Curriculum
Curriculum for PhD Students: Plan of Study
| Year | Fall | Spring | Summer | Total |
| 2009-2010 | -Knowledge Building in Social Welfare Policy (3) -Elective (3) -Statistics level II (3) -Proseminar in Social Work and Social Welfare (1) |
-Elective (3) -Outside discipline theory course (3) -Statistics level III (3) -Arrange research practicum |
-Social Work Research Practicum (4) | 23 |
| 2010-2011 | -Knowledge Building in Social Work Practice (3) -Outside discipline research method (3) -Elective (3) -Arrange teaching practicum |
-Social Work Teaching Practicum (3) -Elective (3) -Statistics level IV (3) -Write comprehensive exam proposal and receive approval |
Write comprehensive exam (0) | 18 |
| 2011-2012 | -Comprehensive exam (last week of August) -Thesis Proposal Seminar (3) -Dissertation credit (3) |
-Dissertation credit (3) -Dissertation proposal hearing |
9 | |
| 2012-2013 | -Dissertation credit (3) | -Dissertation credit (3) -Dissertation defense |
6 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 56 | |||
Curricular Areas
This Table shows how credit hours are distributed across the five curricular areas
Distribution of Semester Hours by Curricular Area
| Curricular Area | Number of Hours |
| Core curriculum in social work | 17 |
| Outside discipline and electives | 18 |
| Research methods, statistics and data analysis | 9 |
| Dissertation | 12 |
| Subtotal | 56 |
| With approval, hours from the master’s degree | 30 |
| Total | 86 |
a. Core Curriculum in Social Work (17 s. h.)
Students are required to take the Proseminar in Social Work, two courses which cover the epistemology of practice and policy (Knowledge Building in Social Work Practice and Knowledge Building in Social Welfare Policy), Pedagogy or Social Work Teaching Practicum, Social Work Research Practicum, and Thesis Proposal Seminar.
b. Courses Outside Social Work (18 s. h.)
i. Theory, Research Methods and Elective Courses in the Outside Discipline (12 s. h.)
Students are required to take one methods course (3 s. h.), one theory course (3 s. h.) and two electives (6 s. h.) in one outside discipline: psychology, sociology or public health. These four courses (12 s. h.) fulfill the outside discipline requirement.
ii. Additional Electives (6 s. h.)
In addition to the 6 s. h. of elective coursework in the outside discipline, students take two electives (6 s. h.) in any department except social work.
c. Research Methods, Statistics and Data Analysis (9 additional s. h. for a total 21 s. h.)
Students take a sequence of 9 semester hours in statistical methods and data analysis. Students complete an introductory statistics course prior to entering the PhD program.
2009-2010 Handbook 
