Advanced Curriculum

Advanced Curriculum

Goals and Description
Distributional Requirements in the Advanced Curriculum

The overall intent of the Advanced Curriculum is to accomplish the following objectives:

Prepare students to enter an advanced level of practice characterized by knowledge and skills sufficient for competent, self-critical, accountable, and—ultimately—autonomous practice in a specialized field;
Equip students with capabilities for performing the full range of practice activities from assessment to evaluation, in order to achieve direct service or macro practice outcomes in a selected field of practice;
Enable students to engage in ethical practice and to identify with the social work profession; and
Prepare students to carry out the mission of the School, recognizing the uniqueness of the region and specific concerns for disadvantaged, vulnerable, and oppressed individuals, families, and communities.

The Advanced Curriculum consists of distributional requirements and electives. Students take specific, required courses in each of the following areas: Human Behavior in the Social Environment (3 credit hours), Policy (3 credit hours), Practice (6 credit hours), Research (3 credit hours), and advanced Field Practica (12 credit hours). Courses in these areas are selected from lists approved by each concentration.

Full- and part-time students complete 36 hours in the Advanced Curriculum. This total includes three electives (9 credit hours). Students may take two courses in the Advanced Curriculum (6 credit hours) while completing the Foundation Curriculum (classroom courses and field practica). However, students may not enter Advanced Field Practica or continue in Advanced Curriculum classes until they complete the entire Foundation Curriculum.

Advanced standing students complete a total of 30 hours in the Advanced Curriculum. When they enter in the summer, they take three courses (10 credit hours). During the following fall and spring, advanced standing students complete required courses for the Advanced Curriculum and one elective (3 credit hours).

Foundation Pre-requisite Courses	Advanced Concentration Courses
SoWo 530- Foundations of Social Welfare & Social Work	SoWo 831 - Children's Services Policies & Programs SoWo 832 - Family Policy SoWo 607I - Aging and Public Policy SoWo 830 - Health and Mental Health Policy SoWo 834 - Policy Practice
SoWo 510 - Research Methods	SoWo 810 - Evaluation of Social Interventions SoWo 911 - Introduction to Social Statistics & Data Analysis
SoWo 500 - Family & Individual Development	SoWo 800 - Adult Health and Mental Health SoWo 802 - Family Stress SoWo 801 - Child & Adolescent Health & Mental Health SoWo 803 - Human Behavior of Aging SoWo 804 - Organizational & Community Behavior
SoWo 501 - Discrimination & Inequality	Can be taken as a co-requisite with other Concentration requirements.
SoWo 570 - SW Practice w/ Organizations & Communities	Advanced Practice SoWo 874 - Nonprofit & Public Management Advanced Practice Selections SoWo 880 - Sustainable Development SoWo 881 - Community Practice and Planning SoWo 882 - Citizen Participation and Volunteer Involvement SoWo 883 - Fundraising & Mkting for Nonprofits Org.s SoWo 884 - Executive Leadership in Nonprofit Org.s SoWo 885 - Financial Management of Nonprofit Org.s
SoWo 540 - SW Practice with Individuals and Families	Advanced Practice SoWo 842 - Family-Centered Social Work Practice SoWo 843 - Direct Practice with Aging Populations SoWo 840 - Health and MH Practice with Adults SoWo 841 - Health and MH Practice with Children & Adolescents Advanced Practice Selections SoWo 850 - School Social Work SoWo 851 - Social Work Practice with Groups SoWo 852 - Social Work Practice with Couples SoWo 853 - Brief Treatment SoWo 857 - Antisocial Behavior in Childhood & Early Adolescence SoWo 854 - Family Violence SoWo 855 - Care of the Dying and Bereaved SoWo 856 - ATOD: Clinical Practice SoWo 760 - ATOD Diverse Populations SoWo 761 - Clinical Practice with Families

Distributional Requirements in the Advanced Curriculum

Courses in the Advanced Curriculum are designed to build on the knowledge base acquired in the Foundation Curriculum. Students must successfully complete Foundation pre-requisite courses before enrolling in Advanced courses (see chart on page 11). In addition, students are required to take nine credit hours in elective courses. Electives may be selected from offerings of the School of Social Work, from other schools or departments within the University, and from other institutions. Any course within the School can serve as an elective if it is not being used to meet Foundation requirements or distributional requirements in the Advanced Curriculum. Elective courses must be taken at the graduate level. They must complement the student's concentration, and they must be relevant to the student's learning and career goals. Electives should be approved by the student's faculty advisor.

Curriculum Area	Credit Hours
Advanced Human Behavior in the Social Environment (HBSE)	3
Advanced Policy	3
Advanced Research	3
Advanced Practice	3
Advanced Practice Selection	3
Advanced Field	12
Electives	9
Total	36

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Last revised: July 12, 2006