ||
| THIRD YEAR | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | CR | Spring | CR | Summer | CR | |
SCWK 7747 Research Methods in SW Practice |
3 | SCWK 8841 Program Evaluation |
3 | |||
Advanced Practice in Field-of-Practice*** |
3 | Advanced Policy*** |
3 | |||
Elective (Clinical)**** |
3 | Elective (Clinical)**** |
3 | |||
| Elective | 3 | |||||
| Elective (if not taken during summer) | 3 | Elective (if not taken during summer) | 3 | |||
| SCWK 9933 Field Education III-CSW+ | 4 | SCWK 9934 Field Education IV-CSW+ | 4 | |||
*Field 2 days per week in second year.
**Summer block field placement is 5 days a week for 12 weeks for eligible students.
***See Final Year curriculum plans for Field-of-Practice requirements
**** 2 out of 5 electives must be taken in student’s specialized practice (Clinical or Macro), 1 of which must be taken concurrent with Field Education IV-CSW
+Field 3 days per week in final year.
Macro Program Curriculum Plan
| FIRST YEAR | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | CR | Spring | CR | Summer (optional) |
CR | |
SCWK 7721 Human Behavior & the Social Environment |
3 | SCWK 7701 Social Welfare System |
3 | |||
SCWK 7723 Re-thinking Diversity: Systems of Oppression and Privilege |
3 | SCWK 8833 Leadership & Social Transformation | 3 | |||
| SECOND YEAR | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | CR | Spring | CR | Summer | CR | |
SCWK 7762 Basic Skills in Clinical Social Work |
3 | SCWK 8886 Financial Management & Resource Development |
3 | Elective | 3 | |
SCWK 8800 Basic Skills in Macro Social Work |
3 | SCWK 8889 Social Innovation |
3 | Elective | 3 | |
SCWK 9921 Field Education I* |
3 | SCWK 9942 Field Education II-Macro* |
3 | **Option to do Field Education I & II as a summer block for students employed in an appropriate human service position with Field Dept. approval. | ||
| THIRD YEAR | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | CR | Spring | CR | Summer | CR | |
SCWK 7747 Research Methods in SW Practice |
3 | SCWK 8841 Program Evaluation |
3 | |||
Advanced Practice in Field-of-Practice*** |
3 | Advanced Policy*** |
3 | |||
Elective (Macro)**** |
3 | Elective (Macro)**** |
3 | |||
| Elective | 3 | |||||
| Elective (if not taken during summer) | 3 | Elective (if not taken during summer) | 3 | |||
| SCWK 9943 Field Education III-Macro+ | 4 | SCWK 9944 Field Education IV-Macro+ | 4 | |||
*Field 2 days per week in second year.
**Summer block field placement is 5 days a week for 12 weeks for eligible students.
***See Final Year curriculum plans for Field-of-Practice requirements
**** 2 out of 5 electives must be taken in student’s specialized practice (Clinical or Macro), 1 of which must be taken concurrent with Field Education IV-Macro
+Field 3 days per week in final year.
Four-year Program
In the four-year program, you will take two courses each semester for the duration of the program, with the exception of the first semester during your third year, in which you would take three courses.
Field Education is taken during the second and fourth years of the four-year program. During the second year, you will spend two days a week in field and increase to three days a week during the fourth year.
Clinical Program Curriculum Plan
| FIRST YEAR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | CR | Spring | CR | Summer (optional) |
CR |
SCWK 7721 Human Behavior & the Social Environment |
3 | SCWK 7701 Social Welfare System |
3 | ||
SCWK 7723 Re-thinking Diversity: Systems of Oppression and Privilege |
3 | SCWK 7722 Psychosocial Pathology |
3 | ||
| SECOND YEAR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | CR | Spring | CR | Summer | CR |
SCWK 7762 Basic Skills in Clinical Social Work |
3 | SCWK 8855 Clinical Practice with Children & Families: Assessment, Intervention & Evidence-Based Practice |
3 | Elective | 3 |
SCWK 8800 Basic Skills in Macro Social Work |
3 | SCWK 8856 Clinical Practice with Adults: Assessment, Intervention & Evidence-Based Practice |
3 | Elective | 3 |
SCWK 9921 Field Education I *
|
3 | SCWK 9932 Field Education II-CSW *
|
3 | **Option to do Field Education I & II as a summer block for students employed in an appropriate human service position with Field Dept. approval. |
|
| THIRD YEAR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | CR | Spring | CR | Summer | CR |
SCWK 7747 Research Methods in SW Practice |
3 | SCWK 8841 Program Evaluation |
3 | ||
Elective |
3 | Advanced Policy***
|
3 | ||
| FOURTH YEAR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | CR | Spring | CR | Summer | CR |
Advanced Practice in Field of Practice*** |
3 |
|
3 | ||
Elective (Clinical)**** |
3 | Elective (Clinical)**** |
3 | ||
| SCWK 9933 Field Education III-CSW+ | 4 | SCWK 9934 Field Education IV-CSW + |
4 | ||
*Field 2 days per week in second year.
**Summer block field placement is 5 days a week for 12 weeks for eligible students.
***See Final Year curriculum plans for Field-of-Practice requirements
**** 2 out of 5 electives must be taken in student’s specialized practice (Clinical or Macro), 1 of which must be taken concurrent with Field Education IV-CSW
+Field 3 days per week in final year.
Macro Program Curriculum Plan
| FIRST YEAR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | CR | Spring | CR | Summer (optional) |
CR |
SCWK 7721 Human Behavior & the Social Environment |
3 | SCWK 7701 Social Welfare System |
3 | ||
SCWK 7723 Re-thinking Diversity: Systems of Oppression and Privilege |
3 | SCWK 8833 Leadership & Social Transformation |
3 | ||
| SECOND YEAR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | CR | Spring | CR | Summer | CR |
SCWK 7762 Basic Skills in Clinical Social Work |
3 | SCWK 8886 Financial Management & Resource Development |
3 | Elective | 3 |
SCWK 8800 Basic Skills in Macro Social Work |
3 | SCWK 8889 Social Innovation |
3 | Elective | 3 |
SCWK 9921 Field Education I* |
3 | SCWK 9942 Field Education II-Macro* |
3 | **Option to do Field Education I & II as a summer block for students employed in an appropriate human service position with Field Dept. approval.
|
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| THIRD YEAR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | CR | Spring | CR | Summer | CR |
SCWK 7747 Research Methods in SW Practice |
3 | SCWK 8841 Program Evaluation |
3 | ||
Elective |
3 | Advanced Policy*** |
3 | ||
| FOURTH YEAR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | CR | Spring | CR | Summer | CR |
|
3 |
|
|||
Elective (Macro)**** |
3 | Elective (Macro)**** |
3 | ||
| SCWK 9943 Field Education III-Macro + | 4 | SCWK 9944 Field Education IV-Macro + |
4 | ||
*Field 2 days per week in second year.
**Summer block field placement is 5 days a week for 12 weeks for eligible students.
***See Final Year curriculum plans for Field-of-Practice requirements
**** 2 out of 5 electives must be taken in student’s specialized practice (Clinical or Macro), 1 of which must be taken concurrent with Field Education IV-Macro
+Field 3 days per week in final year.
Our Faculty
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Curricula Informed by Expertise
Members of our faculty are leading researchers, scholars, clinicians, and practitioners with expertise in a spectrum of disciplines within and outside of social work. They inform classroom teaching with expert knowledge from their research, clinical, and community practice.
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2019 Incoming Three-Year Class Profile
51
Class size
34
Mean age
27%
Students identify as AHANA*
*African-American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American
88%
Female
