Curriculum Overview
Effective January 2008
| YEAR 1 | CONCEPTUAL BUILDING BLOCKS |
|---|---|
| Statistics Review – online course offered every summer for Masters students. | Foundational knowledge of statistics |
| FALL 2007– required courses | |
| SW 815 History of Social Work Ideas | Foundational: development of knowledge in social work; professional identity: person-in-environment |
| SW 822 Organizational Analysis | Foundation: organizational theory including program evaluation |
| SW 829 Special Topics: Research Ethics (pilot)
Students must also complete the IRB certification requirements www.luc.edu/ors/irb_v.shtml |
Interdisciplinary: including standards of IRB |
| SPRING 2008 – required courses | |
| SW 810 Doctoral Clinical Social Work Seminar: Theory, Practice, and Research | Foundation: development of practice theory and supporting empirical research |
| SW 817 Nature of Clinical Knowledge | Foundation: uses and limitations of theory as a means to connect practice, service delivery, and research |
| SW 818 Research Methodology I | Foundation: Problem formulation via quantitative methods |
| SUMMER 2008: required course | |
| SW or other Graduate Program: Advanced Statistics; this course can be swapped with a course from Fall 2008 if not available in Education dept. during summer | Foundation: Advanced statistical analysis: interdisciplinary; |
| YEAR II – 2008/2009 | CONCEPTUAL BUILDING BLOCKS |
| FALL 2008 | |
| SW 821 Research Methods II | Research project initiated with faculty or local organization/community. Qualitative and Mixed Methods research |
| SW828 Seminar on Teaching | Theories of learning; practice teaching |
| SW 820 Social Theory and Policy | Foundation: critical analysis of social policy |
| SPRING 2009 | |
| SW 811 Doctoral Seminar: Contemporary & Controversial Issues in Clinical Social Work Theory, Practice, and Research | Impact of recent debates in neurobiology, trauma theory, religion and spirituality, and international social work |
| SW Research III | Continuation and Completion of project |
| SW 812 Models of Service Delivery and Evaluation | Critical analysis of models of service delivery including evidence-based practice evaluation |
| Assignments in Research III and SW 811 Models of Service Delivery and Evaluation | Papers submitted for publication |
| SUMMER 2009 | |
| SW 814 Dissertation Planning | Development of student’s rough draft of dissertation proposal |
| August 2009 Comprehensive Exams | Complete Comprehensive Exam |
| FALL 2009 | |
| Electives *
Proposal Accepted Register for SW827 Doctoral Study in addition to any electives taken ** |
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| SPRING/SUMMER/FALL 2010
Register for SW600 Dissertation Supervision in Spring and Fall semesters** |
Complete Dissertation |
| SPRING 2011
Register for SW600 Dissertation Supervision** |
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| Dissertation Hearing | |
| Graduation |
* Three electives are required for a total of nine hours (3 credits for each). One elective may be an independent study SW824 with a faculty member. There is a form on this web site to complete and have signed by the faculty member and the Director of the Doctoral Program prior to registration.
** A student is considered full-time in the doctoral program as long as they are registered for either SW827 Doctoral Study (the course taken pre-proposal approval) or SW600 Dissertation Supervision (once the dissertation proposal has been accepted). It is not necessary to register for either of these courses during the summer semesters, but it is imperative that every fall and spring semester until graduation, students register for either of these two courses.