Such foundation content is transferable from client to client, system to system, sit uation to situation, and across populations and problems. Itfosters an appreciation of the ethnic, lifestyle, and cultural diversity of the clients and communities social workers typically serve. Required courses containing foundation content are listed in Table 1. Advanced Content Advanced content relates to the clinical concentration in the M.S.W. curriculum and reflects the developing standards and expectations of clinical practice. It is geared toward the students' acquisition of the ability to work with increased responsibilit y and on behalf of individuals, families and small groups, and to participate in the improvement of the relevant institutional environment of service.
Clinical content emphasizes an intervention modality and client population or field of practice.
Two fie lds of practice areas health care and school social work are partly prestructured in the sense that these relevant practice communities have certain expectations of content considered to be especially important for practice in these fields. Through caref ully planned selection of required and elective courses, with particular emphasis on the second year field placement, students integrate curriculum offerings to complement learning experiences in relation to a given focus. After completing the prerequisites, students apply for second-level field placements which become the focus for their clinical work. During the second year of study or its equivalent, the student chooses a particular focus for clinical learning directed toward specific population groupsand intervention methods. In consultation with the faculty advisor, each student selects five elect ives, at least two of which must be from the 600-level methods sequence.