2003-2005 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

SW 539 Social Work Practice Skills Laboratory......................................... 0–3SW 540 Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families...................... 2–3SW 541 Social Work Practice with Groups ................................................ 2–3SW 542 Social Work Practice with Communities and Organizations......... 2–3_____Total hours............................................................... 15Spring SemesterSW 520 Research Methods for Social Work Practice .................................... 3SW 534 Integrative Seminar I ........................................................................ 3SW 590 Field Education I............................................................................... 9_____Total hours................................................................ 15443Saturday program. The School offers a Saturday program that provides studentsthe opportunity to complete fi rst-year classroom coursework on Saturdays. Saturdaypro gram students are also required to complete a 500-clock-hour fi eld experience. Thefi eld experience cannot be completed on Saturdays. Students will not be able to completethe second-year re quire ments through the Saturday program. Concentration coursesare offered only in weekday sessions, with a few courses available evenings.Advanced-standing program. Students admitted with advanced standing mustcomplete 12 hours of coursework in the summer preceding the second year of theM.S.W. program.Required Courses — Advanced-Standing Students(Summer Prior to Second Year of M.S.W. Program)School of Social WorkSW 576 Intermediate Social Work Research ................................................. 3SW 577 Components of Human Development and Social Systems.............. 3SW 578 Social Welfare Policies and Delivery Systems,Social Problems, and the History of Social Welfare ................................... 3SW 579 Components of Social Work Practice ............................................... 3_____Total hours................................................................ 12Hong Kong courses. The School of Social Work, under contract with Hong Kong ShueYan College, allows students to complete the fi rst year of the master’s degree programin Hong Kong. All standards and policies of the School of Social Work and the GraduateSchool, including admissions requirements, apply to students taking these courses.Field education placement procedures. The major objective in the placement pro cessis to match the student with the fi eld education setting that offers the best potential forpromoting the student’s pro fes sion al development. The School is responsive to personalfactors related to location of placements and specifi c agencies, but it cannot assure anassignment tailored to personal situations. In accepting admission to the School andregistering in the M.S.W. program, the student has agreed to accept fi eld educationplacements assigned by the School of Social Work, as per the statement signed by thestudent on the admission application.Students who are employees of organizations that meet the School’s criteria for fi eldeducation agencies and that agree to the School’s requirements may apply to the coordinatorof fi eld education to arrange a placement with that agency as one of the requiredfi eld education experiences.Field placements are in the Tuscaloosa area and throughout the state. Studentsare responsible for arranging transportation and paying any expenses related to fi eldeducation.Students may not enroll in fi eld education unless they have completed the requiredcourses for the year in which they are enrolled, or unless they are concurrently enrolled inthose courses. A student who has a grade of “I” on his or her record will not be allowed to