APPLICATION DEADLINE:
All applications for students that are not applying for the Advanced Standing Program are due on February 16. All applications for Advanced Standing students are due February 1.

MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK
The Master of Social Work program, which is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, provides students with specific knowledge and skill for advanced clinical or managerial practice of social work. The graduate will be prepared for leadership roles in either clinical social work practice, or management, policy and program planning. Graduates will be qualified for employment by both public and private agencies on local, state and national levels. The curriculum is designed to encourage innovative responses to human and social need.

The MSW curriculum is a sixty-credit program. Students elect either a clinical practice concentration or a management concentration. The first year is structured to provide the student with a generalist base of practice. The student is required to demonstrate beginning skills and competence in the foundations of social work practice with individuals, families, small groups, communities, and organizations.

The second year is structured around the student’s area of specialization in one of the following fields of practice: Elders and Families; Children and Families; Community Mental Health/Substance Abuse; and Health Care Systems. Two, three and four year plans are available, but students must complete the program within four years.

ADMISSIONS PROCEDURES
Applicants for the MSW program need to complete all admissions materials required by the School of Graduate Studies and the Social Work Department. All applications for students that are not applying for the Advanced Standing Program are due on February 16. All applications for Advanced Standing students are due February 1. Applicants should call the Social Work Admissions Office (392-6624) for admission materials. Applicants are responsible for insuring that application files are complete.

It is understood that student continuance in the social work program is contingent upon positive on-going faculty evaluation of academic performance in real and/or simulated professional training situations, and on the appropriateness of responses, attitudes, and behaviors consistent with the NASW Code of Ethics and with the standards of acceptable social work practice.

PLAN OF STUDY
The program is designed to be completed in two years of full time study. However, students needing more time are encouraged to select a three or four year plan of study. The extended study student must meet the same admission requirements as the fulltime student. The student follows the same curriculum structure and course sequence, but takes fewer courses per semester. Students are required to be enrolled as a full-time student for one academic year during the period of extended study.

ADVANCED STANDING POLICY
An applicant who is a graduate of an accredited B.S.W. Program is eligible for advanced standing. If approved for advanced standing, the following courses upon evaluation may be waived: SWK 510, 550, 532, 533, 534, 570, and 571.

MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK —
CLINICAL PRACTICE CONCENTRATION
The first year of the program prepares students for generalist social work practice. Social work ethics, values, foundation knowledge, professional roles, skills and tasks are emphasized. The second year will prepare students for advanced clinical practice. Client growth, development, rehabilitation and coping will be addressed.

Core Requirements — Generalist, first year
Fall (15 credits)
SWK 510 — Introduction to Social Welfare Policies and Delivery Systems
SWK 532 — Theory and Practice I (Life Model)
SWK 550 — Human Behavior in Social Environment
SWK 570 — Social Work Practicum I
SWK 521 — Social Work Practice with Alcoholic and Chemically Dependent Individuals/Families

Spring (15 credits)
SWK 529 — Social Work Practice with Culturally Diverse and Oppressed Populations
SWK 533 — Theory and Practice II - Groups
SWK 534 — Theory and Practice III - Organizations and Communities
SWK 561 — Evaluation of Clinical Social Work Practice
SWK 571 — Generalist Social Work Practicum II


Field of Practice — Specialization, second year
Fall (15 credits)
One course in social welfare policy (in specialization)
Two courses in advanced clinical social work (in specialization)
SWK 552 — Human Behavior in Social Environment (Psychopathology)
SWK 572 — Practicum III and Research Project Proposal

Spring (15 credits)
SWK 573 — Practicum IV and Research Project for the Elders and Families, Health Care Systems, and Community Mental Health/Substance Abuse specializations;
SWK 537 — Supervision and Personnel Development and one elective are required. For the Child and Family specialization, two electives are required.

MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK —
SOCIAL SERVICE MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION
The first year of this program prepares students for generalist social work practice. Students have the same core requirements as clinical practice students. Social work ethics, values, foundation knowledge, professional roles, skills and tasks are emphasized. The second year prepares students for managerial practice in social work. Expertise is developed in policy analysis, program design and development, supervision and personnel management, program evaluation, fiscal management, and management information systems.

In addition to the generalist program requirements, the following are required in the second year of the program:

SWK 581 — Seminar in Social Policy or URB 552 — Public Policy Analysis
SWK 536 — Social Welfare Management I (Program Design)
SWK 537 — Supervision and Personnel Development
SWK 538 — Social Welfare Planning
SWK 560 — Social Welfare Policy and Evaluation
SWK 515, 516, 517, or 518 — Social Welfare Policy (in specialization)
SWK 583 — Information Systems for Social Service Management
SWK 584 — Non-Profit Fiscal Management
SWK 572 — Social Work Practicum III and Research Project Proposal
SWK 573 — Practicum IV and Research Project