A dual Master of Social Work and Master of Public Affairs & Policy is offered by the School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, and the Department of Public Administration and Policy of the Rockefeller College. Students take the MACRO concentration in the MSW program and take the social work courses to satisfy the MPP program's requirement for an elected public policy field. The program is a Council on Social Work Education accredited MSW program under the School of Social Welfare's accreditation.
The MSW degree with a MACRO concentration prepares graduates for professional social work in service delivery and management of human service organizations. Additional skills include evaluation, resource development, advocacy and community development. The MPP prepares students for careers as policy analysts and leaders in public service. Skills include analytic and quantitative skills to frame policy issues, deal with institutional and political contexts and effectively bring about actions to formulate, approve, implement and evaluate policy.
The dual program offers students the opportunity to combine a commitment to public social policy with strong analytic skills in formulating and analyzing policy.
The first year of MSW coursework includes a strong emphasis on social work values and ethics, intervention skills, and organizational contexts that will provide students with a perspective and skills to further human well-being and social justice.The first-year coursework also prepares students to provide service delivery at a beginning level, a useful understanding for analyzing the impact of social policy.
The second-year MSW MACRO coursework includes organizational and interorganizational students with strong statistical and analytic skills and background in economics and public finance, as well as an understanding of the politics of public policy formation and the challenges of public policy implementation.
A social work field instruction course satisfies the MPP requirement for an internship. Substantive content for the required MPP Master's Essay will be from basic and advanced MSW courses in social welfare policy.
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