Coronavirus Information for Berkeley Social Welfare

June 15, 2020

Campuswide Information Regarding Coronavirus

Instruction

All classroom instruction in the School of Social Welfare will be delivered remotely in Fall 2020.  
Members of the administrative team developed our School's plan based on information collected from and numerous conversations with our senate and field faculty, groups of students, regional and national social work stakeholders (e.g., local agencies, other schools of social work, Council on Social Work Education), and central campus stakeholders. Our planning centered two priorities: (1) the health and well-being of students, faculty, and staff, as well as the persons and communities most impacted by the delivery of social work services and (2) maintaining high educational standards (including meeting accreditation standards for our MSW program). 

Check the Fall 2020 Instruction page for the most up-to-date information on campuswide planning and courses in other departments.

Field Education

Berkeley Social Welfare plans to offer hybrid field internships to MSW students, i.e. SW 410A and SW 412A which include various combinations of both in-person and remote field opportunities for MSW students. 

Advising

Advising and other student-focused services are provided online or by phone. Contact swundergrad@berkeley.edu for undergraduate advising and sswmsw_advise@berkeley.edu for graduate advising.

Newly Admitted Students

Please check our page for newly admitted students for the most up-to-date information.

Haviland Hall

Haviland Hall is currently closed, and staff are working remotely. Advising and other student-focused services are provided online or by phone. View contact information for Dean's Office staff.

Last updated July 7, 2020

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