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University of Wisconsin Green Bay
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Collaborative MSW Program
GRADUATE
STUDENT HANDBOOK
ACADEMIC YEAR
2011-2012
(Revised May 2011)
Bringing innovative social work leadership
education to Northeast Wisconsin

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................4
Intended Audience...............................................................................................................4
Persons to Contact for Essential Program Information........................................................4
Handbook Content...............................................................................................................5
II. COLLABORATIVE MSW PROGRAM OVERVIEW............................................6
Program History...................................................................................................................6
Program Mission..................................................................................................................6
Program Goals .....................................................................................................................8
Program Competencies (Student Outcome Objectives) ......................................................8
Foundation Year Competencies (Student Outcome Objectives).........................................9
Advanced Year Competencies (Student Outcome Objectives).........................................10
III. PROGRAM CURRICULUM...................................................................................13
Foundation Curriculum......................................................................................................14
Advanced Curriculum........................................................................................................15
Applied Research Components of the Curriculum............................................................17
Field Research Project .......................................................................................................17
Development and Implementation of the Field Research Project .....................................17
Personnel for the Field Research Project...........................................................................19
Advanced HBSE and Elective Courses .............................................................................19
Independent Study .............................................................................................................21
Preparation for the LCSW .................................................................................................22
IV. THE COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AND ACCREDITATION23
V. PROGRAM STRUCTURE........................................................................................24
Program Committees ........................................................................................................24
MSW Student Organization..............................................................................................25
Program Faculty................................................................................................................25
VI. PROGRAM POLICIES AND PROCEDURES......................................................27
A. Admissions: Policies, Procedures and Standards.........................................................27
Admissions Criteria ...............................................................................................27
Admissions Process ...............................................................................................28
Credit for Life Experience or Work.......................................................................29
English as a Second Language...............................................................................29

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Early Withdrawal from the MSW Program...........................................................29
Reinstatement of Students who Withdraw from the Program...............................30
Transfer Credits .....................................................................................................30
B. Program Standards and Expectations............................................................................31
Academic Integrity.................................................................................................31
Advising Policy and Procedures............................................................................32
Attendance and Participation.................................................................................33
Confidentiality .......................................................................................................33
Distance Education ................................................................................................33
Grades....................................................................................................................34
NASW Code of Ethics...........................................................................................34
C. Student Services and Equitable Treatment...................................................................35
Faculty-Student Grievances...................................................................................35
Non-Discrimination ...............................................................................................35
Sexual Harassment.................................................................................................35
Social Work Certification......................................................................................36
Students with Disabilities ......................................................................................36
D. Insufficient Performance in the Program: Criteria and Procedures.............................37
Academic Performance Concerns: Academic Integrity.........................................37
Academic Performance Concerns: Insufficient Grades.........................................37
Academic Performance Concerns: Professionalism and Personal Performance...38
Academic Status Review Committee.....................................................................39
Grade Appeal Policy..............................................................................................41
VII. APPENDIX...............................................................................................................43
Student Portfolio in Preparation for Becoming a Licensed Clinical Social Worker ........43

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I. INTRODUCTION
Intended Audience
The intent of this handbook is to provide information about the UW-Green Bay and UW-
Oshkosh Collaborative MSW Program for use by students, faculty and agency affiliates. The
PDF format available on the MSW Web-page will most likely reach a larger audience of persons
who have an interest in knowing more about how this particular collaborative program operates.
The PDF version of the Handbook is designed to ensure easy on-screen access to program
information. Its content is linked by hypertext to the Collaborative MSW Home Page and
subsequent pages by links which appear in blue underlined hypertext. The Collaborative MSW
Program Coordinator has primary responsibility for the maintenance of the MSW Collaborative
Program’s Web pages. Its portal page is located at:
http://www.uwgb.edu/socwork/BSWHome.htm
The Collaborative MSW Program may also be accessed from its University of Wisconsin-
Oshkosh Social Work Department link at:
http://www.uwosh.edu/socialwork/msw
Persons to Contact for Essential Program Information
Collaborative MSW Program Coordinator: Dr. Judy Martin.
Phone: [phone]
Email: [email protected]
Program Assistant: Jeanne Berg
Phone: [phone]
Email: [email protected]
The MSW Collaborative Program’s mail address is:
Collaborative MSW Program
University of Wisconsin Green Bay
CL 710
2420 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001

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Handbook Content
This handbook includes:
a) A program overview that describes the Program’s formative development, its faculty and
those structures that facilitate student and agency participation;
b) A brief description of the Program’s curriculum themes, mission, goals, and its objectives
that have been stated as practice competencies at both foundation and advanced levels;
c) A presentation of the curriculum in its entirety, including the foundation and advanced
levels as well as the two concentrations in Advanced Direct Practice and Administration
and Management;
d) A description of the role played by the Council on Social Work Education in
accreditation;
e) A listing of policies and procedures pertaining to the program.
The appendix includes information about preparing for the Licensed Clinical Social Worker
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II. COLLABORATIVE MSW PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Program History
Formal planning for the Collaborative MSW Program was initiated in the fall, 1999 through a
series of joint meetings between the UW Green Bay and Oshkosh Social Work Faculty and their
administrators. These meetings culminated with the submission of an application one year later
to the University of Wisconsin System for joint entitlement to plan a collaborative graduate
program. The UW System granted initial approval to begin planning in Spring, 2001.
The two social work faculties from Green Bay and Oshkosh then met regularly together with
their advisory group members to plan how the new program was to be implemented, including
structural arrangement and curricular options to be derived from formal needs assessment. In
August 2001, at a large invitational gathering of administrators, community agency
representatives and faculty members, there was unanimous agreement to formally request
authorization from the UW System to implement a graduate MSW program and to apply for
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accreditation.
The preparation process was parallel because documents required by the UW System and by
CSWE were remarkably similar. The UW System authorization request was approved by the
UW Board of Regents on October 11, 2002. The application for candidacy was approved by the
CSWE Commission on Accreditation in July, 2003. The Program has had three successive
accreditation visits and in 2006 received initial accreditation through June 2010.
Program implementation was initiated in fall, 2003 with the enrollment of the first cohort of
students. The faculties are proud of the efforts to add a graduate social work degree program in
this region—an event anticipated for several decades has become a reality. Note that this
graduate program is independent of the respective BSW programs uniquely operated by each
University and possessing their own field education policies and practices.
Program Mission
As a result of extensive faculty planning, market research studies, and feedback from consultant
outside reviewers, the Program’s mission was developed. This mission statement embodies six
major program themes, which permeate content in the advanced concentrations in (1) advanced
direct practice and (2) administration and management. This mission reflects the unique needs
of social work practitioners and clients in the region, the broad mission of the social work
profession, and the academic standards for graduate education established by CSWE.
Development of the program’s mission was also strongly influenced by the UW System Cluster
Core Mission with respect to inter-institutional collaboration as an effective means for sharing of
resources and educational outreach. It was further influenced by CSWE support for
collaborative education.1
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CSWE (1999) ―Myths and Opportunities, The Impact of Discipline-Specific Accreditation on Inter-professional
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh have
established a Collaborative MSW Program that prepares social workers for advanced practice as
facilitators, partners and leaders in planned change activities with service users and community
service providers. The program’s goal is to educate professionals ready to assume administrative
and direct practice leadership roles within this region’s increasingly diverse and transforming
rural and metropolitan environments. The mission statement of the Collaborative MSW Program
is stated as follows:
The advanced professional Master of Social Work degree is a joint effort by the University of
Wisconsin-Green Bay and Oshkosh to prepare social workers for advanced practice as
facilitators, partners and leaders in planned change activities with service users and community
service providers in the region. The program’s goal is to educate professionals ready to assume
administrative and direct practice leadership roles within this region’s increasingly diverse and
transforming rural environments. It aims to prepare practitioners who can work to strengthen
families through programs, services, and policies supportive of family and community well
being, with special emphasis on family needs in rural and tribal settings. Concomitantly, the
program aims to promote interdisciplinary learning and coordinated inter-professional practice to
actively address social issues. Additional emphasis is placed on professional acceptance of
responsibility to participate in civic life and to provide leadership in the community and to
encourage the inclusion and representation of Native Americans and members of other cultures
and diverse groups in the region. Finally, the advanced program strives to address adult learner
expectations for ease of access and user-friendly content delivery.
Embedded in this mission statement are six program themes:
•Public Sector Practice—improving the quality of life of people and communities served by
publicly funded agencies (including private sector programs receiving public funds) and
encouraging democratic participation in community decision making in order to influence
quality of life concerns.
•Leadership Roles—assuming leadership roles in direct practice, administration and policy
development in order to strengthen communities, organizations, and families.
•Family Focus—enhancing family functioning, improving community and agencies supports for
families, and enhancing the quality of life for families within the region.
•Diversity—promoting advocacy and interventions to enhance the well being of vulnerable and
oppressed people within the region.
•Rural Emphasis—reflecting the inclusion of the unique needs and circumstances of rural
people, agencies, and communities in the region.

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•Interdisciplinary Cooperation—encouraging active involvement with other academic units
and professional disciplines in order to address quality of life concerns.
All course work throughout the program is built on and infused with these themes.
Program Goals
The mission and themes suggest seven goals of the Collaborative MSW Program. The Program
is designed to:
1. Prepare advanced degree social workers to assume administrative leadership and direct
practice leadership roles in public and tribal sector practice within an increasingly diverse
and transforming rural environment.
2. Promote and provide regional professional development activities that support advanced
practice learning, including commensurate use of Internet and distance education modes
of course delivery.
3. Through research, evaluation of practice and program evaluation, contribute to the
development of professional knowledge aimed toward the strengthening of family
functioning and the enhancement of community and agency supports for users of social
work services.
4. Undertake activities inside and outside the classroom that will contribute to the
development and improvement of social policy at local, regional, state, and national
levels as it pertains to families or other users of public, tribal, and other culturally
relevant social services.
5. Develop and utilize collaborative partnerships with other academic units and degree
programs in the UW System or elsewhere and with other organizational entities in the
Northeastern region.
6. Provide active leadership in the social work profession and engage in public service
activities within the Northeast region, actively encouraging democratic community
decision-making in order to favorably influence quality of life concerns.
7. Through teaching, research, evaluation, policy development and advocacy activities
inside and outside the classroom, actively confront oppression in the community,
especially as it affects individuals and families using public social services.
Program Competencies (Student Outcome Objectives)
The Collaborative MSW Program is a competency-based program and as such, the competencies
serve as educational outcomes in the preparation of master’s prepared social workers. While
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are two distinct sets of competencies –those for students in the foundation year and those for
students in the advanced year. While curriculum development efforts were undertaken with
these competencies in mind, students also embrace the competencies in their assessment of
learning needs and subsequent goal setting for the field. Individual courses in the Program are
designed to help students develop skills in each of the fourteen competency areas.
Foundation and advanced competencies (fourteen each) are written in a general way, which
allow students to tailor their concentration (either direct practice or administration and
management) and their special interests (child welfare, mental health, criminal justice,
gerontology, etc.) to their field experiences. The foundation and advanced year competencies are
listed below. These competencies reflect ―end points‖ or outcomes students are expected to
achieve by the time they graduate from the program. Foundation year competencies indicate
steps toward achievement of these outcomes, levels at which MSW students should be
performing by the time they complete the foundation curriculum.
Foundation Year Competencies (Student Outcome Objectives)
•MSW Foundation 1: Link interdisciplinary knowledge, including that developed in prior
practice, to emerging assessment, intervention and evaluation skills.
•MSW Foundation 2: Recognize and utilize social work values, understanding their
implications for generalist practice.
•MSW Foundation 3: Carry out assessment, planning and intervention activities that reflect
generalist social work practice principles and approaches.
•MSW Foundation 4: Seek out and evaluate ―best practice‖ models in generalist social work
practice.
•MSW Foundation 5: Develop and strengthen relationship and enabling skills in generalist
practice contexts.
•MSW Foundation 6: Recognize resource gaps and participate in activities designed to redress
these gaps.
•MSW Foundation 7: Create alliances and collaborations with diverse clientele.
•MSW Foundation 8: Articulate an understanding of the role of the generalist practitioner in
organizational program planning and policy development.
•MSW Foundation 9: Engage in activities designed to improve services and make them more
congruent with client needs.
•MSW Foundation 10: Function effectively in one’s role as a generalist practitioner in a
particular social service organizational setting.

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•MSW Foundation 11: Develop skills in program evaluation and evaluation of practice
methodologies.
•MSW Foundation 12: Recognize the impact of oppression on the lives of clients, challenge
oppressive thinking and practices. Apply strengths and empowerment perspectives in work with
diverse clientele.
•MSW Foundation 13: Understand the elements of ethical professional practice and recognize
and evaluate ethical dilemmas in practice.
•MSW Foundation 14: Use peer and supervisory support effectively in an effort to improve
one’s practice.
Advanced Year Competencies (Student Outcome Objectives)
The requisite advanced practice competencies are to be demonstrated by program graduates in
order to meet the goal of preparing advanced degree social workers. Advanced year
competencies represent the levels of achievement at which MSW students should be performing
by the time they graduate from the Program.
MSW Advanced 1: Applies an interdisciplinary orientation in the systematic change
process (e.g., intake and assessment, plan development; interventions; evaluation and
reassessment; and/or termination) with multi-level systems.
MSW Advanced 2: Utilizes the strengths perspective and a capacity-building approach in
the systematic change process with multi-level systems.
MSW Advanced 3: Competently employs interventions that reflect principles and
methodologies consistent with social work practice in community-based, family-focused
settings, particularly those that reflect practice from an empowerment and strengths-
based perspective. The MSW student appropriately applies such interventions relative to
his/her practice methodology (Administration/Management or Advanced Direct Practice).
Students apply a three-step process:
a. Student researches and assesses best-practice interventions using an empowerment
and strengths perspective framework.
b. Student integrates best-practice interventions into the community-based agency
setting using an empowerment and strengths perspective framework.
c. Student evaluates impact of best-practice interventions within the community-
based agency structure using an empowerment and strengths perspective
framework.
MSW Advanced 4: Provides leadership by conducting empirical research activities
designed to shape more effective public/tribal family intervention practices and provide
supporting data for policy changes that enhance family well-being. These activities may
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summative program evaluation activities, surveys, or analyzing existing data.
MSW Advanced 5: Demonstrates leadership in both collaborative and team building
activities.
MSW Advanced 6: Demonstrates an understanding of resource gaps and effectively
utilizes current resources, encourages resource enhancement, and/or develops new
resources.
MSW Advanced 7: Demonstrates cultural competency in the systematic change process
(e.g., intake and assessment, plan development; interventions; evaluation and
reassessment; and/or termination) with multi-level systems.
MSW Advanced 8: Articulates a vision for his/her leadership role in public/tribal
organizational program planning and policy development informed by and grounded in
organizational theory, policy analysis models, and leadership theory.
MSW Advanced 9: Articulates program and social policy change methods directed at
improving conditions for children and families that are based on social work theory and
informed by the specialized needs of rural and local communities.
MSW Advanced 10: Demonstrates knowledge of the Field Placement agency mission,
goals and objectives, and critically assesses the congruence of the mission and goals with
ethical social work principles of practice. MSW students engage in activities that support
Field Placement agency goals and ethical practice.
MSW Advanced 11: Demonstrates an ongoing commitment to improving individual
professional practice with and on behalf of client systems through systematic and
sustained evaluation of practice using multiple methods including, seeking and
effectively using feedback, continuous personal reflection and assessment, and
effectively integrating new learning to increase efficacy in needed areas.
MSW Advanced 12: Effectively uses social work roles with vulnerable and oppressed
client systems.
MSW Advanced 13: Possesses a working knowledge of the elements of ethical
professional social work practice and uses this knowledge to successfully resolve ethical
dilemmas in practice.
MSW Advanced 14: Demonstrates leadership and professionalism in practice, including
contributing to the professional growth and development of colleagues.

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Advanced Field Seminar Competencies:
A. Understands and responds to an array of important issues with a specific
client system using a systematic, multi-level, change process and
intervention approach (e.g. completion of the case presentation
assignment).
B. Effectively process records a client contact that demonstrates application
of theory to practice (e.g. completion of the process recording
assignment, or the Integrating Theory into Your Agency Practice
assignment).

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III. PROGRAM CURRICULUM
The curriculum depicted below was developed to reflect the program’s mission and goals.
It includes the Foundation curriculum for students without Advanced Standing (to be taken by
students either without the BSW, or 8 years post their BSW) and the advanced curriculum to be
taken by all students. The Advanced Curriculum offers two concentrations. The Advanced Direct
Practice concentration is designed to prepare students to provide leadership in the field in their
work with and on behalf of individuals, groups and families. The Administration and
Management concentration is design to prepare students to provide leadership in the
management of public and private social service agencies. Work with vulnerable families who
face multiple life challenges is emphasized. Specific advanced curriculum requirements and
electives are noted below.
The program currently offers both a full-time and a part-time curriculum options. The full-time
program can be completed in two calendar years for students beginning in the Foundation
Curriculum. The part-time program is completed in nine semesters for students entering in the
Foundation year and in five semesters for those entering as Advanced Standing. To meet the
needs of working students, most required courses in the program are offered on evenings and
Saturdays. Students also integrate and apply their classroom learning in a sixteen-hour-a- week
field experience (usually arranged during regular business hours). All social work courses are
offered in the Appleton area (UW Fox Valley campus), a central location for most students from
northeastern Wisconsin. Interdisciplinary electives and required courses are available on either
the UW-Oshkosh or UW-Green Bay campuses. Students are provided with specific course
registration information via e-mail. Program staff will register all students for Social Work
courses to ensure equity across classes with multiple sections and to adhere to funding
parameters.
Advanced Standing
Students who have graduated within the past 8 years with an undergraduate degree in Social
Work from a CSWE accredited Social Work program are eligible to begin the MSW with the
Advanced Curriculum, as their undergraduate degree meets the accreditation requirements for
the Foundation Curriculum. This policy is not negotiable and students who graduated with an
undergraduate degree in Social Work more than eight years ago are not eligible to have any of
the Foundation Curriculum courses waived.

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Foundation Curriculum
Class
Semester
Credits
PT
YR
1
PT
YR
2
SOC WORK 701 Ethical Foundations of Social
Work Practice
Spring
3
X
SOC WORK 702 Generalist Practice I + 703
Skills Lab
Fall
4
X
SOC WORK 704 Generalist Practice II + 705
Skills Lab 4 credits
Spring
4
X
SOC WORK 706 Social Welfare Institutions
Fall
3
X
SOC WORK 707 Human Behavior
Fall
3
X
SOC WORK 708 Social Welfare Policy
Spring
3
X
SOC WORK 709 Foundation Field I
Fall
X
SOC WORK 710 Foundation Field II
Spring
X
Total Credits
28
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Advanced Curriculum
Required Classes
Semester
Credits
PT
YR
1
PT
YR
2
SOC WORK 720 Practice Competence in a
Diverse Community
Spring
3
X
SOC WORK 728 Advanced Social Welfare
Policy Analysis
Fall
3
X
SOC WORK 729
Field III + Integrative Seminar
Spring
4
X
SOC WORK 731 Advanced Research
Applications In Social Work Practice
Fall
3
X
SOC WORK 732 Field Research Project
Summer
1
X
SOC WORK 734 Field Research Consultation
Spring
2
X
SOC WORK 733 Field IV + Integrative Seminar
Summer
4
X
Advanced HBSE Options
Advanced Direct Practice
SOC WORK 727 Psychopathology and Strength–
based Assessment or Interdisciplinary
PSYCH 530 Adult Development and Aging
PSYCH 690 Special Topics (see MSW Coord.)
WS 550 Women, Race and Class
EDUC 552 Social and Family Influences on Early
Development and Learning
HUM DEV 544 Dying, Death & Loss
See time-
table
3
X
Administration & Management
MPA 723 Organizational Structure and Behavior
MAN 753 Organizational Theory and Behavior
See time-
table
3
X
Concentration Practice Requirements
Advanced Direct Practice
SOC WORK 721 Multi-Level Family
Intervention
Spring
3
X
Administration & Management
SOC WORK 722 Social Work Management and
Supervision in Social Services
Only offered if enrollment meets minimum
requirements
Spring
3
X
MPA 752 Public Budgeting & Finance OR
PUENAF 615 Public & Nonprofit Budgeting
See time-
table
3
X
X

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Advanced Approved Electives
Semester
Credits
PT
YR
1
PR
YR
2
SOC WORK 735: Emerging Issues in Child
Welfare:
Fall
3
X
SOC WORK 795: Special Topics
Fall &
Spring
3
X
SOC WORK 571 Child and Family Welfare
See time-
table
3
X
SOC WORK 575 Treatment and Mistreatment of
Offenders
See time-
table
3
X
SOC WORK 795 (747) Mental Health Theories
Summer
3
X
X
SOC WORK 798 Independent Study
TBA
3
X
X
MPA 711 Politics, Policy and Public
Administration
MPA 729 Health Care Organizations and
Management
MPA 760 Administrative Law
MPA 797 Special Topics
See time-
table
3
X
X
MAN 757 Leadership and Innovations (has
prerequisites)
MAN 750 Team Dynamics & Problem-Solving
MAN 776 Organizational Communication &
Conflict
See time-
table
2
X
X
Total Credits: 32
Applied Research Components of the Curriculum
Field Research Project

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The field research project grows out of and is tied to the individual student’s particular interests
as an advanced level social work practitioner or administrator. The project can be completed in
three ways:
1. Preferably, the project is based in the student’s field agency experience; however,
this is not required;
2. Some students will be working on projects developed by faculty that reflect their
professional interests but are not necessarily tied to their individual field
placements;
3. Others will want to implement projects that are affiliated with but outside their
particular field placement setting.
The subject of the student research project must be relevant to social work practice and/or
strengthening of the social work profession. The subject must also be congruent with advance
program competencies of the Collaborative MSW Program.
The field research project must involve: pertinent literature review, research questions, clear
methodology, data analysis, and report of findings. The project must also be limited in scope so
that it is possible to develop and implement it within the confines of the advanced year
curriculum. Students may do individual projects; joint projects may also be developed by a
small number of students that are individually implemented by each student in the group. Any
additional costs of the project are borne by the student and/or agency involved in the project.
However, the Universities do provide access to data analysis tools to all students.
Development and Implementation of the Field Research Project
Students plan for and implement the field research project during all three semesters of their
advanced year in the full time program or the 2nd year of the Advanced part-time program. Field
research project work goes through three phases:
Phase 1-Fall: students enroll in SW 731 Advanced Research. In this class they:
Review knowledge of basic research methodology;
Examine additional methodologies of particular importance to field research in
social work (small sample, qualitative, etc.);
Learn to process data and interpret descriptive statistics and tables (using Excel)
Find out about ongoing research interests of faculty who are willing to serve as
research mentors;
Explore research possibilities in their planned Field placements;
Develop an initial draft of the research proposal and have it approved;
If possible, have the proposal approved by the human subjects committee of their
respective universities and participating agencies. However, this usually occurs in

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the Spring semester.
Phase 2-Spring: Students enroll in SW 734 to complete the following tasks and
activities:
Work independently with the course instructor or voluntary mentor to strengthen
their research plan;
Meet periodically with the instructor to finalize the proposal and then develop an
IRB proposal;
Obtain the instructor’s approval/signature on the IRB proposal before submitting
it for approval by the IRB. Research proposals must be submitted for IRB
approval during this semester if students expect to graduate at the end of the
summer session;
Students follow IRB procedures and submit IRB proposals to the Course
Instructor’s home campus.
At UW Green Bay: When IRB document is completed the student provides the
instructor with a copy of the proposal and then submits it to the IRB committee.
The student completes a GR2 form, attaches a copy of the research proposal, and
sends it to the instructor for signature; the instructor submits this to the MSW
Program Coordinator. The Program Coordinator submits these documents to the
Graduate Studies Office.
At UW Oshkosh: When the IRB is approved the student completes the ―Field
Report Project Approval Form‖ (located on the Graduate Studies website in the
forms list). The MSW student signs the form and sends it to the instructor for
signature; Attach a copy of the IRB approval letter and the proposal abstract. the
instructor submit this to the MSW Program Coordinator, who submits these
documents to the Graduate Studies Office.
RESEARCH PROJECTS CANNOT BE IMPLEMENTED (i.e., students cannot
collect data related to their Field Research project) UNTIL IRB APPROVAL IS
OBTAINED;
Phase 3-Summer: Students enroll in SW 732 to complete their Field Research projects
during the Summer semester.
Students engage in individual meetings with the instructor to develop the data
analysis plan and review final report requirements;
Students who have voluntary mentors continue to meet with them to implement
the research plan;
At UWGB: At completion of project the instructor completes GR4 form and
submits it to the MSW Program Coordinator, who will send it to the Graduate

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Studies Office.
Students complete the research project and present it to their respective
universities using the approved formatting. Each campus has approval forms that
must be completed prior to the end of the summer semester (see above). The
instructor, MSW Program Coordinator and the Graduate Studies Director/Dean,
must approve final project forms. Failure to complete these forms in a timely
manner may result in delayed graduation.
Personnel for Research Project
The instructor for SW 731 (Advanced Research) carries a primary organizing role for the Field
Research Projects. The SW 731 instructor must sign university documents giving students
permission to move forward with their projects. Students who experience challenges to
completing their research projects according to the standard time-line must work with their
instructor for SW 731 to develop a satisfactory alternative time-line (see MSW academic
performance polices).
Voluntary mentors are faculty members who have ongoing research interests and who wish to
work with a small number of students on a project in which they are interested. The mentors may
present their research ideas and an overview of the student role and responsibilities in the project
to potentially interested students during the fall research class. The mentors must determine the
number of students who will be accepted to work on the project and are responsible for clearly
delineating the student role. The mentors provide ongoing oversight of the student research
during the spring and summer semesters and are responsible for teaching and guiding students.
Advanced Human Behavior in the Social Environment (HBSE) and Elective Courses
Students in the Advanced Direct Practice Concentration select an Advanced HBSE option. The
following list includes courses that have been approved by the faculty. However, students can
request that other options be considered, after consultation with their advisor and the MSW
Program Coordinator. Students in the Administration/Management Concentration must take an
Organizational Theory course as their Advanced HBSE option. If the Administration
Concentration is not available to students due to low enrollment, interested students may take an
Organizational Theory class to satisfy the Advanced HBSE requirement.
Advanced HBSE Options
Students should consult with their advisor prior to selecting an Advanced HBSE option.
Advanced Direct Practice:
In Social Work:
Soc Work 727: Psychopathology and Strength- Based Assessment
At UWGB:

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Educ 552 Social and Family Influences on Early Development and Learning
Human Dev 544 Dying Death & Loss
At UWO:
Psych 530: Adult Development and Aging
Psych 690: Special Topics (approval of Program Coordinator required)
Women’s Studies 550: Women, Race and Class
Administration/Management:
At UWGB: Management 753: Organizational Theory and Behavior
At UWO: MP 723 Organizational Structure and Behavior
Elective Options
Students should consult with their advisor prior to selecting Elective options.
Students may select an elective from the following list of approved courses, may develop an
independent study course as an elective, or may request that another course be considered as an
elective. Students requesting courses that are not on the list must consult with their advisor and
the Program Coordinator. The Program Coordinator will approve such options when they fit
with the program’s mission and goals, when they serve the student’s learning needs, when they
are congruent with the objectives of the curriculum, and when they are graduate level in scope
and content.
Social Work:
Social Work 571: Child and Family Welfare (at UW Oshkosh)
Social Work 575 (757): Treatment and Mistreatment of Offenders
Soc Work 701: (For BSW Students Only) Ethical Issues in Contemporary Social Work
Soc Work 735: Emerging Issues in Child Welfare
Soc Work 737: Social Work & Crisis Intervention with Vulnerable Populations
Soc Work 795 (747): Mental Health Theories
Soc Work 795: Special Topics
Soc Work 798: Independent Study
Interdisciplinary Electives:
AT UWGB:
Management 750: Team Dynamics & Problem Solving
Management 757: Leadership and Innovation
Management 776: Organizational Communication & Conflict
Hum Dev 544: Dying, Death and Loss (see advisor)
Education 552: Social & Family Influences on Early Development