Social Work (Advanced Standing) MSW

Unique to our highly ranked MSW program, is an integrated trauma-informed and human rights perspective, offering a transformational lens to focus your social work policy and practice. The advanced standing track is for qualifying applicants with a bachelor of social work (BSW) degree, earned within six years of starting the MSW.

Required Core (17 credits)

SW 540LEC - Advanced Standing Seminar Credits: 3
SW 541LEC - Adv Stand Research Credits: 3
SW 542SEM - Trauma and Human Rights Credits: 3
SW 552LEC - Field Instruction 3 Credits: 4
SW 553LEC - Field Instruction 4 Credits: 3
SW 555SEM - Field Seminar Credits: 0.5 (for 2 semesters, 1 credit total)

Advanced Interventions (3 credits)

Select 1 from:

SW 522LEC - Case Mangmt Intervention Credits: 3
SW 523LEC - Soc Action Comm Change Credits: 3
SW 524LEC - Intvtn w/ Child & Adolesc Credits: 3
SW 525LEC - Interv/Intimate Rltnshps Credits: 3
SW 526LEC - Interventions with Families Credits: 3
SW 527LEC - Interventions W/Groups Credits: 3
SW 528LEC - Interventions with Adults Credits: 3
SW 530LEC - Interventions with Organizations Credits: 3
SW 531LEC - Crisis Intervention Credits: 3

Advanced Topics (6 credits)

Select 2 from:

SW 560LEC - Natur/Treat-Alc/Drug Prob Credits: 3
SW 561LEC - Dual Disorders Credits: 3
SW 563LEC - Advan Policy Dev/Analys Credits: 3
SW 564LEC - Administ/Managemt Credits: 3
SW 566LEC - Soc. Serv Child/Youth/Fam Credits: 3
SW 568LEC - Serious Illness Care Credits: 3
SW 569LEC - Community Social Work Credits: 3
SW 570LEC - Health & Disability SW Credits: 3
SW 572LEC - Mentl Hlth & Disability SW Credits: 3
SW 576LEC - Child Abuse/Neglect Credits: 3
SW 706LEC - Aging Population & Family Credits: 3

Electives (9 credits)

Select 9 credits from:

SW 554LEC - Motivational Interviewing Credits: 3 *
SW 556LEC - Forensic Social Work Credits: 3 *
SW 557LEC - Evi-Based Ment Hlth Prac Credits: 3 *
SW 559LEC - Trauma Theory & Treatment Credits: 3 *
SW 568LEC - Serious Illness Care Credits: 3 *
SW 573LEC - Solution Focused Practice Credits: 3 *
SW 577LEC - Schema Focused Therapy Credits: 1
SW 578LEC - Gender Issues Credits: 3
SW 580LEC - Psychopathology Credits: 3 *
SW 582LEC - Multicultural Issues in SW Credits: 3
SW 584LEC - Personality Disorders Credits: 3 *
SW 586LEC - Responding to Refugees and Immigrants Credits: 3
SW 587LEC - Addiction and the Family Credits: 3 *
SW 588LEC - SW Practice W/Glbt Pop Credits: 3 *
SW 589LEC - Survivors of Sexual Abuse Credits: 3 *
SW 591LEC - Spirituality in SW Credits: 3
SW 593LEC - Emdr Credits: 3 *
SW 595LEC - Agency Grant Writing Credits: 3
SW 597LEC - Play Therapy Credits: 3 *
SW 598LEC - Behav Disorder of Childhd Credits: 3 *
SW 599LEC - School Social Work Credits: 3 *
SW 702LEC - Motivational Interviewing for Client Behavior Change Credits: 1
SW 704LEC - Solution Focused Approaches to Difficult Client Situations Credits: 1
SW 705LEC - Assessing Lethality Credits: 1
SW 706LEC - Aging Population & Family Credits: 3 *
SW 707LEC - HLP Chld Fam Cope W Loss Credits: 1
SW 708LEC - Responding to Disasters with Social Work Interventions Credits: 3 *
SW 710LEC - Loss and Grief Across the Life Course Credits: 3 *
SW 714LEC - International Social Work Credits: 3
SW 716LEC - Professional Writing and Documentation for Social Work Pracitce Credits: 3
SW 717LEC - Human Sexuality for Social Workers Credits: 3
SW 718LEC - Core Concepts in Child and Adolescent Trauma Credits: 3 *
SW 719LEC - Additional Field Experience Credits: 2
SW 720LEC - Vet and Military Family Care Credits: 3 *
SW 972LEC - Topics Credits: 1 - 3
SW 973LEC - Topics Credits: 1
SW 974LEC - Topics Credits: 1 - 3
SW 975LEC - Topics Credits: 1
SW 976LEC - Topics Credits: 1 - 3
SW 977LEC - Topics Credits: 1 - 3
SW 978LEC - Topics Credits: 1 - 3
SW 988LEC - Special Topics Credits: 3
SW 990LEC - Special Topics Credits: 1
SW 991LEC - Special Topics Credits: 1 - 3
SW 992LEC - Topics Credits: 3
SW 994LEC - Topics Credits: 1 - 3
SW 995LEC - Topics Credits: 1 - 3
SW 996LEC - Topics Credits: 1 - 3
SW 997LEC - Topics Credits: 1 - 3
SW 998LEC - Special Topics Credits: 1 - 3

Total Credit Hours: 35

3.0 Degree GPA required

Special Requirements

Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree in social work (BSW).
Applicants must have a B- or better in all undergraduate Social Work Courses.
Applicants must have a 3.0 cumulative GPA in their BSW.

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

1) Demonstrate knowledge and skills to practice as professional social workers with and on behalf of individuals, families, groups, and communities, and in systems of care and institutions, using a trauma-informed and human rights perspective.

2) Apply empirically and theoretically-based practice knowledge grounded in the ethics and values of the profession to practice with diverse and oppressed populations.

SED Statement

This program is officially registered with the New York State Education Department (SED).