Graduation Requirements
Enrollment in SOCW 565 - Capstone is a requirement to satisfy the concluding element of the MSW degree program. Students will earn a pass/fail grade for SOCW 565. A passing grade must be earned in this course for the student to satisfactorily complete all requirements for the Master of Social Work. The capstone project requires students to integrate the social work knowledge, skills, values, and cognitive and affective processes learned and demonstrated across curriculum content areas and their field practicum experience.
In SOCW 565, the student selects case scenarios from their field practicum experience and presents the practice activities they engaged in during their experience. Students discuss how the practice activities they engaged in demonstrate their competency across ethics, diversity, human rights, research, policy practice, engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation. For each competency area, students must explain how they used social work knowledge, skills, values, and cognitive and affective processing to gain mastery of the desired behaviors for social work practice.
Review the graduation policy for more information.
