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DUAL DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK & PUBLIC HEALTH
MSW-MPH

Since 1990, the Department of Health Services Policy and Management and the College of Social Work have offered a coordinated program that leads to a dual degree. Some courses fulfill requirements for both portions of the dual degree. A dual degree program thus typically requires fewer semester hours in total than if the two programs were taken separately.

ADMISSIONS:

Applicants must meet the admission requirements for both the School of Social Work and the Arnold School of Public Health by submitting a USC Graduate School application.

SAMPLE CURRICULUM:

(subject to change)

Curriculum Requirements (87 hours) (subject to change)  

1st Year Fall Semester: Social Work Foundation (15 Hours)

 

SOWK 712 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment I

 

SOWK 722 - Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families

 

SOWK 732 - Social Work Practice with Organizations and Communities

 

SOWK 741 - Social Welfare Problems and Policies

 

SOWK 781 - Field Instruction I: Generalist Social Work Practice

 
   

1st year Spring Semester: Social Work (15 Hours)

 

SOWK 710 - Foundations of Social Work Practice in Groups

 

SOWK 716 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment II

 

SOWK 742 - Social Welfare Policy Analysis

 

SOWK 791 - Social Work Research Methodologies

 

SOWK 782 - Field Instruction II: Generalist Social Work Practice

 
   

1st year Summer: Public Health (9 Hours)

 

ENHS 660 - Concepts of Environmental Health Science.

 

HPEB 700 - Concepts and Methods in Health Promotion.

 

HSPM 772 - International Health or approved elective

 
   

2nd Year Fall Semester: Public Health (12 Hours)

 

HSPM 700 - Approaches and Concepts for Health Administration.

 

BIOS 700 - Introduction to Biostatistics

 

HSPM 712 - Health Economics.

 
HSPM 714 - Perspectives in Community Health Organizations  
   

2nd Year Spring Semester: Public Health (12 Hours)

 

HSPM 716 - Quantitative Methods for Health Administration

 

HSPM 730 - Financing of Health Care

 

EPID 700 - Introduction to Epidemiology

 
HSPM elective  
   

3rd year Fall Semester: Social Work Advanced (12 Hours)

 

SOWK 733 - Advanced Social Work Practice with Organizations and Communities: Administrative Skills

 

SOWK 734 - Advanced Social Work Practice with Organizations and Communities: Community Social Work

 

SOWK 785 - Field Instruction III: Social Work Practice with Organizations and Communities

 

SOWK 793 - Evaluation of Social Work Programs

 
   
3rd year Spring Semester: Social Work Advanced (12 Hours)  

SOWK 735 - Advanced Social Work Practice with Organizations and Communities: Social Planning

 

SOWK 736 - Advanced Practice with Organizations and Communities: Resource Development, Management, and Accountability

 

SOWK 718 - Systems Analysis of Social Work Practice

 

HSPM 798 - Public Health Residency.(fulfills Social Work field placement requirement)

 
   

CONTACT:

For further information about this program, please contact Mitchell Taylor at (803) 777-1627 or taylormw@mailbox.sc.edu.

Columbia, SC 29208 • 803-777-1627 • sphweb@mailbox.sc.edu