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Part-Time Program
The GSSWSR offers a three-year part-time program that can be completed with a combination of evening and weekend courses to meet the varying needs of our diverse student body.
Part-Time Program Overview
- Courses will be offered in the evening and on Saturdays to accommodate part-time student availability.
- Note: Should part-time students have availability during the day, they are able to enroll in daytime courses at the GSSWSR.
- Students in the part-time program will be able to complete all program requirements but may not have access to all the elective content offered at the GSSWSR.
- Financial Aid considerations require that students take at least two courses/term to be eligible for financial aid. Summer I and Summer II, together, equal "one term."
- All required practice courses will be held in-person at the GSSWSR.
- Students will take summer courses between their second and third year to complete the program. Summer courses meet twice per week. Each summer session (Summer I and Summer II) is five weeks long.
Field Education Part-Time Plan
- Field Education is added in Years 2 and 3. In Year 2, students are in field the equivalent of two full (7.5-hour) days/week; In Year 3, students are in field the equivalent of three full (7.5-hour) days/week. (Please see below: Two-day/week option in field.)
- Evening and weekend placements may be available but cannot be guaranteed. Applicants are admitted with the understanding that they must be available for field placements a minimum of fifteen hours/week during regular working hours (Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.) as part of the two- or three-day/week requirement in field, and that the availability of a field placement occurring only during evening and/or weekend hours is not guaranteed.
- For students employed in human service organizations, work-site placements may be possible if approved by the Field Education office.
- Two-day/week option in field: Students may elect to carry out field placements two days/week in both Years 2 and 3. If so elected, the first year field placement would extend into June of Year 2, and the advanced year placement would begin in August of Year 3 and continue through late April.
Sample Part-Time M.S.S. Plan of Study
Year 1:
Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
Summer I and Summer II |
Research Informed Practice I Social Policy Foundations |
Research Informed Practice II Power, Privilege and Oppression |
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Year 2:
Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
Summer I and Summer II |
Foundation Practice I Theoretical Perspectives in SW I Field Placement I |
Foundation Practice II Assessment (Clinical or Community) Field Placement II |
2 elective courses* |
Year 3:
Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
Graduate |
Advanced Practice I Trauma Informed Social Work Field Placement III
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Advanced Practice II Field Placement IV Elective* *All students must take 3 electives during the M.S.S. program |
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