All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise noted.

FOUNDATION CURRICULUM YEAR

FALL SEMESTER
SW601 Field Work I (Co-requisites: SW602, 631)
SW602 Generalist Social Work Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups & Organizations I (Co-requisites: SW 601, 631)
SW603 Human Behavior and the Social Environment I
SW604 Social Welfare Policy and Service Delivery Systems – Social Justice I
SW605 Social Work Values and Ethics
SW631 Professional Seminar I (Co-requisites: SW 601, 602) – 2 credits

SPRING SEMESTER
SW606 Field Work II (Pre-requisite: SW 601, Co-requisites: SW 607, 632)

SW607 Generalist Social Work Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups and Communities II (Pre-requisite: SW 602 Co-requisites: SW 606, 632)
SW608 Human Behavior and the Social Environment II (Pre-requisite: SW 603)
SW609 Social Welfare Policy and Service Delivery Systems – Social Justice II
(Pre-requisite: SW 604)
SW610 Social Work Issues with Diverse and Oppressed Populations
SW632 Professional Seminar II (Pre-requisite: SW 631, Co-requisites: SW 606, 607) – 1 credit

All foundation year courses must be completed prior to taking advanced year courses.

ADVANCED CURRICULUM YEAR

FALL SEMESTER
SW611 Field Work III (Co-requisites: SW 612, 613)
SW612 Advanced Clinical Social Work Practice with Individuals I (Co-requisites: SW 611, 633)
SW613 Evaluation and Research I
SW614 Advanced Clinical Assessment, Psychosocial Diagnosis, Intervention Planning and Implementation – Issues in Psychopathology I
SW633 Professional Seminar III (Co-requisites: SW 611, 612) – 1 credit

One Elective

SPRING SEMESTER
SW616 Field Work IV (Pre-requisite: SW 611, Co-requisites: SW 617, 634)
SW617 Advanced Clinical Social Work Practice with Families and Groups II
(Co-requisites: 616, 634)
SW618 Evaluation and Research II (Pre-requisite: SW 613)
SW619 Advanced Clinical Assessment, Psychosocial Diagnosis, Intervention Planning and Implementation – Issues in Psychopathology II (Pre-requisite: SW 614)
SW634 Professional Seminar IV (Pre-requisite: SW 603 Co-requisite: SW 616, 617) – 1 credit

One Elective

Elective Courses:
SW621 Jewish Social Philosophy and Social Work Services
SW622 Diagnosis and Treatment Issues in Chemical Dependency
SW623 Social Work Practice: Couple and Family Treatment
SW624 Social Work Practice: Short Term and Cognitive Therapy
SW625 Social Work Practice: Spirituality in Social Work
SW626 Social Work Practice with Children and Adolescents
SW627 Social Work Practice: Group Therapy
SW628 Advanced Clinical Seminar
SW629 Social Work Practice and Domestic Violence
SW 635 Clinical Social Work in Schools

* The Touro Graduate School of Social Work reserves the right to change rules, policies, fees and curricula without advance notification.

FIRST- AND SECOND-YEAR ACADEMIC COURSEWORK

Foundations in Social Work Practice – Year One

All students take beginning level courses, which are designed to provide the basic foundation for the practice of social work in a broad spectrum of social agency settings in the metropolitan New York area. The content of these courses is relevant to the mission of the College, goals and objectives of the program, as well as to the purposes, values and ethics of the social work profession. These courses provide an opportunity for students to view the profession as a whole. They expose students to a wide range of social work roles and practice opportunities.

The history and philosophy of social welfare is studied to provide the context for the body of knowledge and skills needed for practice. Basic coursework in the foundation sequence includes courses in human development and behavior. These courses introduce students to the biological, psychological, psychodynamic, cultural, and social dimensions of human behavior. Courses on the delivery of services explore the role of structures of organization in the delivery of services to individuals, families, groups and communities. In clinical courses students are introduced to the basic skills and tools needed to understand the needs of clients and to devise intervention strategies for the amelioration of stress and the improvement of clients’ lives.

Field instruction, which includes supervised direct practice in an agency setting, integrates course content with practice and completes the foundation sequence. Our professional seminars are structured learning opportunities that facilitate the integration of agency experiences with concurrent academic course work, allowing students to compare experiences and engage in peer learning and support beyond the agency and classroom. All courses reflect the values and ethics of the social work profession and respect for diversity, social justice and at-risk populations.

Advanced Concentration in Clinical Practice – Year Two

After successfully completing the foundation courses, students continue their clinical concentration in work with individuals, families and groups. Students study more complex issues of human behavior and acquire skills and tools for more intensive work with their clients. Field work continues with supervised direct practice in an agency setting. Intensive classroom discussion is utilized to deal with clinical issues and problems as these arise in placement settings.

The advanced curriculum has a concentration in clinical social work and features advanced clinical practice courses that span the depth and breadth of advanced clinical social work practice. Courses also include intense discussion of issues in psychopathology including diagnosis and assessment, intervention planning, and treatment evaluation with specific ethnic and religious populations. Field work settings are selected to provide students the necessary experience to hone their clinical skills in a field of practice they would like to focus on.

In the advanced clinical social work concentration, the conceptual framework is that of generalist social work practice with a primary application on the individual. Students also study the latest research from allied fields.

At the end of this concentration graduates are expected to deal with a wide range of clients’ emotional and mental problems with a proficient sense of their own self-awareness. They will be fully conversant with the specific issues related to cultural diversity and religious differences as these affect the client’s ability to self-manage his/her life. Likewise, graduates will be familiar with the use of resources for their own continuing professional development, including on-going supervision and enlisting the skills of a psychiatrist when necessary.

Students are introduced to basic research concepts, designs and methods in year two. They learn research skills, which are utilized in the evaluation of social welfare and clinical social work outcomes. The research sequence is anchored in evidence–based practice.