MSW - Two-Year Distance Learning (DL) Program
Students admitted to the Two-Year Distance Learning Program for the summer of 2011 will complete their first-year classroom courses on Saturdays. Students also complete a 500-clock-hour field education course in the spring semester; field education cannot be completed only on Saturdays; a minimum of two full days per week during regular work hours are required. Second-year (concentration) courses are available primarily online with some face-to-face skills labs held at regionally convenient locations. Students complete a 500-clock-hour field education course in the second year as well as in the first year. (Note: for summer 2011, the two-year Saturday program is available face-to-face on the Tuscaloosa campus and in Gadsden. Beginning in summer 2012, the DL program will be a primarily online program available to students across the state and in neighboring states.)
Foundation Year
Summer
SW 510 - Human Behavior and Social Environments I (3 hours)
SW 500 - Social Welfare Policy (3 hours)
Fall
SW 540 - SW Practice with Individuals and Families (3 hours)
SW 511 - Human Behavior and Social Environments II (2 hours)
Spring
SW 541 - SW Practice with Groups (3 hours)
SW 520 - Research Methods for Social Work Practice (3 hours)
SW 534 - Integrative Seminar (1 hour)
SW 542 - SW Practice with Communities (3 hours)
SW 590 - Field Education (9 hours)
SW 501 may be offered
SW 525 may be offered
Concentration Year
Social Work with Children, Adolescents and their Families (Offered primarily online)
Social Work with Adults and their Families (Offered in Tuscaloosa only on campus until fall 2012)
Fall
SW564 - Models and Methods of Social Work Practice with Children and Adolescents in Mental Health (3 hours)
SW 565 - Models and Methods of Social Work Practice in Child Welfare and Family Services (3 hours)
SW 525 - Evaluation Research or Elective (3 hours)*
Elective (3 hours)
Elective (3 hours)
Total Semester Hours = 15
Spring
Elective (3 hours) or SW 525*
SW 501 Advanced Social Welfare Policy Analysis or Elective (3 hours)**
SW 590 Field Education - 500 clock hours (9 semester hours)
TOTAL HOURS = 15
*SW 525 is required; it may be taken any term after successful completion of SW 520; regardless of when SW 525 is taken, a total of three elective courses must be completed before graduation
** SW 501 is required; it may be taken any term after successful completion of SW 500; regardless of when SW 501 is taken, a total of three elective courses must be completed before graduation
