Ph.D. in Social Work and Anthropology (SWAN) curriculum

Our program aims to inspire and develop leaders in research and practice dedicated to improving human life, for all, in local, national and global contexts. SWAN (social work and anthropology) students will receive outstanding training in knowledge, theories and skills in anthropology and in social work needed to become effective scholars, advocates and administrators.

Theories and interventions will be taught with an appreciation for multiple aspects of the social-ecological context. Students will gain a rich understanding of how diverse social-cultural and political-economic forces both shape the lives of individuals, groups, communities and institutions as well as foster inequalities.

Students will be educated on how values, beliefs and practices affect the development of policies, programs and the utilization and design of service delivery systems. The SWAN graduate will combine scholarly training with expert-level skills in order to effectively advance culturally informed and aware practice through teaching, scholarship and the development of social programs and policies.

Curricular goals

• Develop a thorough understanding and ability to appropriately utilize contemporary theories of culture and human behavior in their many manifestations, e.g., gender, ethnicity, structural violence.
• Understand the nature of social and political inequities, their sources and effective strategies for intervention.
• Learn the skills needed for qualitative and quantitative research, interpersonal and collaborative work.
• Demonstrate an ability to use theory to guide research development, proposal writing, data analysis, interpretation of findings and publishing of results.

Required courses

• Students with a Master of Social Sork

  Social work: Research/theory

  Course	Title	Credits
  SW 9100	Social Statistics & Data Analysis	3
  SW 9210	Theories for Practice & Research with Individuals	3
  SW 9220	Theories for Social Work Research & Practice with Families/Groups	3
  SW 9230	Theories for Practice & Research with Communities/Organizations	3
  SW 9300	Applied Regression and Linear Models	3
  SW 9410	Quantitative Research in Social Work	3

  SWAN: Theory

  Course	Title	Credits
  SW 9697	Integrative Seminar in Social Work and Anthropology	3
  ANT 7780	Conceptualizing the Dissertation	3

  Anthropology: Research/theory

  Course	Title	Credits
  ANT 5060	Urban Anthropology	3
  ANT 5140	Biology and Culture	3
  ANT 5320	Language and Society	3
  ANT 5700	Applied Anthropology	3
  ANT 7005	Anthropology Proseminar I	3
  ANT 7010	Anthropology Proseminar II	3
  ANT 7200	Qualitative Research I	3
  ANT 7210	Qualitative Research II	3
  ANT XXXX	Two ANT electives in student's research area	3-4
  	SWAN capstone course	3

  The capstone course focuses on interdisciplinary theory and research and the attendant challenges in implementing these goals, competing successfully for funding and publishing findings emerging from interdisciplinary research. The course will feature extensive reading in the interdisciplinary theory and epistemology, guest lecturers by faculty currently conducting inter-disciplinary research and attention to the process and substance of individual student interdisciplinary research projects intended for the dissertation.

• Students without a Master of Social Work

  Social work: Practice/policy courses (foundation)

  Course	Title	Credits
  SW 7771	Field Work Seminar I/II	0.5
  SW 7040	Methods of SW Practice	3
  SW 7998	Concentration Field Work for Social Workers I	4-6
  SW 7055	Foundations Group Theory & Practice	3
  SW 7065	Foundations Macro Theory & Practice	3
  SW 7720	Introduction to Social Welfare Policy in the United States	3

  SWAN: Practice courses (community concentration)

  Course	Title	Credits
  SW 8048	Social Action Research and Evaluation	3
  SW 8035	Techniques of Quantitative Data Analysis	1
  SW 8045	Techniques of Data interpretation and Presentation	1
  SW 8025	Community Assessment	1
  SW 8055	Social Action Research and Evaluation	3
  SW 8881	Field Work Seminar III/IV	0.5
  SW 8075	Community Building/Development	4

  Social work: Research/theory

  Course	Title	Credits
  SW 9100	Social Statistics & Data Analysis	3
  SW 9210	Theories for Practice & Research with Individuals	3
  SW 9220	Theories for Social Work Research & Practice with Families/Groups	3
  SW 9230	Theories for Practice & Research with Communities/Organizations	3
  SW 9300	Applied Regression and Linear Models	3
  SW 9410	Quantitative Research in Social Work	3

  Anthropology: Research/theory

  Important: All anthropology requirements listed for students with a master of social work are also required for those students who lack a master's in social work.

  SWAN: Theory

  Course	Title	Credits
  SW 9697	Integrative Seminar in Social Work and Anthropology	3
  	SWAN capstone course	3

  The capstone course focuses on interdisciplinary theory and research and the attendant challenges in implementing these goals, competing successfully for funding and publishing findings emerging from interdisciplinary research. The course will feature extensive reading in the interdisciplinary theory and epistemology, guest lecturers by faculty currently conducting inter-disciplinary research and attention to the process and substance of individual student interdisciplinary research projects intended for the dissertation.