Curricular Requirements
Online M.S.W., Specialization, and Advanced Standing Curriculums
M.S.W. traditional students are required to complete sixty (60) credit hours of graduate course study. Additionally, students are required to complete two (2) separate practicum placements (internships) that consists of four (4) semesters of supervised practice in approved social work settings. Generalist placements will be at least four hundred (400) hours and specialization will be at least five hundred (500) hours.
M.S.W. Advanced Standing students complete thirty (30) credit hours and one (1) practicum placement consisting of two (2) semesters. Students coming from programs outside of UNE are required to take SSWO 526 as a requirement of the M.S.W. program. Students coming directly from UNE’s B.S.W. program are exempt from taking SSWO 526 and must take an additional elective in its place.
Focus Areas
The program offers focus areas in Trauma-Informed Practice, School Social Work, Medical Social Work, LGTBQIA+ Social Work, Substance Use, and Advanced Clinical Practice. Focus areas are integrated into the M.S.W. degree curriculum and completed within the required credit course structure (see individual focus area pages for more detail).
Generalist Curriculum
Generalist social work courses emphasize an integrated social work perspective involving the social context and its impact on social policy, programs, and the social work profession. Courses include: Anti-Oppression Social Work Practice; Human Behavior and the Social Environment; Social Work Research; Community Engaged Research; Social Work Practice with Substance Use Disorders; Social Work Policy and Advocacy; Social Work Practice I and II; and Integrating Seminar and Practicum I and II. In addition, students spend four-hundred (400) hours in a practicum setting, in social agencies and programs with structured on-site professional supervision.
Specialization Curriculum
Specialization social work courses prepare students for a wide range of advanced practice roles. Students learn clinical skills necessary for advanced social work practice with individuals, families, groups, and communities within their advanced courses, Advanced Social Work Practice I and II; Leadership and Supervision; The DSM: A Social Work Perspective; Seminar and Practicum III and IV, and advanced electives.
Students also have the opportunity to develop skills for self-reflection, self-awareness, and reflexivity, and to broaden and deepen their understanding of social work’s inherent values such as honoring the dignity and worth of each person, clients’ right to self-determination, social justice, equity and inclusion, honor and respect for diversity, and cultural humility in social work practice.
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Traditional Requirements
| Generalist Curriculum Required Courses | Credits |
|---|---|
| SSWO 502 — Human Behavior and the Social Environment II | 3 |
| SSWO 503 — Social Work Research | 3 |
| SSWO 504 — Community Engaged Research | 3 |
| SSWO 505 — Social Policy and Advocacy | 3 |
| SSWO 509 — Anti-Oppression Social Work Practice | 3 |
| SSWO 510 — Social Work Practice I | 3 |
| SSWO 511 — Social Work Practice II | 3 |
| SSWO 521 — Integrating Seminar & Practicum I | 3 |
| SSWO 523 — Integrating Seminar & Practicum II | 3 |
| SSWO 585 — Social Work Practice with Substance Use Disorders | 3 |
| Total Credits | 30 |
| Specialization Curriculum Required Courses* | Credits |
|---|---|
| SSWO 552 — Advanced Clinical Practice I | 3 |
| SSWO 553 — Advanced Clinical Practice II | 3 |
| SSWO 565 — Leadership & Supervision | 3 |
| SSWO 581 — Field Seminar & Practicum III/Seminar | 3 |
| SSWO 583 — Field Seminar & Practicum IV/Seminar | 3 |
| SSWO 597 — The DSM: A Social Work Perspective | 3 |
| Four (4) Electives | 12 |
| Total Credits | 30 |
| Minimum Total Required Credits | 60 |
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*Advanced Standing curriculum is the Specialization year required curriculum with the addition of SSWO 526 Integrating Clinical/Community Practice Frameworks (for non-UNE BSW students), and three (3) electives.
Advanced Standing Requirements
| Generalist Curriculum Required Courses | Credits |
|---|---|
| Waived with B.S.W. from CSWE accredited program | N/A |
| Specialization Curriculum Required Courses | Credits |
|---|---|
| SSWO 526 — Integrating Clinical/Community Practice Frameworks** | 3 |
| SSWO 552 — Advanced Clinical Practice I | 3 |
| SSWO 553 — Advanced Clinical Practice II | 3 |
| SSWO 565 — Leadership & Supervision | 3 |
| SSWO 581 — Integrating Seminar & Practicum III | 3 |
| SSWO 583 — Integrating Seminar & Practicum IV | 3 |
| SSWO 597 — The DSM: A Social Work Perspective | 3 |
| Three (3) Electives | 9 |
| Minimum Total Required Credits | 30 |
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**This course is only taken by non-UNE B.S.W. students. UNE B.S.W. students take an additional elective in its place.
Graduation Requirements
Students must successfully complete all courses with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 prior to graduation and fulfill all curriculum requirements.