MSW/PhD CURRICULUM PLAN
STUDENTS STARTING SEPTEMBER 2015
(RECOMMENDED STUDY PLAN)
FIRST YEAR
FALL
CR
SPRING
HRS
SCWK 7721 Human Behavior & the Social
CR
SUMMER
HRS
CR
REQUIREMENTS COMPLETED
HRS
3
SCWK 7701 Social Welfare System
3
Elective (MSW)
3
3
SCWK 7722 Psychosocial Pathology
3
Elective (MSW)
3
3
SCWK 9919 Early Start
Field Education – Clinical
or Macro (suggested early
start if approved by Field
Department)
0
•
Study plan filed with PhD office
Environment
SCWK 7723 Diversity & Cross-Cultural Issues
(Clinical) OR
SCWK 8833 Leadership & Social
Transformation (Macro)
SCWK 7762 Basic Skills in Clinical Social Work
3
SCWK 8856 Clinical Practice with Adults:
Assessment, Intervention & Evidence Based
Practice (Clinical) OR
SCWK 8886 Financial Management &
Resource Development (Macro)
SCWK 8800 Basic Skills in Macro Social Work
3
SCWK 8855 Clinical Practice with Children
3
& Families: Assessment, Intervention &
Evidence Based Practice (Clinical) OR
SCWK 8889 Social Innovation (Macro)
SCWK 9921 Field Education I*
3
SCWK 9932 Field Education II – Clinical*
3
OR
SCWK 9942 Field Education II – Macro*
* Field 2 days per week in first year
Updated 6/2015
SECOND YEAR
FALL
CR
SPRING
HRS
Advanced Practice in Concentration
3
SCWK 9951 Survey of Research Methods in
Social and Behavioral Science ◄♦
3
CR
SUMMER
HRS
Advanced Policy in Concentration
SCWK 9954 Models of Social Welfare
3
3
CR
SCWK 9961 Introduction
to Structural Equation
Modeling
3
1
SCWK 9960 Statistical Analyses for Social &
Behavioral Research ♦
3
SCWK 9980 History & Philosophy of Social
Welfare in the US ♦
3
Elective (MSW elective can be taken in
summer)
3
Elective (MSW elective can be taken in summer or
PhD elective can be taken in the fall)
3
SCWK 9933 Field Education III – Clinical** OR
4
SCWK 9934 Field Education IV – Clinical**
OR
4
SCWK 9943 Field Education III – Macro**
•
•
•
•
Intervention Research◄♦
SCWK 9952 Tools for Scholarship
(meets periodically as outlined in syllabus)
REQUIREMENTS COMPLETED
HRS
Written Comprehensive Exam passed
Research Internship Plan Approved
(optional)
Study Plan Filed
Required 65 Credits in Courses & Field
Education Completed to earn MSW
SCWK 9944 Field Education IV – Macro**
THIRD YEAR
SCWK 9953 Cross-Cultural Issues in Social &
Behavioral Research
3
Social and Behavioral Science Theory Elective
3
SCWK 9992 Theories & Methods of Teaching in
Professional Education
3
3
•
Elective
3
•
•
SCWK 9959 Doctoral Publishable Paper
Writing Project (suggested)
0
Social and Behavioral Science Theory Elective
Research Assistantship for 5 hrs/per
week
File Revised Study Plan
Scholarly Paper Approved & Defended
by end of summer
Suggested Electives: SCWK 9973 Theories & Research in Behavioral Science; Research Internship; Advanced Seminars
on Selected Social Welfare Topics or Advanced Research Design or Statistics Course offered at BC, BU, Brandeis or
Tufts.
FOURTH YEAR
SCWK 9994 Dissertation Preparation Seminar
(meets periodically as outlined in syllabus)
Elective
1
3
Elective: Teaching Practicum, Independent
Study or Other Advanced Seminar or Design
Course
Elective
1-3
•
Teaching Assistantship for 5 hrs/per
week
Teaching Practicum Plan Approved
(optional)
Required 92 Credits in Courses & Field
Completed
Dissertation Committee Appointed
Dissertation Proposal Developed
Pass Oral Defense of Dissertation
Proposal
File Revised Study Plan
•
Dissertation Defended & Filed
•
•
3
•
•
•
•
FIFTH YEAR
SCWK 9995 Dissertation Direction I
3
SCWK 9996 Dissertation Direction II
** Field 3 days per week in the second year unless an early start is requested.
3
♦Applied to both MSW and PhD.
Must be completed to confer the MSW.
◄ Indicates an online course.
Updated 6/2015