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Master of Social Work

Build a Portfolio Based on Your Professional Focus

Through our impressive range of electives, one-credit intensives, and field placements, it is possible for you to concentrate your graduate education on specific aspects of social work, including children and families; community- or hospital-based mental health; international social work, working with adults; schools; health; disability; working with the aged; social work and the law; and social work policy practice.

You can select from our rich and diverse offerings to build a focused portfolio suited to your professional interests. For example, if you chose a focus on children and families, your course portfolio could include both direct practice and elements of social policy and law within which practice is embedded.

Examples of our Practice Areas and Related Electives are provided below. One-credit intensives, or "mini-courses", are noted with (M).

field practice systems and related electives

Contemporary Issues with Children and Families
Course Title Course Number
An Introduction to Conflict Management MSWEL-GS.2082
Childhood Life Stressors & Maladaptive Behaviors MSWEL-GS.2055
Clinical Practice with Children MSWEL-GS.2010
Clinical Practice with Families: Contemporary Issues & Approaches MSWEL-GS.2086
Creative Arts Therapy in SW Practice MSWEL-GS.2110
Culturally Competent Practice w/ Urban Youth & Families MSWEL-GS.2096
Culture & Social Issues of Central America MSWEL-GS.2114
Ending Poverty: Models for Social Change and Social Action MSWEL-GS.2111
Grief, Loss and Bereavement MSWEL-GS.2087
Object Relations MSWEL-GS.2051
Social Work & Family Violence MSWEL-GS.2063
Social Work Practice in Child Welfare MSWEL-GS.2046
Social Work Practice in Secondary Schools MSWEL-GS.2064
Theories of Attachment MSWEL-GS.2088
Art Therapy with Children & Adolescents (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Child Welfare Practice w/ Immigrant Families (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Clinical Practice With Families (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Conflict Resolution for Children & Adolescents (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Contemporary Child Treatment (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Culturally Sensitive Practice with Spanish Language/Latino Heritage Families (M, taught in Spanish) MSWEL-GS.2077
Grief, Loss & Bereavement (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Immigrant Families: Stressors and Adaptation (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
SW in the ER: Focus On Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Abuse (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Contemporary Issues with Adults
Course Title Course Number
Advanced Practice with Immigrant and Refugees MSWEL-GS.2115
An Introduction to Conflict Management MSWEL-GS.2082
Clinical Practice w/Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse MSWEL-GS.2059
Clinical Practice with Couples MSWEL-GS.2049
Clinical Practice with Substance Abusers & Their Families MSWEL-GS.2028
Contemporary Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender MSWEL-GS.2095
Creative Arts Therapy in SW Practice MSWEL-GS.2110
Critical Thinking, Spirituality & Psychotherapy MSWEL-GS.2109
Ending Poverty: Models for Social Change and Social Action MSWEL-GS.2111
Feminist Theories & Practice MSWEL-GS.2050
Grief, Loss and Bereavement MSWEL-GS.2087
Object Relations MSWEL-GS.2051
Disaster, Trauma & Loss (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Grief, Loss & Bereavement (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Psychological Trauma (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Substance Abuse Among Women through the Life Cycle (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
The Use of Harm Reduction in the Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Contemporary Issues with Older Adults
Course Title Course Number
Clinical Practice with Aging Populations MSWEL-GS.2117
Contemporary Aging MSWEL-GS.2102
Grief, Loss and Bereavement MSWEL-GS.2087
Grief, Loss & Bereavement (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Substance Abuse Among Women through the Life Cycle (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Health
Course Title Course Number
Clinical Practice in Illness & Healthcare MSWEL-GS.2113
Social Work in Health and Mental Health MSWEL-GS.2112
Eating Disorders (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Disability
Course Title Course Number
An Intro To Disabilities and Clinical Social Work Practice (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
World of Work
Course Title Course Number
Social Work: Foundation for Leadership MSWEL-GS.2118
Occupational Social Work (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Writing For Professionals (M - WSQ) MSWEL-GS.2077
Social Work and the Law
Course Title Course Number
Comparative Criminal Justice MSWEL-GS.2106
Mental Illness & The Criminal Justice System MSWEL-GS.2119
Social Work & the Law MSWEL-GS.2003
Therapeutic Jurisprudence MSWEL-GS.2101
Community Based Mental Health
Course Title Course Number
Cognitive & Behavioral Interventions MSWEL-GS.2053
Comparative Short Term Therapies: Crisis Dynamic/CBT MSWEL-GS.2047
Critical Thinking, Spirituality & Psychotherapy MSWEL-GS.2109
Culturally Competent Practice: Integrative Framework for Serving Asian & Asian American Populations MSWEL-GS.2091
Evidence Based Practice MSWEL-GS.2104
Integrative Gestalt Therapy Approach MSWEL-GS.2110
Social Work Treatment with Difficult Clients MSWEL-GS.2108
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Principles & Practice (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Hospital Based Mental Health
Course Title Course Number
Clinical Practice in Illness & Healthcare MSWEL-GS.2113
Social Work in Health and Mental Health MSWEL-GS.2112
Intro/Clinic Diagnosis: Using the DSM IV-TR (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Mental Illness: Contemporary Neuroscience & Psychosocial Perspectives (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Psychopharmacology (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Recovery from Mental Disorders (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
SW in the ER: Focus On Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Abuse (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
International Social Work
Course Title Course Number
Advanced Practice with Immigrant and Refugees MSWEL-GS.2115
Culturally Competent Practice: Integrative Framework for Serving Asian & Asian American Populations MSWEL-GS.2091
Culture & Social Issues of Central America MSWEL-GS.2114
Social Work Practice in Child Welfare MSWEL-GS.2046
Culturally Sensitive Practice with Spanish Language/Latino Heritage Families (M, taught in Spanish) MSWEL-GS.2077
Disaster, Trauma & Loss (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Immigrant Families: Stressors and Adaptation (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
School Social Work
Course Title Course Number
Social Work Practice in Secondary Schools MSWEL-GS.2064
Social Work Practice In Secondary Schools & Colleges (M) MSWEL-GS.2077
Policy Practice
Course Title Course Number
Comparative Criminal Justice MSWEL-GS.2106
Contemporary Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender MSWEL-GS.2095
Culture & Social Issues of Central America MSWEL-GS.2114
Ending Poverty: Models for Social Change and Social Action MSWEL-GS.2111
Grief, Loss and Bereavement MSWEL-GS.2087
Mental Illness & The Criminal Justice System MSWEL-GS.2119
Social Work: Foundation for Leadership MSWEL-GS.2118
Therapeutic Jurisprudence MSWEL-GS.2101
Grief, Loss & Bereavement (M) MSWEL-GS.2077