School of Social Work


Ph.D. Program| Plan of Study

Part-Time Schedule | Full-Time Schedule

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Part-Time Schedule

Year One
Fall Semester
Mondays
Course# Course Title
Credits
SWK 810 Epistemology and Social Work Knowledge
3
SWK 842 Human Behavior: Theory, Empirical Knowledge, and Contemporary Practice
3
Spring Semester
Mondays
Course# Course Title
Credits
Prerequisite:

Examination on Master’s level research and statistics

SWK 850 Comparative Approaches to Social Work Research: Quantitative
3
SWK 882 Comparative Approaches to Social Work Research: Qualitative
3
Total Credits: 12

Year Two
Fall Semester
Wednesdays
Course# Course Title
Credits
SWK 845 Cross-National Perspectives on Social Provision
3
SWK 860 Social Work and Social Science
3
Spring Semester
Wednesdays
Course# Course Title
Credits
SWK 843

Social Work Practice with Individuals: Theory and Research

3
SWK 848 Social Work Practice with Groups: Theory and Research
3
Total Credits: 12

Candidacy Examinations in Epistemology, Research, Practice, and Policy

Year Three
Fall Semester
Mondays
Course# Course Title
Credits
SWK 844 Program Development and Evaluation
3
SWK 862 Specialization Seminar: A Multi-Dimensional Approach
3
Spring Semester
Mondays
Course# Course Title
Credits
SWK 851 Foundations to Data Analysis: Univariate and Bivariate Statistics
3
SWK 846 Social Work Practice with Families: Theory and Research
3
Summer
Mondays
SWK 856 Multivariate Analyses
3
Total Credits: 15

Year Four
Fall Semester
Wednesdays
Course# Course Title
Credits
SWK 811 Social Work Education: Issues and Processes
3
SWK 857 United States Social Work in Historical and Cross-National Perspective
3
Spring Semester
Wednesdays
Course# Course Title
Credits
SWK 853 Advanced Research Topics
3
SWK 854 Proposal Development Seminar
3
Total Credits: 12

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Full-Time Schedule
Students take the 24 credits (eight courses) listed above for the first and second years of the part-time program in the first year of full-time study. In the second year of study they take the 24 credits (eight courses) listed above for the third and fourth years. The additional course (three credits) is taken in the summer following their second year of study.

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Contact
For additional information, please contact:

Gertrude S. Goldberg, D.S.W.
Professor and Ph.D. Program Director
Social Work Building, Room 217

p - 516.877.4386
f - 516.877.4392
e - goldber2@adelphi.edu
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