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DeVos Center, 391C
Grand Rapids, MI 49504

Full Time Sample Curriculum


Fall Entry - Summer Field

Semester 1 - FALL
SW 600 Cultural Competency for Social Work (3)
SW 601 Foundations of Social Work Practice (3)
SW 603 Integrated Methods (3)
SW 620 Human Behavior and the Social Environment (3)
Total Credit Hours: 12 credit hours

Semester 2 - WINTER
SW 610 Social Welfare Policy I (3)
SW 622 Psychopathology and Social Deviance (3)
SW 690 Social Research I (3)
(Choose 1)*  GROUP ABC, or D (3)
Total Credit Hours: 12 credit hours

*Students following the curriculum for School Social Work certification should choose SW 660 or SW 662

Semester 3 - SUMMER
SW 650 Field Education I (3)
SW 651 Field Education Seminar I (1)
SW 693 Social Research II (3)
(Choose 1)*   SW 612 Social Policy: Families and Children (3)
                    SW 613 Human Rights and Social Work (3)
                    SW 614 Social Policy and Mental Health (3)
                    SW 616 Law, Ethics and Social Welfare (3)
                    SW 618 Contemporary Social Policy for Elders (3)
                    SW 619 Comparative Social Welfare Policy
                    *Students following the curriculum for School Social Work certification
                     should choose SW 612
Total Credit Hours: 10 credit hours

Optional: SW 664 School Social Work Course

Semester 4 - FALL
SW 652 Field Education II (3)
SW 653 Field Education Seminar II (1)
(Choose 2)* GROUP A and/or GROUP A & B (3 per course, 6 Total)
                 *School Social Workers choose two: SW 672, SW 673,
or SW 674
(Choose 1)* GROUP C (3)
                *Students following the curriculum for School Social Work
certification 
                  should choose SW 678
Total Credit Hours: 13 credit hours

Semester 5 - WINTER
SW 640 Advanced Generalist Seminar (3)
SW 654 Field Education III (1)
SW 655 Field Education Seminar III (3)
(Choose 1)* GROUP C or D (3)
(Choose 1)* GROUP ABC or D (3)
           *Students following the curriculum for School Social Work
certification
             should choose SW 677 and any elective

Total Credit Hours: 13 credit hours

Optional: SW 664 School Social Work


Fall Entry - Winter Field

Semester 1 - FALL
SW 600 Cultural Competency for Social Work (3)
SW 601 Foundations of Social Work Practice (3)
SW 603 Integrated Methods (3)
SW 620 Human Behavior and the Social Environment (3)
Total Credit Hours: 12 credit hours

Semester 2 - WINTER
SW 610 Social Welfare Policy I (3)
SW 650 Field Education I (3)
SW 651 Field Education Seminar I (1)
SW 690 Social Research I (3)
(Choose 1)* GROUP ABC, or D (3)
           *Students following the curriculum for School Social Work
certification 
            should choose SW 660 or SW 662
Total Credit Hours: 13 credit hours

Semester 3 - SUMMER
SW 622 Psychopathology and Social Deviance (3)
SW 693 Social Research I (3)
(Choose 1)* SW 612 Social Policy: Families and Children (3)
                  SW 613 Human Rights and Social Work (3)
                  SW 614 Social Policy and Mental Health (3)
                  SW 616 Law, Ethics and Social Welfare (3)
                  SW 618 Contemporary Social Policy for Elders (3)
                  SW 619 Comparative Social Welfare Policy (3)
                  *Students following the curriculum for School Social Work
certification
                   should choose SW 612
Total Credit Hours: 9 credit hours

Optional: SW 664 School Social Work Course

Semester 4 - FALL
SW 652 Field Education II (3)
SW 653 Field Education Seminar II (1)
(Choose 2)*  GROUP A and/or GROUP A & B (3 per couse, 6 Total)
           *Students following the curriculum for School Social Work
certification 
            should choose two: SW 672, SW 673, or SW 674
 
(Choose 1)*
  GROUP C
            *Students following the curriculum for School Social Work
certification 
             should choose SW 678
Total Credit Hours: 13 credit hours

Semester 5 - WINTER
SW 640 Advanced Generalist Seminar (3)
SW 654 Field Education III (3)
SW 655 Field Education Seminar III (3)
(Choose 1)* GROUP C or D (3)
(Choose 1)* GROUP ABC or D (3)
           *Students following the curriculum for School Social Work
certification
            should choose SW 677 and any elective
Total Credit Hours: 13 credit hours

Optional: SW 664 School Social Work Course

  Last Modified Date: August 10, 2009
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