INTRODUCTION
This handbook provides
basic information about the MSW program at Berkeley. Our program, accredited
by the Council on Social Work Education, prepares students for advanced
professional social work practice in a variety of service fields.
Most of your MSW
classes, along with the School's administrative, research, and faculty
offices, and the Social Welfare Library and computer labs, are located
in Haviland Hall. The Commons Room Lounge (room 12), available to all
students for snacks and soft drinks, is in the Haviland Hall basement.
MSW student mailboxes are on the first floor, opposite room 118. Check
your campus and your e-mail as often as possible -- these serve as key
communication links between faculty, staff, and students. Barbara Haden,
the School's Graduate Assistant, also edits an MSW e-mail newsletter
with timely information about deadlines, meetings, financial aid, and
special educational activities. All students are encouraged to establish
e-mail accounts. A roster of faculty offices and telephone and e-mail
addresses is appended to this handbook.
The bulletin boards
on the first floor are also used for posting information about financial
aid, courses, special lectures and workshops, student meetings, and
school and university announcements. A board next to room 117 is devoted
to field work information while the board next to the Commons Room is
available for student announcements.
The graduate assistant
for the MSW Program, Barbara Haden, can be found in 118 Haviland. Her
job is to assist all MSW students in dealing with the administrative
complexities of their program. Feel free to call upon her for advice
about any academic problem (degree requirements; school, Graduate Division
or University policies; petition forms; etc.). Be sure to contact her
before taking any direct action through the Graduate Division or the
Office of the Registrar. She may be reached at bhaden@uclink4.berkeley.edu
or by phone at (510) 642-4406.
A schedule of social
welfare classes is included in the Orientation packet and is also available
on the school's web page: http://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu.
Students are urged to use this schedule rather than the University's
Schedule of Classes which does not reflect last-minute changes in class
time and locations. BEAR LINK (web access) at http://bearlink.berkeley.edu
also provides the most current schedule information.
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