Master of Planning/Master of Social Work

The dual degree program between social work and planning offers unique opportunities for students who want to devote their professional careers to societal policy, social planning or social services delivery. Students with a dual degree will have broader employment options beyond those in traditional planning and social work.

The schedule of courses allows students to experience direct service in the first year so that coursework planning is supplemented by a knowledge of consumers, service delivery, etc. Courses for both schools are taken simultaneously so that social work and planning content are intermingled. Two years of field practicums in social work provide in-depth exposure to social service issues from both planning and direct service angles ― thus satisfying some of the planning laboratory/workshop requirements and making a separate planning internship unnecessary.

Requirements
Students must complete 83 units including:

• 51 units in social work
• 32 units in planning

In addition, students must select a community organization, planning and administration concentration in the second year of their social work program.

Policy, Planning, and Development
Cross-Sectoral Governance (PPD 500) - 4 units
Planning Theory (PPD 524) – 2 units
Statistics and Arguing from Data (PPD 525) – 2 units
Comparative International Development (PPD 526) – 2 units
The Social Context of Planning (PPD 527) – 2 units
The Urban Economy (PPD 528) – 2 units
Legal Environment of Planning (PPD 529) – 2 units
Urban Planning and Social Policy (PPD 628) – 4 units
Laboratory/Workshops (PPD 531L) – 4 units
8 units of elective courses taken within SPPD

Social Work
Human Behavior and the Social Environment I (SOWK 503) – 3 units
Human Behavior and the Social Environment II (SOWK 505) – 3 units
Social Welfare I (SOWK 533) – 3 units
Social Work Practice I (SOWK 543) – 3 units
Social Work Practice II (SOWK 545) – 3 units
Social Work Research (SOWK 562) – 3 units
Field Practicum I (SOWK 586ab) – 4-4 units
Field Seminar I (SOWK 587ab) – 1-1 units
Human Behavior in Groups and Organizations (SOWK 609) – 3 units
Seminar in Community Organization (SOWK 649ab) – 3-3 units
Social Planning and Administrative Processes (SOWK 679) – 3 units
Field Practicum II (SOWK 686ab) – 4-4 units

In addition, students select from one of the following:
Social Policy: Family and Children (SOWK 634) – 3 units
Social Policy: Mental Health (SOWK 635) – 3 units
Social Policy: Health Care (SOWK 636) – 3 units
Social Policy: The World of Work (SOWK 637) – 3 units