advanced standing. Advanced standing assumes that because of the standardized curriculum afforded by accreditation at the BSW level, students have mastered the foundation core competencies. These students begin our MSW Program in the summer taking one class. Table 4 below shows a plan of study for a full-time advanced standing student. TABLE 4 FULL-TIME, 1 YEAR, ADVANCED STANDING PLAN OF STUDY SUMMER YEAR 1 FALL YEAR 1 SPRING YEAR 1 Advanced Social Work Assessment Research Methods for Macro Social Work Practice OR Research Methods for Micro Social Work Practice Advanced Generalist Practice II Advanced Generalist Practice I Advanced Generalist Practice III Social Work Practice with Children & Families – Micro OR Social Work Practice in Mental Health – Micro Social Work Practice with Children & Families – Macro OR Social Work Practice in Mental Health – Macro Journal Review Seminar I – Children & Families OR Journal Review Seminar I – Mental Health Journal Review Seminar II – Children & Families OR Journal Review Seminar II – Mental Health Advanced Social Work Field Experience and Integrated Seminar I Advanced Social Work Field Experience and Integrated Seminar II As one can see, this is consistent with the plans for the advanced year of the students entering the program as foundation students. Advanced standing students may also complete the program on a part-time basis. Table 5 & 6 provides a plan of study for the two or three year advanced standing student. TABLE 5 PART-TIME, 2 YEAR, ADVANCED STANDING PLAN OF STUDY SUMMER YEAR 1 FALL YEAR 1 SPRING YEAR 1 Advanced Social Work Assessment Research Methods for Macro Social Work Practice OR Research Methods for Micro Social Work Practice Advanced Generalist Practice II Advanced Generalist Practice I Advanced Generalist Practice III FALL YEAR 2 SPRING YEAR 2 Social Work Practice with Children & Families – Micro OR Social Work Practice in Mental Health – Micro Social Work Practice with Children & Families – Macro OR Social Work Practice in Mental Health – Macro Journal Review Seminar I – Children & Families OR Journal Review Seminar II – Mental Health Journal Review Seminar II – Children & Families OR Journal Review Seminar II – Mental Health Advanced Social Work Field Experience and Integrated Seminar I Advanced Social Work Field Experience and Integrated Seminar II
TABLE 6 PART-TIME, 3 YEAR, ADVANCED STANDING PLAN OF STUDY SUMMER YEAR 1 FALL YEAR 1 SPRING YEAR 1 Advanced Social Work Assessment Advanced I OR Research Elective* Advanced Generalist Practice II Advanced Generalist Practice I Advanced Generalist Practice III FALL YEAR 2 SPRING YEAR 2 Social Work Practice with Children & Families – Micro OR Social Work Practice in Mental Health – Micro Social Work Practice with Children & Families – Macro OR Social Work Practice in Mental Health – Macro Journal Review Seminar I – Children & Families OR Journal Review Seminar II – Mental Health Journal Review Seminar II – Children & Families OR Journal Review Seminar II – Mental Health FALL YEAR 3 SPRING YEAR 3 Advanced Social Work Field Experience and Integrated Seminar I Advanced Social Work Field Experience and Integrated Seminar II In the advanced year, students are placed in field settings that match the choice of population with which they hope to practice. When taking the program part-time, students generally take their either child and family or mental health practice classes with their advanced field placement. This enables them to immediately apply the skills and knowledge learned in the classroom. The advanced placement requires students to be in their agency 16 hours per week for 15 weeks each semester. In total, students log 262.5 hours per semester or 525 hours of advanced field experience during the academic year. This gives those who complete both the foundation and advanced years a total of 973 hours. Our curriculum, including the foundation, advanced generalist, choice of population content, and field experience, has been developed in a coherent and integrated whole. Each class is designed to build from those classes taken before and to compliment the classes taken simultaneously. COURSE DESCRIPTIONS SOCW 5010 – Social Work Research Methods and Analysis Course introduces students to qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, supporting statistical methods as utilized within the social work profession, data analysis technology and evidenced based social work practice concepts. Prerequisites: None SOCW 5110 – Social Work Practice I Provides an overview of social work practice theory and paradigms on which to base practice with individuals, families, and groups, emphasizing strengths and empowerment, values and ethics, and understanding self.