MSW Courses @ School of Social Work | University of Missouri

Foundation Courses *
7710 Social Policy and Service Delivery in Social Work (3)
7720 Foundations of Human Behavior (3)
7730 Direct Practice (3)
7740 Community and Organization Dynamics (3)
7760 Foundations of Social Justice: Values, Diversity, Power & Oppression (3)
7952 Research Design in Social Work (3)
7971 Graduate Field Practicum I (6)

* All Foundation courses are waived for Advanced Standing students, except 7952 Research Methods in Social Work. A test-out option is available for some foundation courses but the credit hours must be made up with other courses.

Clinical Practice Concentration Courses
7770 Strategies of Clinical Social Work Intervention (3)
7820 DSM IV Psychopathology: A Social Work Experience (3)
- - - - Advanced Policy Elective (3)
- - - - Advanced Clinical Practice Selective (3)
- - - - Advanced Diversity Elective (3)
8952 Evaluative Research in Clinical Social Work Practice (3)
8970 Professional Practice Seminar (3)
8971 Graduate Field Practicum II (12)
- - - - Elective (3)

Policy, Planning & Administration Concentration Courses
7780 Fundamentals of Social Work Administration (3)
7920 Advanced Foundations of Human Behavior for Administrators (3)
8350 Management of a Social Agency (3)
8952 Evaluative Research in Social Work Planning & Administration (3)
8970 Professional Practice Seminar (3)
8971 Graduate Field Practicum II (12)
- - - - Advanced Diversity Elective (3)
- - - - Advanced Policy Elective (3)
- - - - Elective (3)

Computer Competency and Use

The graduate program demands computer skills in all courses and often for paper submission and class communication. University e-mail accounts are established upon registration. Only emails sent through University email accounts are considered official University correspondence. All faculty have e-mail accounts. Students are expected to check their University email account on a regular basis. The School maintains an e-mail listserve to communicate important information. Students should have access to a personal computer. Division of Information Technology (DO IT) homepage.

A graduate student must complete 60 graduate credit hours for the Regular Standing program (Lincoln University students complete 51 to 57 credit hours) or 39 graduate credit hours for the Advanced Standing program. To remain in good standing, students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better. A total of at least two semesters of 9 credit hours each must be completed in residence at MU. The Block field instruction semester counts toward the residency requirement. Students in the Regular program may test out of a maximum of 9 credit hours of foundation course content by successful completion of proficiency examinations prior to beginning the MSW Program. Advanced Standing students have the test out option for the foundation research course only. The credit hours must be replaced with other advanced courses. In addition, the following requirements must be fulfilled:

1. All work toward the MSW degree must be completed within four years from admission. All students must demonstrate acceptable progress toward the degree.
2. The hours required for the MSW degree must include a minimum of 20 hours of credit in advanced courses 7000 or above plus the curricular requirements as determined by the faculty.
3. A regular standing student must earn a B or higher in foundation level course work to enroll in concentration course work.
4. A regular standing student must receive a grade of satisfactory on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis in the first-year field instruction course in order to be eligible to enter the second year field instruction course. To be eligible for graduation, a student must receive a grade of satisfactory in the block field practicum.
5. All courses must be taken in proper sequence.