पाठ्यक्रम परिवर्तनशीलता

पाठ्यक्रमबारे सारश

This program is to educate professionals for social work practice, research, and leadership. It advocate for innovative, collaborative, inclusive, and humane policies and solutions that promote social, economic, and political justice. The College generates new knowledge through critical thinking that links rigorous scientific inquiry, ethical social work practice, and community engagement. The goal is to prepare students for responsible, professional practice. The program provides a sound base of knowledge and skills for professional practice; socializes students to the social work profession, including its code of ethics and values; conveys an understanding of the impact of racism, sexism, ageism, heterosexism, ethnocentrism, and classism on individuals, groups, social policies, and institutions and contributes to the social work profession through knowledge building and research activities aimed toward improving social work practice, policies, and programs. Macro practice prepares students for practice in urban settings where the needs of diverse, vulnerable populations require highly skilled professional leaders. Work in communities, in public and private organizations is designed to promote progressive social change that contributes to the growth and empowerment of individuals, agencies and communities. Core concepts and practice skills are developed for work at the community, organizational, societal, and global levels. Students are prepared to assume leadership positions as advocates, managers, program planners, researchers, policy analysts, and agency and community capacity builders. A minimum of 63 semester credit hours is required for the M.S.W. degree. All students are required to complete the 15 credit hour foundation semester plus 48 credit hours in the student's chosen concentration and electives. The degree program is flexible after the first semester and can be completed in a variety of ways within a four year time frame. Students are admitted into full-time, flex option or weekend college enrollment status. Changing from one enrollment plan to another requires prior approval from the advisor.

कार्यक्रमका खाकाहरू

The modules for two year model: foundation includes field I (15 SCH), Field II (3 SCH), Assessment (3 SCH), Elective (3 SCH), Concentration Course (3 SCH), Concentration Course (3 SCH), Elective (3 SCH), Elective (3 SCH), Field III (Concentration) (2 SCH), Policy (3 SCH), Concentration Course (3 SCH), Practice Evaluation (3 SCH), Elective (3 SCH), Field IV (Concentration) (3 SCH), Concentration Course (3 SCH), HBSE Elective (3 SCH), Elective (3 SCH); for three year model: foundation includes field I (15 SCH), Field II (3 SCH), Assessment (3 SCH), Elective (3 SCH), Elective (3 SCH), Concentration Course (3 SCH), Concentration Course (3 SCH), Concentration Course (3 SCH), HBSE Elective (3 SCH), Elective (3 SCH), Elective (3 SCH), Concentration Course (3 SCH), Policy (3 SCH), Field III (Concentration) (3 SCH), Elective (3 SCH), Practice Evaluation (3 SCH), Field IV (Concentration) (3 SCH); for four year model: foundation includes field I (15 SCH), Assessment (3 SCH), Field II (3 SCH), Elective (3 SCH), Concentration Course (3 SCH), Concentration Course (3 SCH), Practice Evaluation (3 SCH), Elective (3 SCH), Concentration Course (3 SCH), Policy (3 SCH), Concentration Course (3 SCH), HBSE Elective (3 SCH), Elective (3 SCH), Field III (Concentration) (3 SCH), Elective (3 SCH), Field IV (Concentration) (3 SCH), Elective (3 SCH); Macro Practice students take one additional concentration course and one less elective.

अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विद्यार्थीहरू प्रवेशको लागि आवश्यकता

Students should have earned a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and have achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or better (4.0 scale) for the last 60 hours of academic course work. International students should have secured a minimum score of 550 (paper-based) or 79 (internet-based) on the test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or overall band score of 6.5 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

योग्यता

स्नातकोत्तर उपाधि

प्रदान गर्ने निकाय

University Of Houston

विभागको नाम

Graduate College of Social Work