| IMPORTANT PROGRAM NOTES: - The 60-credit MSW degree must be earned within four years of initial registration. Advanced Standing students must earn the MSW within two years of initial registration, provided the degree is awarded within six years from the baccalaureate graduation.
- Students who take SOWK 630 must remain with the same cohort for SOWK 631.
- All students must develop an individual educational plan with their advisor’s guidance and approval.
- To comply with the University’s academic residency requirement, students must complete at least two consecutive semesters (i.e., fall-spring or spring-fall) and be registered for at least 9 credits during each of those semesters.
- Students may register for a maximum of 15 credits each fall or spring semester.
- Students must register for a minimum of 6 credits each fall or spring semester.
- Continuing and Advanced Standing students may register for 3 or 6 credits in the summer session.
- Foundation courses must be completed before students may enter advanced field instruction.
- Students must have a 3.0 GPA in foundation courses before entering advanced field instruction.
- A methods course must accompany field instruction. Foundation methods courses are SOWK 630 and 631, to accompany SOWK 635 and 636. Advanced methods courses begin with SWCL or SWOA. The advanced methods courses must be appropriate for the concentration (clinical or MACO).
- No course may be taken without having received credit for the approved prerequisite.
- A GPA of 3.0 is required for graduation.
- The field instruction course is a two-year requirement, and for Advanced Standing students it is one year.
- The foundation year requires 16 hours a week. Each field instruction day must not exceed eight hours. Foundation placements are scheduled Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday. Actual hours of work conform to the agency’s service hours.
- The advanced year requires 24 hours a week. Each field instruction day must not exceed eight hours. Advanced placements are scheduled on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. There is an extended plan option for the advanced year, which requires 16 hours per week from September to July and approval from the agency and the Field Instruction Office. It delays graduation until the completion of field instruction in July. Actual hours of work conform to the agency’s service hours.
- Foundation field instruction begins in the fall semester only. Advanced field instruction begins in the fall and, by special arrangement, in the summer.
- The foundation and advanced field instruction are performed in two different settings.
- There is an opportunity for employment-based field instruction.
- Students who have full-time jobs need to plan for release time from their regular work to participatein field instruction.
- All students must allocate time to complete field instruction requirements within the above noted days and hours.
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