TRADITIONAL MSW CURRICULUM
SUMMER: Optional (to lighten your Year One Fall or Spring course load)
Summer I (5 weeks)
SW 501: Policy, Services, Programs
SW 505: Social Justice
Summer II
SW 506: Human Behavior and the Social Environment
YEAR ONE: Fall - 14 hours
SW 505: Social Justice
SW 506: Human Behavior and the Social Environment
SW 520: Social Work Generalist Practice I
SW 651: Social Work Internship I (20 hours/week in the field + 1 monthly class meeting)
YEAR ONE: Spring - 14 hours
SW 501: Policy, Services, Programs
SW 510: Research Methods for Social Work
SW 521: Generalist Practice II
SW 652: Social Work Internship II (20 hours/week in the field + 1 monthly class meeting)
SUMMER: Optional (to lighten your Year Two Fall or Spring course load)
Summer I (5 weeks)
SW 561: Administration and Supervision
Summer I (10 weeks)
SW 581: Advanced Practice with Individuals
SW 653: Advanced Social Work Internship I (24 hours/week in the field)
Summer II
SW 557: Program Development and Grant Writing
YEAR TWO: Fall –16 hours
SW 561: Administration and Supervision
SW 581: Advanced Practice with Individuals
SW 582: Advanced Practice with Groups
SW 512: Advanced Research
SW 653: Advanced Social Work Internship I (24 hours/week in the field + 1 monthly class meeting)
SW 654: Advanced Social Work Internship II (24 hours/week in the field + 1 monthly class meeting) – Students Who Completed Summer
Placements Only
YEAR TWO: Spring – 16 hours
SW 557: Program Development and Grant Writing
SW 583: Advanced Practice with Family Systems
SW 560: Advanced Policy Practice with Organizations & Communities
SW 590: Social Work Capstone
SW 654: Advanced Social Work Internship II (24 hours/week in the field + 1 monthly class meeting)
ELECTIVES: Optional (not required for degree completion)
Offered in Summer I (5 weeks)
515: Child Welfare (not offered this year)
Offered in Fall and Spring
515: Child Welfare
516: Addiction Recovery
Please note that the curriculum is subject to change based on enrollment, availability of instructors to teach courses and updates to the
CSWE requirements.
517: Direct Practice Older Adults
518: Child Welfare Seminar (Students in Child Welfare Placements Only)
595: The Wire
595: Hunger and Homelessness
595: Social Work with Veterans
ADVANCED STANDING MSW CURRICULUM
SUMMER – 7 hours
Summer I (5 weeks)
SW 505: Social Justice
Summer I (10 weeks)
SW 500: Advanced Practice Review Seminar
Fall – 16 hours
SW 561: Administration and Supervision
SW 581: Advanced Practice with Individuals
SW 582: Advanced Practice with Groups
SW 512: Advanced Research
SW 653: Advanced Social Work Internship I (24 hours/week in the field + 1 monthly class meeting)
Spring – 16 hours
SW 557: Program Development and Grant Writing
SW 583: Advanced Practice with Family Systems
SW 560: Advanced Policy Practice with Organizations & Communities
SW 590: Social Work Capstone
SW 654: Advanced Social Work Internship II (24 hours/week in the field + 1 monthly class meeting)
ELECTIVES: Optional (not required for degree completion)
Offered in Summer I (5 weeks)
515: Child Welfare (not offered this year)
Offered in Fall and Spring
515: Child Welfare
516: Addiction Recovery
517: Direct Practice Older Adults
518: Child Welfare Seminar (Students in Child Welfare Placements Only)
595: The Wire
595: Hunger and Homelessness
595: Social Work with Veterans
Please note that the curriculum is subject to change based on enrollment, availability of instructors to teach courses and updates to the
CSWE requirements.