College of Professional Studies
School of Social Work

Two-Year Full-Time MSW Program:
Degree Plan (60 Semester Hours)

Year 1: Fall Semester
SWK6140 Social Welfare Policy & Institutions	3.0
SWK6150 HBSE I: Ecological Perspective	3.0
SWK6370 Social Work Practice I	3.0
SWK6500 Social Work Perspectives on Psychopathology	3.0
SWK6730 Field Instruction I	3.0
Total:	15.0
Year 1: Spring Semester
SWK6381 Social Work Practice II: Groupwork (8 week module)	1.5
SWK6382 Social Work Practice II: Community Practice (8 week module)	1.5
SWK6160 HBSE II: Theories of Human Development	3.0
SWK6390 Cross-Cultural Social Work Practice	3.0
SWK6250 Research I	3.0
SWK6740 Field Instruction II	3.0
Total:	15.0
Year 1 Total:	30.0
Year 2: Fall Semester
SWK6511/12 Social Work Practice III: Concentration	3.0
SWK6281/82 Research II: Concentration	3.0
SWKxxxx Social Work Elective	3.0
SWKxxxx Social Work Elective	3.0
SWK6750 Field Instruction III: Advanced Internship	3.0
Total:	15.0
Year 2: Spring Semester
SWK6521/22 Social Work Practice IV: Concentration	3.0
SWK6531/32 Advanced Social Policy: Concentration	3.0
SWKxxxx Social Work Elective	3.0
SWKxxxx Social Work Practice	3.0
SWK6760 Field Instruction IV: Advanced Internship	3.0
Total:	15.0
Year 2 Total:	30.0
Program Total:	57.0

Concentration:
Students will select a concentration for the advanced year of the curriculum. Concentrations are:
1) Clinical Practice; or, 2) Management & Community Practice. Students will enroll in the sections of Social Work Practice III & IV, Advanced Social Policy, and Research II that correspond with their concentration.

School Social Work Sequence:
(School internship is completed in advanced year of the MSW Program)
STUDENTS MUST:

1. Take and pass the Illinois Basic Skills Exam before the end of Fall Semester, 1st year
2. Complete SWK 5610: Survey of the Exceptional Child before Fall Semester, 2nd year (elective course)
3. Enroll in SWK 6410 & 6420: School Social Work: Policy & Practice I, II in the 2nd year (elective courses
   

For more information about the MSW Program, please contact:
Melissa Yovich-Whattam, 630 844-5292, myovich@aurora.edu,
Director of Graduate Enrollment