Advanced Social Work Practice Concentration Curriculum

Denver Campus MSW Program

The Advanced Social Work Practice concentration will prepare you with the theoretical knowledge, applied skills and values to work across a continuum of services at micro, mezzo and macro levels. Our model prepares you to practice with a wide range of populations and settings to meet the needs of your community. The curriculum emphasizes culturally responsive practice needed for the increasing diversity within communities at a local, state, national or global context.  

To see a full list of course descriptions, view the GSSW bulletin.

Area Requirements	Courses
Theory for Practice	SOWK 4315: Critical Theories of Child & Adolescent Development SOWK 4320: Family Systems Theories for Social Work Practices SOWK 4325: Evolving Perspectives & Trends in Health & Wellness SOWK 4345: Intersections of Mental Health, Substance Use, & Trauma SOWK 4360: Social-Ecological Resilience: Connecting Human & Environmental Well-Being SOWK 4370: Community & Organizational Change: Theory of Pracitce SOWK 4750: Critical Perspectives on the Latinx Context
Assessment Skills	SOWK 4338: Assessment of Mental Health Across the Lifespan SOWK 4565: Social and Environmental Impact Assessments SOWK 4501: Wellness Assessment & Promotion Across the Lifespan SOWK 4752: Trauma Informed Assessment and Interventions
Engage & Intervene with Organizations & Communities	SOWK 4202: Creating a Regenerative Future SOWK 4203: Environmental Change Impacts and Resilience Strategies for Mental Health SOWK 4205: Contemporary Ecological Justice Issues and Social Work Practice SOWK 4340: Leadership & Supervision Skills SOWK 4435: Grassroots Organizing for Social Justice SOWK 4465: Human Security SOWK 4535: Planning & Program Development SOWK 4759: Global Cultural Perspectives: Ethical Considerations
Engage & Intervene with Individuals, Family, & Groups	SOWK 4206: Clinical Interventions for Building Resilience for Global Environmental Change SOWK 4245: Restorative Approaches in Social Work Practice SOWK 4401: Integrated Health Care: Models & Practice SOWK 4412: Practice Elements in Interventions with Children & Youth SOWK 4418: Child Welfare Practice: Assessment & Intervention SOWK 4420: Advanced Assessment & Intervention with Family Systems SOWK 4430: Substance Use Interventions SOWK 4454: Child & Adolescent Trauma SOWK 4700: Solution Focused Brief Therapy SOWK 4715: School Social Work Interventions SOWK 4723: Social Work Practice in Health SOWK 4725: Mind-Body Connections and Social Work Practice SOWK 4726: Experiential Therapy SOWK 4730: Cognitive Behavioral Therapies SOWK 4735: Interpersonal Approaches to Counseling SOWK 4784: Suicide Assessment & Interventions
Policy & Advocacy Skills	SOWK 4204: Policy Advocacy for Ecological Justice in the U.S. SOWK 4600: Child Welfare History & Policies SOWK 4610: Policies & Programs for Children & Youth SOWK 4630: Family Policies & Services SOWK 4635: Immigration Policies & Services SOWK 4640: Mental Health & Substance Use Policies SOWK 4645: Health Care Policy SOWK 4650: Aging Policy SOWK 4655: Mental Health & Health Care Policy SOWK 4660: Social Policy Advocacy SOWK 4680: Native Peoples Practice: History & Policy SOWK 4712: Social Work & The Law SOWK 4753: Social Development in Latin America  SOWK 4765: Global Social Change
Evaluation & Research Skills	SOWK 4425: Positive Youth Development Programming and Evaluation SOWK 4900: Methods for Evaluating Practice & Programs SOWK 4902: Public Impact for Policy, Community Organizing, and Research Dissemination SOWK 4903: Photovoice as Intervention and Research Methodology SOWK 4904: Introduction to Human-Centered Design for Evaluation & Program Development
Values	SOWK 4232: Critical Race Theory Praxis & Social Work SOWK 4235: Disproportionality and Disparities Across Systems: The Impact on Children and Youth SOWK 4240: Intergenerational Justice SOWK 4355: Genocide: A Social Justice Issue SOWK 4362: EmBODYed Practice: Ethical Approaches to Fatness and the Body SOWK 4390: Cultural & Linguistic Competencies in Integrated Behavioral Health SOWK 4480: Social Justice in Mental Health Practice SOWK 4545: Social Work Practice with LGBTQIA Communities SOWK 4555: Spirituality and Social Work SOWK: 4641: An Introduction to Prison-Industrial Complex Abolition SOWK 4642: Global Trauma SOWK 4643: Digital Justice in Social Work SOWK 4682: Values for Social Work Practice Native Peoples SOWK 4742: Disability Studies SOWK 4757: Social Work and Latino/a Cultures: An Intensive Practice and Spanish Immersion Course SOWK 4758: Social Work in Kenya: Context, Conservation, Empowerment, Sustainability SOWK 4762: Bosnia in Transition: The Social Work Response SOWK 4763: Social Work & Social Justice in South Africa SOWK 4764: Historical Trauma and Healing SOWK 4766: Women's & Children's Rights in India SOWK 4782: Feminism in Social Work Practice SOWK 4786: Human Trafficking: Prevention, Intervention, & Support of its Victims SOWK 4790: Human Sexuality
Electives	SOWK 4410: Prevention & Treatment of Adolescent Substance Use SOWK 4445: Social Work Assessment & Intervention in Aging SOWK 4500: Foundations of Play Therapy with Young Children SOWk 4505: Relationship Therapy SOWK 4520: dvanced Strategies for Family Systems Therapy SOWK 4521: Advanced Skills for Working with Military Families SOWK 4530: Poverty & Community Economic Development SOWK 4670: Policy Development & Analysis SOWK 4705: Forensic Orientation in Social Work Practice: Assessment and Interventions with High-Risk Offenders SOWK 4710: Intimate Partner Violence SOWK 4718: School Social Work Assessment & Realities SOWK 4720: Prevention & Treatment of Juvenile Delinquency & Youth Violence SOWK 4721: Anti-Oppressive Clinical Engagement Using Existential Approaches SOWK 4732: Disrupting Privilege through Anti-Oppressive Practice SOWK 4741: Grief & Loss Across the Lifespan SOWK 4749: Culturally Responsive Practice with Latinx SOWK 4760: Resource Development & Fundraising SOWK 4795: Foundations for Human-Animal-Environment Interactions - Social Work SOWK 4796: Human Animal Environment Interventions in Social Work Practice SOWK 4797: Professional Integration of Human-Animal-Environment Interactions - Social Work SOWK 4901: Applied Practice Evaluation Research