Other required content for professional accreditation include social work values and ethics, populations at risk, diversity, and social and economic justice. The concentration or final year of the MSW program incorporates and builds on the foundation. Students are on campus for one week at the beginning and at the end of fall and spring semesters and return to campus monthly, approximately 4 days per month, for intensive course work during the rest of the semester. The focus of the concentration year is to prepare graduate students for advanced generalist practice within social work in the context of community. Courses equivalent to the first year at CSU are provided on a part-time basis over a two year period on the campus of the University of Southern Colorado in Pueblo.
Classes meet two evenings per week for each of the two years.
In the third year, students complete the concentration year on a full-time basis, with the block field practicum in communities in the southern part of the state, going to CSU for one week at the beginning and at the end of fall and spring semesters, with a return to campus for approximately 4 days per month, with other final year students. The department is also testing an advanced standing program for BSW graduates admitted to the Fort Collins campus. BSW graduates admitted to the cooperative program with the University of Southern Colorado are eligible to test out of foundation courses. The curriculum is outlined in the attached charts. The social work degree requires completion of field placements.