Required Courses
Students who elect the concentration in clinical practice take the following courses:
- A two-quarter course sequence in one practice method, the first course emphasizing conceptual foundations and the second course emphasizing applications. Practice methods sequences include behavioral (40403 or 40404, and 40922 or 43800 or 63700), cognitive (41300 and 40922 or 40404), family systems (40800 and 41700 or 40212 or 64100), and psychodynamic (41000 and 41100).
- A one quarter foundation course in a second practice method (40403, 40404, 41300, 40800, or 41000). Alternatively, a course in Evidence-based Clinical Practice (43212), Comparative Perspectives in Social Work Practice (42401), or Theoretical Foundations of Social Work Practice with Groups(62312) can also be taken to fulfill the one quarter course requirement.
- One research class: 445xx Clinical Research
or another research course if 445xx was taken in the first year. - One advanced human behavior in the social environment (HBSE) course .
- A clinical field placement intended to provide students with an opportunity to develop, apply, and test practice knowledge and learn practice behaviors by working under the guidance of a supervisor in a clinical practice setting. Field instruction involves a minimum of 640 hours, usually 24 hours a week.
Electives
Students have the opportunity to take elective courses in areas of special interest. Courses may be selected from the curriculum offerings on particular fields of practice, theories of behavior, treatment modalities, social problems, target populations, research methods, or from courses in the social administration concentration. Bridging courses - those courses likely to be of interest to both clinical and social administration students - bear on issues of supervision, management, and understanding organizational dynamics. Students also have the opportunity to gain interdisciplinary perspectives by taking courses in other graduate programs and professional schools of the University.
Margaret Marion, AB '12
“The hardest decision I had to make when I was applying for the AB/AM program was whether to become an administrative or clinical student,” says Margaret Marion, AB '12. “I understood that whichever track I chose, I would still have room to pursue classes in the other track that fit in with my academic and professional goals"