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Child Welfare Area of Focus Course Checklist

It is your responsibility to ensure that your degree and licensing requirements are met. Your academic advisor is available to help you. Please meet with the MSW advisor at least once per academic year to ensure you are on track.

Year One

Fall Required Courses:

Course Number Title Credit Hours
SW6001 Practice I: Assessment, Engagement, Intervention, and Evaluation 3 credit hours
SW6030 HBSE Human Behavior and the Social Environment 3 credit hours
SW6040 DSM and Psychopathology 3 credit hours
    Total: 9 credit hours

Spring Required Courses:

Course Number Title Credit Hours
SW6002 Practice II 3 credit hours
SW6110 Research for Social Work Practice 3 credit hours
SW6240 Social Policies and Programs: Advocacy and Analysis for Justice 3 credit hours
    Total: 9 credit hours

Year Two

Fall Required Courses:

Course Number Title Credit Hours
SW6120 Diversity & Social Justice: Reflexive & Ethical Social Work Practice I 3 credit hours
SW6140 Community-Based Strategies for Social Change 3 credit hours
SW6511 Generalist Field Practicum I 3 credit hours
    Total: 9 credit hours

Spring Required Courses:

Course Number Title Credit Hours
SW6220 Diversity & Social Justice: Reflexive and Ethical Social Work Practice II 3 credit hours
SW6740 Substance Use Practice I: Evidence-Based Principles and Therapeutic Alliance* 3 credit hours
SW6512 Generalist Field Practicum II 3 credit hours
    Total: 9 credit hours

Year Three

Fall Required Courses:

Course Number Title Credit Hours
SW6302 Child Welfare Practice I: Trauma-Focused Intervention Across Ages, Cultures, and Settings 3 credit hours
SW6401 Mental Health Practice I: Children and Adolescents** 3 credit hours
SW6521 Specialist Field Practicum I 4 credit hours
SW6xxx Elective Credit Course 2 credit hours
    Total: 12 credit hours

Spring Required Courses:

Course Number Title Credit Hours
SW6301 Child Welfare Practice II: Evidence-Based Practice & Interventions for Trauma in Children/Adolescents 3 credit hours
SW6522 Specialist Field Practicum II 4 credit hours
SW6xxx Elective Credit Course 3 credit hours
SW6xxx Elective Credit Course 2 credit hours
    Total: 12 credit hours

Total to graduate: 60 credit hours

Courses:

  • All courses are held on Friday evenings and Saturday days.
  • Practicum (field) hours are completed on other weekdays. They cannot be completed at the applicant’s place of employment. Due to the nature of needing evening practicum hours, agency options are limited.

Grades:

  • MSW students must earn a C+ or better in each of the required courses, including Practicum, to take the second course in any sequenced courses (e.g., Practice I and Practice II), and to move forward in the program.
  • All MSW students must maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA in order to be in good academic standing.

Area of Focus:

  • Students in the Child Welfare (Title IV-E) MSW Distance Program will take courses in the Child Welfare area of focus.
  • *Students in the Child Welfare (Title IV-E) MSW Distance Program will take Substance Use Practice I as 3 elective course credits.
  • **Students in the Child Welfare (Title IV-E) MSW Distance Program will take Mental Health Practice I as their advanced practice course outside the Child Welfare area of focus.
  • School Social Work is not an area of focus. School SW courses count as elective course credits.

Reminders:

  • Students in the Child Welfare (Title IV-E) MSW Distance Program must successfully complete a minimum of 60 credit hours to graduate.
  • Only courses offered within the Child Welfare (Title IV-E) MSW Distance Program may be taken (section numbers 830, 831).
  • Registration is by permission code. Your advisor will send registration information and permission codes ahead of each semester. Your seat in each course is reserved.
Last Updated: 12/30/25