MSW Concentrations
MSW Concentrations are designed to add value to your degree and increase your employment opportunities.
Areas of concentration include:
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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
At least six credits are required.
Course choices include:
- SWK 501: Treatment Modalities for Social Work Families
- SWK 502: Social Work Crisis Intervention with Families
- SWK 504: Short-Term Treatment Models in Social Work with Families
- SWK 505: Psychopharmacology for Social Workers
- SWK 507: Differential Assessment Techniques for Social Work
- SWK 516 Social Work in Healthcare
- SWK 541: Assessment Methods for Social Workers: Children and Adolescents
- SWK 551: The Fundamentals of Trauma Informed Care
- SWK 552: Clinical Approaches to trauma Informed Practice
- SWK 553 Trauma Informed Practice with Systems
- SWK 559: Social Work Intervention with Substance-Abusing Populations
- SWK 561: Motivational Interviewing Strategies for Gender, Addictions
- SWK 573: Publishing & Professional Presentation in Social Work
- SWK 574: Family Mediation
- SWK 575: Clinical Supervision in Social Work
- SWK 579: Independent Study*
*Independent Study content must apply to the concentration.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
At least six credits are required.
Course choices include:
- SWK 520: Community Social Needs Assessment
- SWK 524: Program Evaluation & Social Work
- SWK 525: Information Technology & Social Work Practice I
- SWK 526: Information Technology & Social Work Practice II
- SWK 527: Social Entrepreneurship and Social Work
- SWK 528: Social Work and Non-Profit Leadership
- SWK 529: Financial Sustainability of Entrepreneurial Social Work
- SWK 536: Skills for Working with the New Immigrant Family
- SWK 573: Publishing & Professional Presentation in Social Work
- SWK 579: Independent Study*
*Independent Study content must apply to the concentration. -
LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
At least six credits are required.
Course choices include:
- SWK 520: Community Social Needs Assessment
- SWK 524: Program Evaluation & Social Work
- SWK 525: Information Technology & Social Work Practice I
- SWK 526: Information Technology & Social Work Practice II
- SWK 527: Social Entrepreneurship and Social Work
- SWK 528: Social Work and Non-Profit Leadership
- SWK 529: Financial Sustainability of Entrepreneurial Social Work
- SWK 553: Trauma Informed Practice with Systems
- SWK 561: Motivational Interviewing Strategies for Gender, Addictions
- SWK 573: Publishing & Professional Presentation in Social Work
- SWK 574: Family Mediation
- SWK 575: Clinical Supervision in Social Work
- SWK 579: Independent Study*
- POL**
*Independent Study content must apply to the concentration.
**For individuals enrolled in the MPA\MSW program, credits in Political Science (POL) count toward the Leadership and management concentration.
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FAMILY AND CHILD WELLNESS
At least six credits are required.
Course choices include:
- SWK 501: Treatment Modalities for Social Work Families
- SWK 502: Social Work Crisis Intervention with Families
- SWK 504: Short-Term Treatment Models in Social Work with Families
- SWK 505: Psychopharmacology for Social Workers
- SWK 508: Maltreatment in the Family: Social Work Practice
- SWK 536: Skills for Working with the New Immigrant Family
- SWK 538: Practice of Family Group Decision Making I
- SWK 539: Practice of Family Group Decision Making II
- SWK 540: Practice of Family Group Decision Making III
- SWK 541: Assessment Methods for Social Workers Children and Adolescents
- SWK 545: Child Permanence and the Family-In-Environment
- SWK 553: Trauma Informed Practice with Systems
- SWK 559 – Social Work Intervention with Substance-Abusing Populations
- SWK 561: Motivational Interviewing Strategies for Gender, Addictions
- SWK 573: Publishing & Professional Presentation in Social Work
- SWK 574: Family Mediation
- SWK 575: Clinical Supervision in Social Work
- SWK 579: Independent Study*
*Independent Study content must apply to the concentration.
MSW students are eligible for a concentration if at least six credits are completed in a particular category. Credits are exclusive of another category.
Students who wish to earn two certificates must complete eight credits in electives, to earn three certificates students must complete nine or more credits.
For assistance in choosing a concentration, please speak with your advisor.