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Updated October 30, 2009
Contact
us: sswoas@smith.edu
(413) 585-7989
All first-summer courses
are required and sectioned by the Office of Academic Support Services (OAS). First-summer students take five required courses, scheduled in eleven of the official class meeting blocks, per term.
Students will be expected to arrange personal commitments around this schedule. (Click here if you have special circumstances you would like OAS to consider when creating your schedule.)
Courses are distributed as listed below. The abbreviation
in parentheses represents the sequence managing the course. Click on course numbers to link to their descriptions. Click your browser's Back button to return to this page.
Summer Term
1 Courses
101 Social
Work Practice with Individuals and Families (PRAC), 3 cr
130 Theories of Individual
Development (HBSE), 2 cr
132 Family Theory
for Clinical Social Work Practice (HBSE), 2 cr
160 Introduction to Social Welfare Policy (SWPS), 2 cr
190 Group Theory
and Practice (PRAC/HBSE), 2 cr
Summer Term 2 Courses
102 Social Work
Practice with Individuals and Families (PRAC) - continuation
of 101 above, 3 cr
131 Problems
in Biopsychosocial Functioning (HBSE), 2 cr
133 Sociocultural
Concepts (HBSE), 2 cr
161 Introduction
to Social Welfare Policy (SWPS) - continuation of 160 above, 2 cr
191 Agency and Community
Practice (PRAC/SWPS/HBSE), 2 cr
By late April, OAS will send to entering students instructions and passwords for viewing schedules on BannerWeb. Note: The School reserves the right to make changes to scheduled course offerings and meeting times.
Additional Requirements
Please note the following additional requirements for entering students:
a. Psychopharmacology lecture. All first-summer MSW students are required to attend the two-hour psychopharmacology lecture, held in conjunction with the Human Biology requirement; see below. Date TBA.
b. Human Biology. All first-summer MSW students are required to meet the Human Biology requirement unless they successfully waive it. The Human Biology requirement at SSW consists of a series of non-credit human biology lectures in Term 2 that provides essential content for social work practitioners. In order to waive the requirement, students must demonstrate that they have had an opportunity to study in college or in formal in-service training courses content on human biology. At a minimum, they must document having had course work that covers three out of five areas: brain physiology, psychopharmacology, human sexuality, medical ethical issues and psychosomatics. The dates of these lectures will be announced later in the year. They are usually held in Graham Hall, Hillyer.
Transferring and Waiving
If you have completed
course work elsewhere that closely aligns with the description
of any of your required courses, you may be eligible for transfer credit and thus not need to take the course. See the form and instructions for transferring course credit; in order to ensure that you are placed properly in your courses, please submit materials and the form to OAS by April 1, 2010.
You may also petition
to waive (pdf) a course and replace it with an elective. Note the April 1, 2010, deadline for submitting materials to OAS.
Students should not attempt to transfer and waive the same course/s.
Important Information on Disability Accommodations
Students needing accommodations/assistance during Central Check-In prior to the start of classes due to a disability should contact the Smith College Office of Disability Services. Appropriate medical documentation must be submitted in accordance with the College's guidelines, which can be found on the ODS website. Please allow two weeks to one month to complete this process so that arrangements can be made to assist you throughout the check-in process.
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