MSW Degree

Program Overview

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This Advanced Standing MSW program provides advanced clinical skills and specialized knowledge in various focus areas, including school social work, medical social work, advanced clinical skills, and trauma-informed practice. Students complete required coursework and three elective courses, allowing them to tailor their studies to their career goals. The program also offers interprofessional electives from other UNE Online graduate programs.

Program Outline

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Required Coursework for the Advanced Standing Track

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MSW Advanced Standing Track Required Courses

• SSWO 526: Integrating Clinical / Community Practice Frameworks (3 credits)
• SSWO 552: Advanced Clinical Practice I (3 credits)
• SSWO 553: Advanced Clinical Practice II (3 credits)
• SSWO 565: Administration & Supervision (3 credits)
• SSWO 581: Field Practicum III / Seminar (3 credits)
• SSWO 583: Field Practicum IV / Seminar (3 credits)
• SSWO 597: Advanced Psychological Assessment (3 credits)

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Three Elective Courses

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Focus Areas

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Focus Area: School Social Work

• SSWO 574: Social Work in School Settings (3 credits)
• SSWO 633: Social Work with Children, Adolescents, and Families (3 credits)
• Option to choose one of the following:
• EDU 722: Special Education Assessment in Inclusion Settings (3 credits)
• EDU 725: Behavior Considerations in the Inclusive Setting (3 credits)
• EDU 727: Understanding the Whole Child in the Inclusive Setting (3 credits)

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Focus Area: Medical Social Work

• SSWO 575: Social Work in Health Care Settings (3 credits)
• SSWO 627: Psychopharmacology (3 credits)
• SSWO 670: Grief, Loss, Death and Dying (3 credits)

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Focus Area: Advanced Clinical Skills

• SSWO 603: Strengths-Based CBT (3 credits)
• SSWO 642: Narrative Therapy (3 credits)
• SSWO 643: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (3 credits)

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Focus Area: Trauma Informed Practice

• SSWO 613: Advanced Based Trauma Practice (3 credits)
• SSWO 650: Trauma Informed Theory and Practice (3 credits)
• SSWO 585: Substance Use (3 credits)

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Electives

• SSWO 564: Program Dev & Community Practice (2 credits)
• SSWO 571: SW Practice w/ Groups (2 credits)
• SSWO 585: Substance Abuse (2 credits)
• SSWO 607: SW Practice w/ LGBTQ Individuals, Families, and Groups (2 credits)
• SSWO 611: Social Work Practice and Intimate Partner Violence (2 credits)
• SSWO 613: Advanced Trauma-Based Practice (2 credits)
• SSWO 618: Homelessness and Social Work (2 credits)
• SSWO 627: Pyschopharmacology: Drugs / Behavior (2 credits)
• SSWO 628: Use of Creative Arts in Social Work Practice (2 credits)
• SSWO 633: Social Work Practice with Child, Adolescent, Parent (2 credits)
• SSWO 635: Aging and Health (2 credits)
• SSWO 642: Narrative Therapy (2 credits)
• SSWO 650: Trauma Informed Theory/Practice (2 credits)
• SSWO 657: SW Practice w/ Military and Family (2 credits)
• SSWO 670: Grief, Loss, Death and Dying in Social Work (2 credits)
• SSWO 673: Social Work and the Law (2 credits)
• SSWO 685: Comm Organizing/Comm Building (2 credits)

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Interprofessional Electives

MSW students can also take electives from other UNE Online graduate programs.