{"id":9271,"date":"2011-05-03T11:33:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T15:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/?p=9271"},"modified":"2011-05-03T11:37:31","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T15:37:31","slug":"school-of-social-work-adds-online-msw-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/2011\/05\/03\/school-of-social-work-adds-online-msw-program\/","title":{"rendered":"School of Social Work adds online MSW program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston University <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/\" target=\"_blank\">School of Social Work<\/a> has launched a new <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinemsw.bu.edu\" target=\"_blank\">online Master of Social Work<\/a> (MSW) program in Clinical Social Work Practice. Taught by the School\u2019s nationally recognized faculty, the online program will initially enroll human service professionals with a minimum of two years of supervised experience.<\/p>\n<p>The part-time program, which can be completed in eight consecutive semesters, consists of taking courses online, participating in a single, extended field internship within the student\u2019s geographic area, and attending a one-time, four-day residency component on the BU campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis program is an excellent addition to the fine programs we offer at the School of Social Work,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/about\/facultystaff\/faculty\/steketee\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gail Steketee<\/a>, Dean of the School of Social Work. \u00a0\u201cIt continues the School\u2019s commitment to educate outstanding social work practitioners in the community and for the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program focuses on clinical practice with individuals, families, and groups, with an integrated curriculum that emphasizes ethical practice, and social and economic justice. Courses are delivered with both asynchronous and synchronous (real-time) components, with each course lasting seven weeks. The 65-credit program allows individuals to earn an MSW degree while continuing to live and work in their own communities.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\r\ntweetmeme_url = 'http:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/2011\/05\/03\/school-of-social-work-adds-online-msw-program\/';\r\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/tweetmeme.com\/i\/scripts\/button.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>  <iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/2011\/05\/03\/school-of-social-work-adds-online-msw-program\/&amp;layout=box_count&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=50&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=65\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;width:50px;height:65px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston University School of Social Work has launched a new online Master of Social Work (MSW) program in Clinical Social Work Practice. Taught by the School\u2019s nationally recognized faculty, the online program will initially enroll human service professionals with a minimum of two years of supervised experience. The part-time program, which can be completed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":606,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[700],"tags":[4645,5896,4647,5894,5895,4626,550],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9271"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/606"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9271"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9273,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9271\/revisions\/9273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs-devl.bu.edu\/bunow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}