Part-Time Program
The GSSWSR offers a three-year part-time program that can be completed with a combination of evening and weekend courses to meet the varying needs of our diverse student body.
Part-Time Program Overview
- Courses will be offered in the evening and on Saturdays to accommodate part-time student availability.
- Note: Should part-time students have availability during the day, they are able to enroll in daytime courses at the GSSWSR.
- Students in the part-time program will be able to complete all program requirements but may not have access to all the elective content offered at the GSSWSR.
- Financial Aid considerations require that students take at least two courses/term to be eligible for financial aid. Summer I and Summer II, together, equal "one term."
- All required practice courses will be held in-person at the GSSWSR.
- Students will take summer courses between their second and third year to complete the program. Summer courses meet twice per week. Each summer session (Summer I and Summer II) is five weeks long.
Practicum Education Part-Time Plan
- Practicum Education is added in Years 2 and 3. In Year 2, students are in practicum the equivalent of two full (7.5-hour) days/week; In Year 3, students are in practicum the equivalent of three full (7.5-hour) days/week. (Please see below: Two-day/week option in practicum.)
- Evening and weekend placements may be available but cannot be guaranteed. Applicants are admitted with the understanding that they must be available for practicum placements a minimum of fifteen hours/week during regular working hours (Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.) as part of the two- or three-day/week requirement in practicum, and that the availability of a practicum placement occurring only during evening and/or weekend hours is not guaranteed.
- For students employed in human service organizations, work-site placements may be possible if approved by the Practicum Education office.
- Two-day/week option in practicum: Students may elect to carry out practicum placements two days/week in both Years 2 and 3. If so elected, the first year practicum placement would extend into June of Year 2, and the advanced year placement would begin in August of Year 3 and continue through late April.
Sample Part-Time M.S.S. Plan of Study
Year 1:
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester | Summer 1 & Summer 2 |
|---|---|---|
|
SOWK B500-A CONNECT |
SOWK B500-B CONNECT | |
|
SOWK B503 Research Informed Practice 1 |
SOWK B504 Research Informed Practice 2 | |
|
SOWK B517 Social Policy Foundations |
SOWK B595 Power, Privilege, and Oppression |
Year 2:
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester | Summer 1 & Summer 2 |
|---|---|---|
|
SOWK B501 Foundation Practice 1 |
SOWK B502 Foundation Practice 1 | SOWK Elective Course (1 of 3) |
|
SOWK B594 Theoretical Perspectives in Social Work |
SOWK B506 Assessment and Psychopathology (Clinical specialization) OR SOWK B508 Community Strategies & Assessment: Advocacy & Action (COPA specialization) |
SOWK Elective Course (2 of 3) |
|
SOWK B521 Practicum Eduction 1 |
SOWK B522 Practicum Eduction 2 |
Year 3:
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester | Summer 1 & Summer 2 |
|---|---|---|
| SOWK B535 Clinical Social Work Practice I OR SOWK B531 Communities, Organizations, Policy, & Advocacy 1 |
SOWK B536 Clinical Social Work Practice II OR SOWK B535 Communities, Organizations, Policy, & Advocacy II |
|
|
SOWK B594 Trauma Informed Social Work |
SOWK Elective Course (3 of 3) | |
|
SOWK B541 Practicum Education III |
SOWK B542 Practicum Education IV |
*All students must take 3 electives during the M.S.S. program