New York University Bulletin I 2008-2010 Silver School of Social Work NEW YORK UNIVERSITY BULLETIN 2008-2010 8 Silver School of Social Work ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE 56TH AND 57TH SESSIONS EHRENKRANZ CENTER ONE WASHINGTON SQUARE NORTH NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10003-6654 TABLE OF CONTENTS Silver School of Social Work . 2 Administration . 3 Faculty . 4 An Introduction to New York University . 6 Master of Social Work Program . 11 Field Instruction in Social Service Agencies . 27 Bachelor of Science Program . 31 Doctor of Philosophy Program . 45 General Information for All Programs . 51 Student Activities/School and University Services . 55 Community Service . 57 University Administration/Board of Trustees . 58 Calendar . 60 Washington Square Map . 62 New York University Centers Map . .64 Travel Directions . 65 Index . 67 Notice: The policies, requirements, course offerings, schedules, activities, tuition, fees, and calendar of the school and its departments and programs set forth in this bulletin are subject to change without notice at any time at the sole discretion of the administration. Such changes may be of any nature, including, but not limited to, the elimination of the school or college, programs, classes, or activities; the relocation of or modification of the content of any of the foregoing; and the cancellation of scheduled classes or other academic activities. Payment of tuition or attendance at any classes shall constitute a student’s acceptance of the administration’s rights as set forth in the above paragraph. 8 Silver School of Social Work he Silver School of Social Work ical, and social theory perspectives and related provides a rich environment for the research. While teaching is the first obligation education of professional social of the full-time faculty, they also engage in a workers, offering undergraduate, wide range of social work practice and research Tmaster’s, and doctoral degrees. Through its projects and scholarly analysis for publication. Division of Lifelong Learning and Professional Through consultation and research, members of Development, the School also serves as a major the faculty assist local social service, mental postgraduate training center where hundreds of health, and health care agencies in program area social workers deepen their professional planning and evaluation. Faculty members knowledge and skills and earn continuing educa- from the School are also called on to help shape tion units each year. The School is a key source of nationwide programs in social services, educa- scholarly research and publications directed at tion, and mental health. improving the practice of social work, evaluating Flexible Professional Education. A hall- social service and mental health programs, and mark of the Silver School is its continuing developing new alternatives for meeting the effort to make high-quality professional train- needs of underserved populations. The School’s ing accessible. The School has developed B.S. and M.S.W. programs are fully accredited flexible approaches to professional education by the Council on Social Work Education. without compromising the rigorous training Direct Practice. The Silver School is one of necessary for direct practice work with clients. the leading centers of professional training in In response to differing student needs and direct social work practice. Graduates at all lev- circumstances, four options are available for els acquire the core knowledge and skills neces- full-time students in the School’s M.S.W. pro- sary to work directly with individuals, families, gram: the traditional two-year program; a and groups. Concurrent practical experience 16-month accelerated program; an advanced with clients in agency settings—closely super- standing option; and a part-time, 32-month vised in a supportive environment—is an inte- program for graduates of accredited under- gral component of professional social work graduate social work programs. The M.S.W. education. The School draws on the extraordi- program also recognizes the educational and nary diversity of service agencies in the New career needs of individuals who have family York City metropolitan area and the tristate and work responsibilities by offering them the region for its student field learning placements. opportunity to receive a full professional edu- Carefully selected field instructors are on site in cation over a longer period of time. M.S.W. the more than 500 agencies in which students students also have the option of pursuing a are placed. dual NYU degree program in law (with the Faculty members have extensive profes- School of Law) or in management (with the sional experience and excellent teaching skills. Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public They bring to the School a wide range of Service) or a dual degree program in child knowledge and social work orientations—span- development with Sarah Lawrence College. ning contemporary psychodynamic, psycholog- The B.S. program offers undergraduates an SILVER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK 2 opportunity to combine a fine liberal campus, all faculty offices and many programs—becoming one of the arts education with development of classrooms are housed in three his- few in the country to provide a con- basic social work skills. The Ph.D. toric Washington Square row houses tinuum of social work education program offers experienced profes- that have been transformed into a from the undergraduate through the sionals an opportunity to pursue fur- single modern facility for social doctoral levels. It was the first ther professional training and research work education. The School’s nur- school of social work in New York on a full-time or part-time basis. turing atmosphere allows students City authorized by the New York The School offers programs at to develop professionally in a sup- State Education Department to offer four locations. All programs are portive and comfortable environ- a Ph.D. degree. available at New York University’s ment—while having the total The 19th-century structures the Washington Square campus. Part- resources of a major university (and a School calls home are located directly and full-time master’s programs are major city) at their disposal. on historic Washington Square Park offered at our branch campus at St. Diversity. Diversity along sev- in Greenwich Village and have a dis- Thomas Aquinas College in eral dimensions characterizes the tinguished history in New York City, Rockland County, and foundation Silver School: the background and housing a succession of mayors, master’s-level courses are given at the experience of its faculty; the age, artists, poets, architects, and writers. College of Staten Island and at Sarah race/ethnicity, and interests of its The American artist Edward Hopper Lawrence College in Bronxville. student body; the School’s extraordi- lived and worked at Number Three Continuing Education. nary range of field placement oppor- from 1939 to 1965. Portions of his Dedicated to excellence in workforce tunities; and its emphasis on studio are preserved to this day. development and the promotion of developing services for many differ- Renovation to create offices and advanced clinical expertise, profes- ent underserved populations. The classrooms preserved much of the sional leadership, and organizational School promotes socioeconomic interior architecture and detail of the effectiveness, the Silver School’s diversity in its student body original 19th-century homes. Division of Lifelong Learning and through an active recruiting strat- In October 2007, the School of Professional Development offers cer- egy. Through research, timely con- Social Work was named the Silver tificate programs, workshops, a lec- ferences, and the development of School of Social Work at NYU, ture series, online readings, and specialized training programs, the in recognition of NYU alumni continuing professional education. School actively pursues improve- Constance and Martin Silver’s gen- The courses have been approved for ments in direct practice approaches erous support of social work educa- continuing education units (CEUs). and in social and mental health ser- tion. Their gift to the School, To learn about noncredit-based vices for many different populations. valued at $50 million, is the largest certificate programs and additional Current initiatives are directed at private donation to a school of social continuing education programs, treatment of bilingual clients; ser- work in the United States. The gift visit the School’s Web site at vices for mentally ill substance will be used to www.socialwork.nyu.edu and click on abusers and children in foster care; • support the Constance the Continuing Education link. work with homeless, mentally ill McCatherin-Silver Fellowship, Intimate School Atmosphere. women; immigrant children and which provides financial aid to This is in many respects an intimate adults in need of mental health care; M.S.W. students in need who are school—in its educational philoso- social work supports in the school dedicated to helping minority phy, program structure, and physical system; victims of mentally ill populations; setting. Faculty and students inter- offenders; and growth of naturally • establish the McSilver Professorship act in a teaching culture in which occurring retirement communities. in the Study of Poverty; and faculty are very accessible. Small History. Established as part of • promote other new initiatives classes predominate (typically 25 or the Graduate School of Public dedicated to the study of poverty fewer students).