Social Work

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Foreign:$ 47 k / Year(s) Deadline: Jan 13, 2025
26 place StudyQA ranking:4994 Duration:2 years

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The New York University Silver School of Social Work offers outstanding training in direct clinical social work practice. A focus on research-informed, direct practice with individuals, groups, and families runs though our entire MSW curriculum.

We also offer emphasis on policy practice for students with community and policy interests, integrated primary and behavioral health care, and global social work practice with opportunities to study abroad. All programs have a strong social justice commitment. Our faculty includes the nation's top scholars who are creating new knowledge for tomorrow's social work practice.

The nationally acclaimed NYU Master of Social Work degree is attainable through four full-time and three part-time programs to meet the needs and interests of our student population. We also offer five dual-degree program options in the areas of child development, global health leadership, law, management, and health advocacy.

  • LMSW Examination first-time pass rate (2015): 89%
  • LCSW Examination first-time pass rate (2015): 84%

FIRST YEAR (PROFESSIONAL FOUNDATION)

  • Integrated Practice & Field Curriculum I and II
  • Social Welfare Programs and Policies I
  • Human Behavior in the Social Environment I
  • Human Behavior in the Social Environment II
  • Social Work Research I
  • Diversity, Racism, Oppression, and Privilege
  • Clinical Practice with Groups
  • Social Welfare Programs and Policies I DL
  • Human Behavior in the Social Environment III DL

SECOND YEAR (ADVANCED CONCENTRATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE)

  • Social Work Practice III
  • Social Work Practice IV
  • Human Behavior in the Social Environment III
  • Social Work Research II
  • Advanced Social Policy
  • Advanced Concentration-Field Learning
  • Field Instruction OYR-A
  • Field Instruction OYR-B

ELECTIVES

Students are invited to select electives from among those offered by the Silver School of Social Work and by other schools in the University. Students in other schools of the University are likewise invited to register for Silver School of Social Work courses for which they have the appropriate educational background. Questions with regard to possible prerequisites for elective courses should be directed to the Office of Registration Services, 1 Washington Square North; 212-998-5960.

  • An Integrative Gestalt Therapy Approach to Clinical SW Practice
  • An Introduction to Conflict Management
  • Anti-racism for Social Workers: Understanding the Impact of Structural Racism on Practice, Policies, Programs and Research (3 credits)
  • Clinical Practice in Illness & Healthcare
  • Clinical Practice with Aging Populations
  • Clinical Practice with Children
  • Clinical Practice with Couples
  • Clinical Practice with Families: Contemporary Issues & Approaches
  • Clinical Practice with Substance Abusers and Their Families
  • Clinical Social Work Practice with LGBT Clients
  • Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention
  • Community Health Needs Assessment: An Experiential and Collaborative Case Study of Del Carmen, Philippines (3 credits)
  • Community Organization
  • Comparative Criminal Justice
  • Comparative Short Term Therapies: Crisis, Dynamic, and CBT
  • Contemporary Aging
  • Contemporary Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender
  • Creative Arts Therapy in Clinical Social Work
  • Critical Analysis of Psychotherapy Theories
  • Culturally Competent Practice with Urban Youth and Families
  • Culture and Social Issues of Central America - Study Abroad in Costa Rica
  • Depression: Conceptual Issues and Clinical Perspectives
  • Developing Community Level HIV Prevention Interventions: Domestic & Global Perspectives
  • Ethical Leadership (2 credits)
  • Ethnographic Mapping of HIV Risk in the Caribbean
  • Evidence Based Practice
  • Forensic Justice and Problem-Solving Courts
  • Grief, Loss & Bereavement
  • Inequalities in Globalization
  • Legislative Advocacy for Social Work & Social Policy
  • Macro Practice, Policy, & Social Movements
  • Management and Organizational Practice
  • Mexican Immigrants & New York City: Understanding Puebla as a Focal Community of Origin
  • Micro Practice: Global Mental Health
  • Mindfulness and Social Work Practice
  • Object Relation Theory
  • Practice With Adult Survivors of Childhood Sex Abuse
  • Research Project Seminar II
  • Social Work in Health and Mental Health
  • Social Work Practice in Child Welfare
  • Social Work Practice in Integrative Behavioral Health
  • Social Work & the Law
  • Social Work Practice with Traumatized Children in Context
  • Social Work and Family Violence
  • Clinical Practice with Adolescents in Schools
  • Theories of Attachment
  • Theories of Child Development

ONE-CREDIT INTENSIVE ELECTIVES

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • An Introduction to Disabilities and Clinical Social Work Practice
  • Art and Activity-Based Therapies with Groups and Families
  • Art Therapy with Children and Adolescents
  • Child Care and Vulnerable Families: Child Care Providers as Social Service Workers
  • Child Psychopathology
  • Child Welfare Practice with Immigrant Families
  • Clinical Practice with African Americans
  • Clinical Practice with Families: An Introduction to Family Therapy Theory and Techniques
  • Clinical Practice with Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
  • Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention
  • Conflict Resolution for Children and Adolescents
  • Contemporary Gestalt Approach to Social Work Practice
  • Current Approaches to Trauma
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy
  • Disaster, Trauma and Loss
  • Disorders of Childhood
  • Eating Disorders: Diagnosis and Clinical Treatment Issues
  • Entitlements Seminar
  • Getting Beyond the System: Focus on Foster Care
  • Grief, Loss and Bereavement
  • Group Facilitation
  • Group Work with Children & Adolescence
  • Hospital, Health System Payment, Policy and Regulation: Impact at the Bedside
  • Immigrant Families: Stressors & Adaptation
  • Interpersonal Psythotherapy: Principals and Practice
  • Introduction to Clinical Diagnosis
  • Introduction to Contemporary Child Practice
  • Introduction to Mindfulness and Emotional Regulation in Social Work Practice
  • Mental Health & Juvenile Justice Involved Youth
  • Narrative Means to Policy Ends
  • Neurobehavioral Disorders in Children
  • Neurobiology in Social Work Practice
  • Occupational Social Work
  • Overview of Learning Disabilities & Deficits in Attention
  • Positive Psychology
  • Practice with Spanish Language/Latino Families
  • Preventing Burnout and Understanding Vicarious and Secondary Trauma
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Recovery from Mental Disorders
  • Severe Mental Illness: Contemporary Neuroscience & Psychosocial Perspectives
  • Sexual Health in Social Work Practice
  • Social Work Practice & Domestic Violence
  • Social Work Practice in Secondary Schools and Colleges
  • Social Work Practice with Military Families
  • Substance Abuse Among Women Through the Life Cycle
  • Teaching Parenting Skills to At-Risk Clients in Agency Settings
  • Therapy Interventions for Traumatized Children: How to Incorporate Play Therapy
  • The Relevance of Outcome Management to Social Work Practitioners
  • The Use of Harm Reduction in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
  • Understanding & Intervening Clinically with Veterans
  • Understanding and Working with Muslim Populations
  • Women and Leadership
  • Women in Prison: Focus on Clinical Practice Issues

Requirements

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university. Applicants should have a broad liberal arts background that includes study in the social, behavioral, and biological sciences with a minimum of 60 liberal arts credits. Course work relating to diverse cultures, social conditions, and social problems is favorably considered. Academic credit is not given for life experience in lieu of field education or course requirements.

  • A strong academic record and demonstrated intellectual capacity for graduate education.
  • An ability to think logically and conceptually and to formulate mature judgments.
  • Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.
  • Knowledge of the field and evidence of a commitment to social work as a profession.
  • Evidence of emotional maturity, concern for people, and capacity for self-awareness and personal growth.
  • Demonstrated concern and commitment to the values underlying professional social work.
  • Respect for diversity.
  • The GRE is NOT required.
  • Minimum scores for the TOEFL are: paper based (PBT): 580; computer based (CBT): 237; Internet based (IBT): 92-93. Our TOEFL code is 2506. We will accept an unofficial score until the official one arrives.
  • Admission criteria for the IELTS is an overall score of 7.0 or higher (no individual scores less than 7 in any category).
  • A statement of purpose
  • Transcripts from all college and universities attended
  • Three letters of reference
  • Resume

Indications of motivation and readiness for social work education include related work or volunteer experience and undergraduate or graduate courses in social and behavioral sciences or social work. When these are lacking, weight is given to the applicant's involvement in community activities or participation in organizations committed to humanistic values.

Scholarships

  • NYU SILVER TUITION SCHOLARSHIP
  • NAMED SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
  • NYU PEACE CORPS COVERDELL FELLOWSHIP
  • CITY YEAR NATIONAL SERVICE SCHOLARS PROGRAM
  • TEACH FOR AMERICA
  • SEGAL AMERICORPS EDUCATION AWARD
  • Dalai Lama Fellowship
  • GIVA STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP
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