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About Touro College
President and Founder
Dr. Bernard Lander
Touro College is an independent institution of higher and professional education. Approximately twenty-one thousand students are currently enrolled in its various schools and divisions. Touro College is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools [ 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Tel. no. (267) 284-5000 ].The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
This accreditation status covers Touro College and its branch campuses, locations and instructional sites in the New York area, as well as branch campuses and programs in Berlin, Jerusalem, Moscow, and Florida.
Touro University International and Touro University California and its Nevada branch campus are accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), 985 Atlantic Avenue, Alameda CA 94501 (Tel: 510-748-9001). The Commission has also approved the creation of Touro College Los Angeles (TCLA), as a separately accreditable unit of Touro College New York, within the WASC region. Touro College Los Angeles opened in Fall 2005.
The Physician Assistant program is accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). The Physical Therapy program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE). The Occupational Therapy program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE). The graduate program in Speech and Language Pathology is accredited by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA).
Touro College was chartered by the Board of Regents of the State of New York in June 1970. Under the leadership of its founding president, Dr. Bernard Lander, the College opened with a class of 35 Liberal Arts and Sciences students in 1971. Since 1971, the College has continued to demonstrate dynamic growth. A Women’s Division was added to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Schools of General Studies, Law and Health Sciences were subsequently organized. The College organized sister institutions in Israel and Russia. The School for Lifelong Education, offering a non-traditional contract-learning-based program, was organized in Fall 1989. The Institute for Professional Studies (IPS) – Machon L’Parnasa was established in early 1999 to provide higher education with practical applications for the ultra-orthodox community. The Graduate School of Education and Psychology and the International School of Business were established.
Subsequently, the Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Touro University International (both based in California) added to the professional options available to Touro students. An upper-division College offering programs in other professional areas (e.g. Physician Assistant, Public Health) opened at the Vallejo, California campus in 2002. A branch of the Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine was opened in Henderson, Nevada in Fall 2004. An overseas branch of the College, Touro College-Berlin, offering both Jewish studies and professional courses, was opened in Fall 2003. Touro College-Los Angeles, a liberal arts college modeled after the program of the Lander Colleges, was opened in Fall 2005 in West Hollywood, California. Touro College South, based in Miami Beach, Florida, is scheduled to open in Fall 2006.
The College experience, however consists of more than classroom instruction. Touro seeks to foster an atmosphere of warmth, in which close faculty-student relationships, student camaraderie and individualized attention are nurtured in many ways.
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TOURO COLLEGE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
Master of Social Work Program (MSW)
~ Meets all Academic Requirements for Licensure in New York State ~
LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK...CHALLENGED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Mission Statement
The Program
Course of Study
Suggested Schedules
Who Should Enroll?
Admission Requirements
Applications
For Further Information...
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MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Touro College is to serve the larger underrepresented community, especially the underserved groups, underscoring commitment to social justice, intellectual pursuit, and service to humanity.
The mission of the Touro College School of Social Work reflects the global mission of Touro College in that the school prepares advanced self-aware clinicians who are dedicated to the goals, and ethical standards of the social work profession and who are inspired to deliver efficient services for the benefit of individuals, families, groups and communities. The program will train social work professionals who are interested in procuring effective services for the most underserved and who will work to develop the practical skills to deliver these services. Graduates of this program will promote social justice and equality for all people through the commitment to implement a creative vision of a just, equitable, caring and peaceful society.
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THE PROGRAM
The Master of Social work program is designed to train clinical social work practitioners to awaken and enliven the innate ability of individuals, families, groups and communities to learn to meet their own needs, and sustain their own state of equilibrium, thereby enhancing human well-being. This program meets all academic requirements for both social work licenses: LMSW (Licensed Master Social Worker) and LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker).
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COURSE OF STUDY
The Master of Social Work program is a two-year, 60-credit program. The sequence of courses begins with basic courses that provide the foundation for the practice of social work in a broad spectrum of social agency settings in the New York metropolitan area. After completing the foundation courses, students continue an advanced clinical concentration in work with individuals, families and groups. In each year of the program, students complete 600 hours of field education in a social work agency, which facilitates the integration of social work theory and practice.
Course work includes:
Generalist Social Work Practice with Individuals, Families and Groups
Human Behavior and the Social Environment
Social Welfare Policy and Social Delivery Systems — Social Justice
Social Work Values and Ethics
Evaluation and Research
Advanced Clinical Casework
Advanced Clinical Assessment, Psychosocial Diagnosis, Intervention Planning and Implementation Issues in Psychopathology
Experiential Approaches to Clinical Social Work
Advanced Clinical Social Work with Groups
Practice Issues with Specific Ethnic and Religious Populations
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SUGGESTED SCHEDULES
Download or print suggested schedules for 2, 3, and 4 year programs of study: MS Word format, PDF format
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WHO SHOULD ENROLL?
The Master of Social Work program is appropriate for students who desire a concentration in clinical social work theory and practice courses that spans the depth, breath and specificity of advanced clinical social work practice, and who desire to utilize their clinical social work skills to make a difference in our society.
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ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Baccalaureate degree or its equivalent from an accredited college or university. (An official transcript must be provided)
Grade point average of 3.0
An interview with a faculty committee
Three letters of reference from professors or employers
A written statement discussing your motivation, interests and goals for pursuing graduate social work studies
Completed application for admission to the Touro College School of Social Work accompanied by a $50 non-refundable application fee
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APPLICATIONS
Applications for admission to the School of Social Work are accepted for the fall, spring and summer semesters. The Application should be submitted as early as possible and at least four months prior to the semester in which the student would like to begin.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...
Touro College School of Social Work
43 West 23 Street, Third Floor
New York, NY 10010
212-463-0400, EXT. 264
Email: [email protected]
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