The Department of Social Work at Washburn University offers the BSW and MSW degrees. The emphasis in the BSW Program is on generalist social work practice. The "concentration" in the MSW Program is on clinical social work practice. Given our pragmatic, practice focus, social work faculty members collectively believe that while some courses can be taught online, others should not. There is no substitute for direct observation, practice, and "hands-on" learning, particularly in social work practice courses. Perhaps as online learning technologies improve, we will be in a better position to include practice courses in the mix.
Lecture-discussion courses that social work faculty members believe can be taught online include the following:
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BSW Program |
MSW Program |
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Generalist Social Work Perspectives |
Generalist Social Work Perspectives |
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Micro Human Behavior and the Social Environment |
Macro Human Behavior and the Social Environment |
Micro Human Behavior in the Social Environment |
Macro Human Behavior in the Social Environment |
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Social Policy and Program Analysis I |
Social Policy and Program Analysis II |
Foundations of Social Policy |
Social Policy and Advocacy |
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Generalist Quantitative Social Work Research |
Generalist Qualitative Social Work Research |
Quantitative Social Work Research |
Qualitative Social Work Research |
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Clinical Practice Seminar II |
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It should be noted that ALL social work courses are web-assisted. This simply means that instructors make the syllabus, handouts, and some other course materials available to students online. However, seated courses meet in a face-to-face format whereas online courses do not.
There are some courses, especially some electives, in which the didactic portion of the course is managed online and students also meet as a group for two all-day Saturday experiential workshops.