MSW Specializations

With the use of elective courses, students can choose to develop additional skills by declaring a focused specialization that can be used in combination with any concentration. Specialization options include the following:

All specializations require students to complete one of their five concentration practicum credits (120 hours) on their specialization-related tasks and activities. Students must work with their field advisor and field instructor to ensure relevant content.

Management

Students take SWHS 5089 as their concentration Leadership and Management requirement.
Students may choose to take SWSA 5077 as their concentration Evaluation requirement.
SWSA 5019Leading & Managing Employees, Volunteers & Teams3
SWSA 5030Financial Management3
SWSA 5057Leadership & Management of Human Service Organizations3
Total Units9

Older Adults and Aging Societies

SWHS 2010Contemporary Perspectives on Aging3
SWSP 5780Social Policies, Services & Programs in Aging3
One of the following is required:
SWDP 5805Principles of Clinical Interventions in Behavioral Health3
or SWDP 5810 Principles and Practices of Differential Diagnosis
or SWDP 9453 Principles, Practices and Services in Substance Use Disorder Treatment
or SWDP 5811 Harm Reduction Community Practice
or SWDP 7206 Contemporary Family Therapy
or SWDP 5453 Clinical Interventions in Health & Integrated Health
or SWDP 5503 Cognitive Behavior Therapy
or SWDP 5702 Applied Group Work Practice
or SWSA 5069 Developing Programs In Health and Social Service Settings
or SWDP 5152 Sex, Society, and Social Work: Issues and Interventions
or SWDP 5153 Sexual Health Across the Life Course
or SWDP 5154 Designing Sexual Health Education
or SWDP 5155 Designing Sexual Health Education Curriculum
or SWDP 5156 Media Methods for Disseminating Sexual Health Education
or SWDP 5311 Addressing & Preventing Intimate Partner Violence in Practice
or SWDP 7201 Social Work Practice Across Systems Serving Children, Youth and Families
or SWDP 5122 Intervention Approaches to address Gender-Based Violence
Total Units9

Policy

Students take SWSP 5842 as their concentration Evaluation requirement.
SWSP 5830Policy Design Lab3
SWCD 5018State Level Lobbying3
One additional Policy course3
Total Units9

Research

MPH 5003Biostatistics3
MPH 5230Applied Linear Modeling3
SKILL 5151MSW Research Seminar I1
SKILL 5152MSW Research Seminar II2
Total Units9

Social Entrepreneurship

Students take SWHS 5089 as their concentration Leadership and Management requirement.
Students may choose to take SWSA 5077 as their concentration Evaluation requirement.
SWSA 5030Financial Management3
SWSA 5060Social Entrepreneurship3
One of the following is required:3
SWSA 5061Business Planning for New Enterprises-The Hatchery
or SWSA 5063 Social Innovation
Total Units9

System Dynamics

SWCD 5660System Dynamics Modeling for Strategic Design3
SWCD 5050Community Based System Dynamics3
SKILL 5501System Dynamics Skill Lab I: Designing Responsive Community Based System Dynamics Approaches1
or SKILL 5504 Introduction to System Dynamics for Advancing Equity
SKILL 5502System Dynamics Skill Lab II: Simulation Model Translation & Adaptation1
SKILL 5503System Dynamics Skill Lab III: Developing Interactive Model Interfaces1
Total Units9

Sexual Health and Education

SWDP 5152Sex, Society, and Social Work: Issues and Interventions3
Two of the following are required:6
SWDP 5153Sexual Health Across the Life Course
or SWDP 5154 Designing Sexual Health Education
or SWDP 5155 Designing Sexual Health Education Curriculum
or SWDP 5156 Media Methods for Disseminating Sexual Health Education
or SWSP 5784 Regulating Sex: Social Work Perspectives
Total Units9

Violence & Injury Prevention 

SWHS 1025Theoretical Approaches to Interpersonal Violence Across the Life Course3
Two of the following are required:6
SWDP 5122Intervention Approaches to address Gender-Based Violence-
SWDP 5311Addressing & Preventing Intimate Partner Violence in Practice-
SWDP 5325Child Maltreatment Prevention-
SWDP 5147Trauma Treatment with Children and Adolescents-
SWCD 5337Protection and Wellbeing of Displaced Children (Colombia)-
SWDP 5157Sex Trafficking-
SWDP 5180Criminal Justice Involved Adults: Practice & Policy Interventions (Criminal Justice Involved Adults)-
Total Units9

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