MSW
REQUIREMENTS
Most courses in the school
provide 2 units of academic credit for two hours a
week in class. A minimum of 29 academic units is required
for the degree. In addition, 19 units (142 days, approximately
1,136 hours) of field work must be completed.
Course
Requirements. All students, whatever their area of
concentration, are expected to have command of the
central components of social work. In the first year,
students must complete foundation course work in social
policy (SW 220), human behavior in the social environment
(SW 200), practice methods (SW 241), and social research
(SW 280). In addition, they must take SW 240, Introduction
to the Field of Social Welfare and the Profession
of Social Work; SW 275, Diversity-Sensitive and Competent
Social Work; and SW 400, Introductory Practicum in
Social Work Practice, and introduction to the character
and purposes of social agencies and institutions in
a variety of fields.
In
addition, students must complete:
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