Curriculum
First Year
In the first year of the MSW program, all the students, including those who are interested in IAP, will complete the generalist MSW curriculum. In addition to the regular MSW curriculum, IAP provides seminars on aging-related issues, which are open to the 1st year students and the wider community audience.
Second Year
In the second year, the IAP students will take a special curriculum with in-depth content on aging and services for older persons. The following is the specialization year curriculum:
Clinical Curriculum
Third semester (fall)
- RSSW 661 Evaluation of clinical practice or RSSW 665 Research methods in program evaluation for social welfare management (Advanced research)
- RSSW 741 Practice with mature and aging adults (Advanced practice)
- RSSW 790 Human service organizations in a changing environment (Elective from macro concentration)
- RSSW 7xx Advanced Practice per advisement
- RSSW 752 Field instruction III
- Integrative seminar for IAP
Fourth semester (spring)
- RSSW 740 Social gerontology: Policies, programs, and services (Advanced policy)
- RSSW 7xx 1 Advanced practice course per advisement
- RSSW 791 Managing systems in human service organizations (elective from macro concentration)
- RSSW 753 Field instruction IV
- RSSW 705 Integrative seminar for IAP
Macro Practice Curriculum
Third semester (fall)
- RSSW 741 Practice with Mature and Aging Adults (Advanced Practice)
- RSSW 665 Research methods in program evaluation for social welfare management (Advanced research)
- RSSW 792 Community building
- RSSW 790 Human service organizations in a changing environment
- RSSW 752 Field instruction III
- Integrative seminar for IAP
Fourth semester (spring)
- RSSW 740 Social gerontology: Policies, programs, and services (Advanced policy)
- RSSW 791 Management systems in human service organizations
- RSSW 7xx Advanced MACRO Course
- RSSW 753 Field instruction IV
- RSSW 705 Integrative seminar for IAP
