Sample 3 Year Program

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Year 1

Fall Semester

SOWK 505 - Life Course Development and Issues (HBSE I) 3 Credits
SOWK 507 - Social Welfare and Urban Economics 3 Credits (Policy)

Spring Semester

SOWK 506 - Urban Organizations, Neighborhoods & Communities (HBSE II) 3 Credits
SOWK 510 - Research and Urban Social Problems 3 Credits

Year 2

Fall Semester

SOWK 501 - Generalist Social Work Practice 3 Credits
SOWK 502 - Agency and Neighborhood Development in Poor Urban Communities 3 Credits
SOWK 503 - Foundation Field Practicum I 3 Credits (16 hours/week) **

Spring Semester

SOWK 509 - Chemical Dependency and Community Violence: Urban Perspectives 3 Credits
SOWK 508 - Organizational Policy and Leadership in Human Service Programs 3 Credits
SOWK 504 - Foundation Field Practicum II 3 Credits (16 hours/week)

Year 3

Fall Semester

SOWK 601 - Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention 3 Credits
SOWK 610 - Evaluation Research of Urban Social Problems, Services, & Interventions 3 Credits
SOWK 603 - Concentration Field Practicum III & IV 6 Credits (24 hours/week)
Required Concentration 3 credits.
Required Concentration 3 credits.

Spring Semester

SOWK 602 - Social Work Practice with Urban Black Families 3 Credits
SOWK 604 - Concentration Field Practicum III & IV 6 Credits (24 hours/week)
Required Concentration 3 credits.
Elective 3 credits.

Total: 60 Credits

Concentrations:

Urban Children, Youth & Families
School Social Work
Public Health Social Work
Gerontology

**Field Practicum

Please note that students who elect the 3 year program are required to complete sixteen (16) hours per week of field practicum each semester in the foundation year (second year) and twenty-four (24) hours per week in the advanced year (third year).

Note

Students who select the 3 year program must plan for the third year which is full time. The statute of limitations for graduate studies is five years.