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Programs

Concentration Curriculum

The master's curriculum provides the opportunity for concentrated study in two major areas of social work and social welfare: clinical practice and social administration. Students begin taking courses in their concentrations in Spring Quarter of their first year. The clinical practice curriculum includes required and elective courses designed to educate students for direct social work practice, which encompases a broad range of psychological services for a variety of problems in living. Students may choose to specialize in a specific area of practice (e.g., health, mental health, family and child welfare) or with a specific target population (e.g., children). The social administration curriculum is designed to educate students for social work in community organizations, management, advocacy, planning, policy development and implementation, and evaluation. Within the social administration concentration students can specialize by taking several courses in one area: management, policy analysis, or community organizing, planning, and development.