Students who have graduated from a CSWE accredited Social Work program are eligible for advanced generalist standing. Students who have a bachelor’s degree that is not a social work degree are eligible for non-advanced standing. Course schedules for both tracks are below.
Proposed Advanced Generalist Standing MSW program course schedule will be:
Semester 1 (Summer) |
Semester 2 (Fall) |
Semester 3 (Spring) |
Semester 4 (Summer) |
Social Work Psychopathology– 3 credits |
Advanced Practice: Intervention and Evaluation– 3 credits |
Social Work Practice with Groups, Communities and Organizations -3 credits |
Focus Area Elective--3 credits |
Advanced Social Welfare Policy Analysis --3 credits
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Research and Program Implementation and Evaluation -4 credits |
Focus Area Elective-3 credits |
Focus Area Elective-3 credits |
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Social Work Field Experience -3 credits |
Social Work Field Research Integration Capstone -4 credits |
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Total =6 |
Total =10 |
Total=10 |
Total =6 |
GRAND TOTAL OF 32 CREDITS (Depending on Pre-requisites)
The Non-Advanced Standing MSW program course schedule will be:
Pre-Requisites (Summer) |
Semester 1 (Fall) |
Semester 2 (Spring) |
Semester 3 (Summer) |
Introduction to SW– 3 credits |
Human Behavior and the Social Environment--4 credits |
Social Work Practice 2-3 credits |
Social Work Psychopathology– 3 credits |
Statistics- 3 credits |
Social Welfare Policy-3 credits |
Social Work Practice 3- 3 credits |
Advanced Social Welfare Policy Analysis --3 credits
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Social Work Practice 1- 3 credits |
Social Work Research-4 credits |
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Field -3 credits |
Field -3 credits |
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Up to 6 |
Total =13 |
Total =13 |
Total =6 |
Semester 4 (Fall) |
Semester 5 (Spring) |
Semester 6 (Summer) |
Advanced Practice: Intervention and Evaluation – 3 credits |
Social Work Practice with Groups, Communities and Organizations -3 credits |
Focus Area Elective--3 credits |
Research and Program Implementation and Evaluation -4 credits |
Focus Area Elective-3 credits |
Focus Area Elective-3 credits |
Social Work Field Experience -3 credits |
Social Work Field Research Integration Capstone -4 credits |
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Total =10 |
Total=10 |
Total =6 |
GRAND TOTAL OF 58 CREDITS (Depending on Pre-requisites)
· Field experiences are a total of 980 hours (CSWE minimum for non-advanced standing)
Students may transfer up to 12 credits from UW-Milwaukee’s Master’s in Social Work program to meet UW-Whitewater’s MSW requirements. Please consult with the MSW advisor for more information and consult http://uwm.edu/socialwelfare/academics/msw-in-social-work/