Master of Social Work (M.S.W.)
Benefits
- Loyola's clinical social work focus prepares students to practice in areas where knowledge and skill in clincial service are essential, including mental health, school social work, medical social work, child welfare, elderly services, substance abuse, employee assistance, and counseling of individuals, families and small groups.
- The concentration in LDSS prepares graduates for program planning and resource management of direct-service programs.
Degree Requirements
At the Water Tower Campus, the M.S.W. requires two years of academic work on a full-time basis and three to four years on a part-time basis. Students attending the Carthage Campus in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a summer intensive program, may complete the program in 29 months. Advanced standing M.S.W. students with a B.S.W. from an accredited program may complete the program in 10 months at the Water Tower Campus and 12 months at the Carthage Campus.
Completion of the M.S.W. degree program requires 60 semester hours, including a minimum of 1,200 hours in agency internships. Advanced practice concentrations may be chosen for the second-year curriculum. Specializations in child and family, school social work, health care, mental health, and leadership and development in the social services are supported by elective choices planned with the student's faculty advisor.
Each clinical concentration student is required to take five elective courses to support his or her concentration, chosen from the following list:
| SOWK 512 | Assessment and Treatment of Substance Abuse |
| SOWK 515 | Clinical Social Work Practice with Children |
| SOWK 602 | Health Policy and Health Systems |
| SOWK 603 | Seminar in Brief Treatment for Clinical Social Work Practice |
| SOWK 604 | Advanced Group Therapy |
| SOWK 605 | Human Sexuality and Sexual Dysfunction |
| SOWK 607 | The Development of Psychodynamic Theory |
| SOWK 609 | Social Work Practicum in the Schools |
| SOWK 611 | Treatment of Couples with Marital Problems |
| SOWK 612 | Family Diagnosis and Treatment |
| SOWK 613 | Advanced Family Therapy |
| SOWK 614 | Clinical Social Work Practice in Health Care |
| SOWK 615 | The Adolescent Client: Diagnosis and Treatment |
| SOWK 616 | Psychotherapy with Adults |
| SOWK 617 | Clinical Diagnosis and Therapeutic Treatment |
| SOWK 618 | The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Psychotherapy |
| SOWK 619 | Social Work with the Aged |
| SOWK 620 | Clinical Social Work with Children |
| SOWK 624 | Biopsychosocial Theories of Depression |
| SOWK 625 | Seminar in Social Work and Social Justice |
| SOWK 626 | Issues in the Treatment of Women |
| SOWK 627 | Infant Growth and Development (Typical and Atypical). (ERIK E39A) |
| SOWK 628 | Political and Legislative Action in Social Work |
| SOWK 629 | Managed Care and Social Work |
| SOWK 630 | Poverty and Poverty Programs in the 1990's |
| SOWK 631 | Clinical Social Work Practice with Family Violence |
| SOWK 632 | Treatment of Clients with Severe Mental Illness |
| SOWK 645 | Crisis Intervention |
| SOWK 690 | Independent Study |
