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Graduate
Program in Social Work
Professor:
Kul Bhushan Suri, Ph.D., University of Maryland - Baltimore
Associate
Professors:
Bruce Hobler, Ph.D., University of Maryland - College Park
Diane Metzendorf, D.S.W., University of Pennsylvania
Assistant
Professors:
Sheridan Kingsberry, Ph.D., Rutgers University
Marlene Saunders,
D.S.W., University of Pennsylvania
Leela Thomas, Ph.D., Washington University
MSW Information Guidebook
Goals
and Objectives
The primary
educational goal of the Graduate Social Work Program is to prepare
professional social workers capable of rendering an advanced
practice in the generalist perspective to individuals, families,
groups, communities and organizations in diverse social welfare
settings.
Secondary educational
goals of the Graduate Social Work Program are to upgrade the
social work practice knowledge base, skills, and methods of persons
currently employed in social welfare, through advanced social
work education.
To prepare
professional social workers who are able to apply intervention
strategies utilizing knowledge of cultural diversity, empowerment,
and the economic, political ecological and social systems as
they differentially effect special populations.
The
Graduate Program in Social Work
The curriculum
of the Graduate Program in Social Work is designed to prepare
individuals to offer professional social work intervention at
an advanced level of practice in the generalist perspective to
residents of the State of Delaware, in specific, and the nation,
in general. Graduates are enabled to provide intervention and
preventative services to individuals, families, groups, organizations
and communities in a range of traditional and non-traditional
public and private social welfare settings. The foundation courses
present a generalist perspective to social work practice and
consist of fundamental content in human behavior and the social
environment, social welfare policies, social work practice, research,
and the field practicum. From this base, an advanced body of
knowledge, practice principles, and skills are offered in the
concentration to provide an integrated system of courses which
collectively educate students for "advanced generalist" professional
social work practice. Academic credit is not given for life experience.
Students have the option of gaining in-depth knowledge in a selected
field of practice through specialization courses and electives.
The Graduate
Social Work Program received full accreditation status by the
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) in Summer 1990.
Admission
Requirements
For admission
to graduate study, applicants must show evidence that they have
earned the baccalaureate degree at a regionally accredited college
or university (or its equivalent for foreign students) and possess
the ability to do graduate work of high quality. Official transcripts
of all previous undergraduate and graduate work must be submitted.
- Academic
Requirements
- The
applicant must have an undergraduate Liberal
Arts foundation as defined by the program faculty. A background
in the social and behavioral sciences is preferred.
- The
applicant's undergraduate transcript must reflect
a Cumulative Point Average (CPA) of 2.75 or above on
a 4.00 point scale (4.00-"A"). A "B" average
in the major field of study is required. Higher
scholastic achievement is strongly preferred.
- Official
scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
are required. The test scores must not be more than five
(5) years old. Scores will not negate admission.
The Graduate Social Work Program also requires new students,
at their own expense, to take a battery of
standardized test for the purpose of individual and group
evaluation.
- Personal
Attributes
- Motivation
towards, interest in, and preparation for social
work education;
- A
capacity to function as a creative, responsible
independent, and accountable practitioner;
- Ability
to deal with sexual, racial, ethnic, physical,
social, and cultural diversity;
- A
capacity and willingness for self-introspection
and change;
- A
capacity to deal with individual differences;
- A
desire to work for social change in order to
enhance leadership skills and create greater equity in society;
- The
ability to develop a scientific stance towards
social welfare and social work practice, and
- Identification
with and a desire to apply social work values.
- Type of
Admission
- Full-time
status, two year.
- Part-time
status, three or four status.
- Advanced
standing status, one calendar year.
- Advanced
standing credits or Transfer credit.
Application
deadline is May 15th for Advanced Standing and June 15th for
other admissions.
Curriculum
Requirements
The Graduate
Program in Social Work requires the successful completion (3.00
or above on a 4.00 scale) of sixty (60) credit hours of graduate
courses. This curriculum consists of twenty-four (24) credit
hours of generalist professional foundation courses, twelve (12)
credit hours of advanced practice in the generalist perspective
concentration courses, twenty (20) credit hours of specialization
or elective courses, including eighty (8) hours of field practicum.
Syllabi (PDF files)
 39-601-60 - Social Welfare Policies and Services I
39-603-63 - Human Behavior and The Social Enviroment I
39-605-60 - Generalist Social Work Practice I
39-607-63 - Research And Evaluation Methods In Social Work I
39-611-60-63 - Ethical, Ethnic and Cultural Considerations in Social Work
39-614-63 - Social Work and the Law
39-625-63 - Social Work Practice with Groups
39 633-60/63 - Field Instruction I
39-634-60/63 - Field Practicum II
39 635-00 - Field Instruction I
39-636-60/63 - Field Practicum II
39-646-60/63 - Advanced Generalist Practice I
39-654-60/63 - Advanced Practice in Mental Health I
39-658-60 - Advanced Practice with Families, Children & Youth I
Residency
Requirements
According to
standards established by the Council on Social Work Education
(CSWE) and defined by the Graduate Program, students must complete
their residency requirement in two consecutive semester at Delaware
State University during the first year of degreed admission.
Medical
Statement
After admission,
each student is required to submit a health history and a recent
physical examination, to include a Serology Test. The report
must be signed by a licensed physician stating that the student
is physically capable and free of contagion.
Students who
do not submit completed reports by the end of the first two weeks
of the semester for which they are admitted may be subject to
dismissal.
Practice
Liability Insurance Requirement
All students
are required to purchase or show proof of social work practice
liability insurance prior to placement in field practicum. This
may be purchased through the National Association of Social Workers
(NASW).
Additional Information
2008 Field Instruction Calendar
Request form for more information
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