M.S.S. Generalist Courses

Through a series of common required courses, in addition to two units of field education, students are introduced to the knowledge, skills, and values essential to practice with individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations. These generalist courses provide students with the framework for more specialized practice skills and are divided into core substantive areas.

Generalist Year M.S.S. Courses:

• Foundation Practice I and II
• Social Policy Foundations and Analysis
• Assessment:
  • Assessment and Psychopathology Across the Lifespan (for clinical social work students) or
  • Community Strategies and Assessment: Advocacy and Action (for students in the COPA concentration)
• Power, Privilege, and Oppression
• Theoretical Perspectives in Social Work
• Research Informed Practice I and II
• Field Education I and II