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:
- Management
- Older Adults and Aging Societies
- Policy
- Research
- Sexual Health and Education
- Social Entrepreneurship
- System Dynamics
- Violence & Injury Prevention
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
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| SWPM 6038 | Leading and Managing Employees, Volunteers, and Teams | 3 |
| SWPM 6039 | Financial Management | 3 |
| SWPM 6043 | Leadership & Management of Human Service Organizations | 3 |
| Other Notes: | ||
Students take SWTH 6012 Human Service Organizations: Theory, Concepts, Issues as their Leadership and Management requirement. | ||
Students may choose to take SWEV 6002 Human Services: Design & Evaluation for Impact as their Evaluation requirement. | ||
| Total Units | 9 | |
Older Adults and Aging Societies
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| SWTH 6002 | Contemporary Perspectives on Aging | 3 |
| SWSP 6004 | Social Policies, Services & Programs in Aging | 3 |
| One of the following is required: | 3 | |
| SWPM 6008 | Principles of Clinical Interventions in Behavioral Health | |
or SWPM 6009 | Principles and Practices of Differential Diagnosis | |
or SWPM 6018 | Principles, Practices & Services in Substance Use Disorder Treatment | |
or SWPM 6010 | Harm Reduction Community Practice | |
or SWPM 6078 | SW Practice Across Systems Serving Children, Youth and Families | |
or SWPM 6012 | Contemporary Family Therapy | |
or SWPM 6003 | Clinical Interventions in Health and Integrated Health Settings | |
or SWPM 6004 | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | |
or SWPM 6007 | Applied Group Work Practice | |
or SWPM 6049 | Developing Programs in Health and Social Service Settings | |
or SWPM 6026 | Sex, Society and Social Work: Issues and Interventions | |
or SWPM 6027 | Sexual Health Across the Life Course | |
or SWPM 6029 | Designing Sexual Health Education Curriculum | |
or SWPM 6030 | Media Methods for Disseminating Sexual Health Education | |
or SWPM 6001 | Addressing & Preventing Intimate Partner Violence in Practice | |
or SWPM 6023 | Intervention Approaches to Address Gender-Based Violence | |
| Total Units | 9 | |
Policy
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| SWSP 6007 | Policy Design Lab | 3 |
| SWPM 6053 | State Level Lobbying | 3 |
| Additional 3 credits of Policy coursework. We suggest one of the following for the most robust Policy experience: | 3 | |
| SPCN 6010 | Economics of Social Welfare | |
or SPGN 6009 | Public Administration, Finance, and Government Budgeting | |
or SPGN 6013 | Advanced Policy Analysis: Policy Impact Assessment | |
or SPGN 6014 | Policy and Advocacy in the Three Branches of Government | |
or SPGN 6016 | Benefit Cost Analysis | |
| Other Notes: | ||
| Total Units | 9 | |
Research
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| PHFN 5001 | Biostatistics | 3 |
| PHRS 6001 | Applied Linear Modeling | 3 |
| SWSL 6046 | MSW Research Seminar I | 1 |
| SWSL 6047 | MSW Research Seminar II | 2 |
| Total Units | 9 | |
Sexual Health and Education
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| SWPM 6026 | Sex, Society and Social Work: Issues and Interventions | 3 |
| Two of the following are required: | 6 | |
| SWPM 6027 | Sexual Health Across the Life Course | |
or SWPM 6029 | Designing Sexual Health Education Curriculum | |
or SWPM 6030 | Media Methods for Disseminating Sexual Health Education | |
or SWSP 6005 | Regulating Sex: Social Work Perspectives | |
| Total Units | 9 | |
Social Entrepreneurship
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| SWPM 6039 | Financial Management | 3 |
| SWPM 6044 | Social Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| One of the following is required: | 3 | |
| SWPM 6045 | Business Planning for the New Enterprises - The Hatchery | |
or SWPM 6046 | Social Innovation | |
| Other Notes: | ||
Students take SWTH 6012 Human Service Organizations: Theory, Concepts, Issues as their Leadership and Management requirement. | ||
Students may choose to take SWEV 6002 Human Services: Design & Evaluation for Impact as their Evaluation requirement. | ||
| Total Units | 9 | |
System Dynamics
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| One of the following is required: | 1 | |
| SWSL 6031 | System Dynamics Applied Practice I: Designing Responsive Community Based System Dynamics Approaches | |
or SWSL 6034 | Introduction to System Dynamics for Advancing Equity | |
| Required: | ||
| SWPM 6074 | Community Based System Dynamics | 3 |
| SWPM 6077 | System Dynamics Modeling for Strategic Design | 3 |
| SWSL 6032 | System Dynamics Applied Practice II: Simulation Model Translation & Adaptation | 1 |
| SWSL 6033 | System Dynamics Applied Practice III: Developing Interactive Model Interfaces | 1 |
| Total Units | 9 | |
Violence & Injury Prevention
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| SWTH 6001 | Theoretical Approaches to Interpersonal Violence Across Life Course | 3 |
| Two of the following are required: | 6 | |
| SWPM 6001 | Addressing & Preventing Intimate Partner Violence in Practice | |
or SWPM 6002 | Child Maltreatment Prevention | |
or SWPM 6017 | International Child Welfare | |
or SWPM 6023 | Intervention Approaches to Address Gender-Based Violence | |
or SWPM 6024 | Core Concepts in Trauma Treatment for Children and Adolescents | |
| Total Units | 9 | |