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Nov 05, 2024
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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
Forensic Social Work Graduate Certificate
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The add-on graduate certificate in Forensic Social Work is a partnership between the College of Social Work and the College of Law . The certificate is intended for currently admitted Social Work graduate students. This certificate provides students with the coursework and practical experience needed to provide forensic services and evidence-based interventions in a variety of settings including but not limited to prisons, juvenile justice settings, child welfare, public defender offices and legal aid, programming and policy development.
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Campus Code
Knoxville Campus
Nashville Campus
Distance Education
Graduate Certificate Type
Add-On
Admissions Standards/Procedures
Students will receive information about the certificate program at the time of their admission to the MSSW program.
To be admitted to this program, students must
- Meet the Graduate Admission requirements for a certificate program and submit online application through the Office of Graduate Admissions.
- Submit a departmental application at the time of their admission to the MSSW program and agree to program requirements.
The application includes a brief personal statement describing 1) their reasons for participating in the certificate program, 2) their professional career goals, and 3) acknowledgement that they understand there are additional credit hours to be taken beyond the credits required for the MSSW.
Students selected for admission must be formally admitted to the certificate through the Office of Graduate Admissions.
Credit Hours Required
18 graduate/law credit hours
6 credit hours to be taken during the generalist year of the program
6 credit hours to be taken during the concentration year of the program
Additional Course Requirements
- At least 6 credit hours in a field placement that focuses on work with and/or on behalf of populations impacted by the legal system (i.e., a placement in which more than half of the student’s time is spent working within forensic related systems).
- SOWK 542 and SOWK 544 (6 credit hours), OR
- SOWK 584 (taken 3 times) OR SOWK 586 (taken 2 times) to equal 12 credit hours
- The 6 credit hour field placement must be approved by the MSSW Field Coordinator.
- Forensic social work students will develop a field learning plan in preparation for their foundation or concentration field that focuses on forensic social work specific learning. The field learning plan will include learning goals specific to the arena of forensic social work.
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