A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- Doctorate of Social Work (DSW)
- Credential class
- ceterms:DoctoralDegree
- CIP
- 51.3820
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
- Description
- The Doctorate of Social Work (DSW) program is designed for practitioners to advance their knowledge in the areas of inclusive leadership, clinical practice, and teaching. We prepare scholar-practitioners to lead social work thought, education and research-informed practice via a social justice lens. Students receive one-on-one faculty mentoring and rigorous course work from expert faculty that enables them to orient and accelerate their careers as leaders, advanced clinical practitioners and educators.
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 167783
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_167783_733487ef
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Degree Requirements
30 items
- As published: “SWO 701 Transformation, Inspiration, and Inclusion: Social Work Leadership for the Future”
- As published: “SWO 702 The Inner Life of the Adult Learner: Introduction to Theory and Practice”
- As published: “SWO 704 Deconstruction and Development of Clinical Social Work Knowledge and Practice”9
- As published: “SWO 703 Seminar in Ethics and Social Justice”
- As published: “SWO 706 Theories to Advance Practice”6
- As published: “SWO 708 The Fundamentals of Inclusive Course Design and Effective Instruction”9
- As published: “SWO 705 Power, Passion, and Social Change”
- As published: “SWO 707 The Research-Informed Practitioner”6
- As published: “SWO 709 Strategies for Decolonized Clinical Supervision & Leadership”9
- As published: “SWO 711 Complex/Diverse Populations”
- As published: “SWO 712 Interdisciplinary Social Work”6
- As published: “SWO 713 Adaptive Leadership: Implementing Leadership Through a Social Justice Lens”6
- As published: “SWO 710 Complex Learning Environments”
- As published: “SWO 714 Integrative Seminar”6
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- As published: “SWO 701 Transformation, Inspiration, and Inclusion: Social Work Leadership for the Future”
- As published: “SWO 704 Deconstruction and Development of Clinical Social Work Knowledge and Practice”9
- As published: “SWO 702 The Inner Life of the Adult Learner: Introduction to Theory and Practice”
- As published: “SWO 706 Theories to Advance Practice”6
- As published: “SWO 703 Seminar in Ethics & Social Justice”
- As published: “SWO 707 The Research-Informed Practitioner”6
- As published: “SWO 708 The Fundamentals of Inclusive Course Design and Effective Instruction”9
- As published: “SWO 709 Strategies for Decolonized Clinical Supervision& Leadership”9
- As published: “SWO 705 Power, Passion, and Social Change”
- As published: “SWO 712 Interdisciplinary Social Work”6
- As published: “SWO 711 Complex/Diverse Populations”
- As published: “SWO 713 Adaptive Leadership: Implementing Leadership Through a Social Justice Lens”6
- As published: “SWO 710 Complex Learning Environments”
- As published: “SWO 714 Integrative Seminar”6
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Source. Simmons University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://simmons.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2026-2027/graduate-course-catalog/programs-of-study/school-of-social-work/doctorate-of-social-work-dsw. Captured page pages/0104.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.