Academic Programs - MSW
Curriculum and Degree Requirements
The MSW curriculum is designed to provide students, who enter with a liberal arts perspective, a professional education that includes both breadth and depth of knowledge and skills development. The Foundation Curriculum addresses the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and values that comprise the generalist social work perspective.
Upon this common foundation rests the curricula for the two advanced Skill Concentrations
Direct Practice with Individuals, Families, and Small Groups (Direct Practice)
and
Community Organization and Social Administration (COSA).
Employees of public child welfare agencies interested pursuing an MSW degree should visit the CWEL home page.
The MSW degree requires completion of a minimum of 60 credits—42 class and 18 field practicum. Both the class and field requirements include foundation and skill concentration curricula. Please refer to the MSW Student Handbook (PDF) to obtain more detailed information on course of study plans for the various MSW curricula options. Click here for a description of the courses offered in the MSW Program.
Field education is an important component of the MSW educational experience. Students complete both a foundation and a concentration-specific placement as part of their MSW studies.
The School of Social Work offers seven joint degree options for master's level students. Learn more about these dual, joint and cooperative degree program options.
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MSW Courses
Subject Course # Course Title
Required Foundation Courses
SWRES 2021 Foundation SW Research
SWGEN 2034 Foundations Social Work Practice w/ Diverse Pop
SWBEH 2063 HBSE
SWWEL 2081 Social Welfare
SWGEN 2098 Generalist Foundations SW Practice
SWGEN 2099 Foundation Fieldwork
Required Direct Practice Skill Courses
SWINT 2082 Models of Intervention
SWINT 2031 Adv Direct Practice: Cognitive/Behavioral
SWINT 2032 Adv Direct Practice: Social Systems
SWINT 2033 Adv Direct Practice: Psychodynamic
Required 2ND-Level Behavior, Policy and Research Courses—Direct Practice
SWBEH 2062 Human Behavior: Children & Families at Risk
SWBEH 2065 Human Behavior: Mental Health
SWBEH 2066 Human Behavior: Health/Mental Health
SWBEH 2077 Human Behavior: Adult Development Aging
SWRES 2033 Evaluative Research in Social Services
SWRES 2045 Qualitative Research
SWRES 2051 Single Subject Research
SWWEL 2039 Social Policy in Gerontology
SWWEL 2057 Mental Health & Public Policy
SWWEL 2059 Child & Family Policy
SWINT 2099 Direct Practice Fieldwork
Direct Practice Skill Electives
SWINT 2004 Death & Dying
SWINT 2007 Intro Psychopharmocology in SW Practice
SWINT 2011 Social Work Practice w/ Families
SWINT 2012 Home Centered Intervention
SWINT 2018 Clinical Skills Psychpathology
SWINT 2025 Social Work Practice in Health Care
SWINT 2030 Direct Practice w/ Elderly
SWINT 2035 Family Violence
SWINT 2042 Social Work in Drug & Alcohol Abuse
SWINT 2046 Short Term Treatment
SWINT 2047 Foster Care and Adoption
SWINT 2049 Direct Practice w/ Children
SWINT 2050 Couples Therapy
SWINT 2053 Social Work Practice with Groups
SWINT 2058 Social Work in Educational Settings
SWINT 2063 Child Maltreatment: Sexual Abuse
SWINT 2064 Child Maltreatment: Physical Abuse
SWINT 2065 Residential Treatment
SWINT 2096 Clinical SW w/ African-American Families
SWCOSA 2083 COSA I
SWCOSA 2089 COSA II
SWCOSA 2093 COSA III
SWCOSA 2099 COSA Fieldwork
Required 2ND-Level Behavior, Policy and Research Courses—COSA
SWBEH 2008 Human Behavior: Urban Development
SWRES 2009 Organizational & Community Development Research
SWWEL 2097 Organizations & Public Policy
COSA Skill Electives
SWCOSA 2014 Seminar in Developmental Disabilities
SWCOSA 2038 Supervision & Personnel Management
SWCOSA 2040 Grant Proposal Writing
SWCOSA 2053 Human Services and Public Relations
SWCOSA 2057 Seminar in Governance, Boards, & Committees
SWCOSA 2085 Financial Management Human Service Institute
SWCOSA 2090 Bargaining & Negotiation
General Electives
SWWEL 2020 Child & Family Advocacy
SWWEL 2035 Global Perspectives in Social Work
SWWEL 2051 Economics and Social Work