2014 MSW Supplementary Information Application

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2014 MSW Supplementary

Information Application

(FOR ALL PROGRAM OPTIONS)

I. Applicants to the Jane Addams College of Social Work MSW Program are required to submit two

online applications.

• UIC Online Application

This application should be submitted first, as early as October 1, 2013 but no later than January 15, 2014. There is a two to five day delay from the time applicants submit their UIC Online Application and the time they can begin uploading the documents that are part of the MSW Supplementary Information Application. Persons submitting the UIC Online Application after January 15 may risk not having sufficient time to complete and upload MSW Supplementary Information Application documents or for referees to upload their reference letter.

• MSW Supplementary Information Application

While applicants must wait two to five days to upload documents required by the MSW Supplementary Information Application they should be prepared to act quickly. For instance, applicants should upload the document stating who their referees are as soon as possible so that those individuals can upload their reference statement long before the 11:59 p.m.

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II. All new applicants and persons reapplying to the College of Social Work must complete the MSW

Supplementary Information Application which consists of the following.

Information Requested Required Submission By

A. Minimum Requirements Status Sheet All applicants

B. Foundation Equivalent Courses Taken By Advance Standing Applicants Advanced Standing applicants

C. MSW Courses Taken By Transfer Applicants Persons attending a CSWE accredited MSW program within the last four years

D. Courses In Progress Or To Take All applicants

E. Financial Support Policy and Request All applicants

F. References All applicants except those reapplying within the last two years

G. Resume All applicants

H. Test of Academic Proficiency or ACT Plus Any applicants to the School Social Work Concentration Test Results (persons interested in working in an elementary,

middle, or secondary school regardless of program option)

I. Transcripts (obtained from colleges and universities) All applicants

J. Personal Statements All applicants

Please Note: All of the above documents must be uploaded successfully by January 31, 2014.

III. All applicants should respond to each of the information requests. If a request does not apply,

please write “N/A.” Not responding to an information request may either delay the evaluation of an

application or results in an application being judged to be incomplete.

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Section A: MINIMUM REQUIREMENT STATUS

Name ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Telephone ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

E-mail ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Birthdate ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Program Option Selection For Fall 2014 (Please check)

Please choose your program option below. For program option descriptions please see the Master of Social Work page on the college website: (http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/college/programs/academic_msw.html).

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Full-Time

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PM-Extended Study

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Advanced Standing

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Transfer

MSW / MPH Joint Degree

In addition to indicating the Program Option you are applying to, indicate if you are interested in the MSW / MPH Joint Degree:

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Yes

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No

Please Note:

1. Persons graduating within the last six years from a CSWE accredited undergraduate social work program must apply to the Advanced Standing Program Option. Those individuals are not eligible for the Full-Time or the PM-Extended Study Program Option.

2. Persons transferring from another CSWE accredited MSW Program within the last four years must apply to the Transfer Program Option. Those applicants are ineligible for the Full-Time and PM-Extended Study Program Options. Those applicants may indicate, however, their interest in either the day schedule or the evening schedule. The approved schedule will depend upon the schedule for which applicants are found to be eligible.

3. Persons who graduated from an undergraduate social welfare or social work program not accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) must apply to the Full-Time or PM-Extended Study Program Option. Those applicants are not eligible for the Advanced Standing Program Option.

4. International applicants or American citizens/ permanent resident applicants with foreign credentials must consult

the international credential section of the College’s website and respond to all appropriate requests. Go to

http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/college/programs/msw/files/Fall2013/InternationalAppInfo.pdf for more information.

5. Please note that the minimum requirements must be met either at the time of application or by May 31 prior to

enrollment to the College.

6. Applicants can satisfy minimum requirements with AP courses only if those courses are listed on the applicants’ official college transcripts or other documentation provided by undergraduate colleges.

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1. Bachelor’s Degree Requirement

a. Do you have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university?

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Yes

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No.

b. If No, will you have an undergraduate degree by May 31 prior to the fall enrollment?

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Yes

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No

c. Actual or Expected Undergraduate Degree:

College/University __________________________________________________________________________________________

Major _____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Graduation Date/Month _____________________________________________________________________________________

2. Statistics Requirement

a. Have you taken a statistics course within the last six years and received the grade of “C” or better?

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Yes

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No

b. If Yes, name the school, state when the course was taken, and the grade received:

School____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Course ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Month /Year Completed _____________________________________ Grade Received _______________________________

c. If No, will you have taken and completed a statistics course by May 31, prior to enrollment in the College next fall?

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Yes

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No

3. English Composition or Writing Requirement

a. Have you taken a specific English composition or writing course and received a grade of “C” or higher or satisfied the writing requirement in another way?

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Yes

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No

School____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Course ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

Grade Received ____________________________________________

b. Statement attached for other means?

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Yes

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No

c. If “No” to a and b, will you satisfy the requirement by May 31, prior to enrollment next fall?

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Yes

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No

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4. Social and Behavioral Science Courses

a. Have you taken 20 or more semester hours or 30 quarter hours of social and behavioral science courses in which you receive the grade of “C” or higher?

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Yes

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No

Was this accomplished by virtue of your major in Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology?

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Yes

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No If yes, no further information is required.

If No, please list the specific social and behavioral science course work below in section c.

b. If you have taken less than 20 semester hours or 30 quarter hours of social and behavioral science courses in

which you earned the grade of “C” or higher, list those courses in section c below.

c. Listing of specific social and behavioral sciences courses taken by persons not majoring in Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology:

Course/School Academic Term Grade Credit Hours

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

If No, will you have taken at least 20 semester hours or 30 quarter hours by this coming May 31, prior to enrollment in the Fall?

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Yes

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No

5. Grade Point Average Requirement

Is your undergraduate GPA for the last 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours 2.75 or higher?

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Yes

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No Your calculation: ______________________________________________

Please note: The review of an application will stop if the calculated GPA is less than 2.75 (on a 4 point scale) unless you do three things:

Action #1: Prepare a written statement that explains why your GPA for the last 60 semester or 90 quarter hours is less than 2.75 and what steps you will take to insure that your graduate GPA will be 3:0 or higher. Statement should be one page or less.

Action #2: State your overall GPA, the GPA in your major, and the GPA in the social and behavioral science courses listed on page 4 if you are not an Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology major.

Action #3: Please do one of the following:

3a. Obtain a statement from a professor or academic advisor that addresses specifically your ability to do graduate level work.

3b. Prior to applying to the College of Social Work take at least two graduate level courses and demonstrate that you can earn an “A” or “B” in graduate level courses. That performance should be verified by an official transcript.

3c. After receiving your undergraduate degree and prior to applying to College of Social Work, take at least 12 hours of undergraduate courses in Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, and/or Sociology to demonstrate you can earn “A’s” and “B’s.”

3d. Complete a certificate in an area relevant to social work to demonstrate your ability to do well academically in social work related courses.

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Section B: FOUNDATION EQUIVALENT COURSES TAKEN BY ADVANCED

STANDING APPLICANTS

Introduction

Persons who have graduated from a CSWE (Council on Social Work Education) accredited undergraduate social work program

within the last six years are eligible for the Advanced Standing Program Option. Those individuals cannot apply to the Full-Time or PM – Extended Study Program Options. Persons who graduate from a non-CSWE accredited undergraduate

social work program or from a non-CSWE accredited track within an accredited social work program are not eligible for Advanced Standing.

Applicants who are enrolled in an undergraduate social work program that is in candidacy for CSWE accreditation should advise the Director of Admissions and Financial Aid to learn to which program option they must apply.

Advance Standing applicants must match correctly undergraduate courses roughly equivalent to each of the courses taken in the foundation year of the MSW Program at the Jane Addams College of Social Work. The grade of “B” or higher must be received

for each of those equivalent courses. Advance Standing applicants who do not satisfy this requirement by the May 31 prior to the academic year for which they have applied will not be admitted into the College.

In addition applicants who received the equivalent of a baccalaureate degree in Social Work from a foreign school must have their degree evaluated by CSWE’s International social work Degree Recognition and Evaluation Services (SWDRES). Information about the service can be obtained at www.cswe.org/iswdrea. An application from that office can be obtained by e-mailing

[email protected].

Finally, Advanced Standing applicants interested in working in elementary, middle, or secondary schools must submit with their application a copy of their test results indicating passing scores on the Test of Academic Proficiency (TAP). Applicants may substitute ACT Plus Writing test results if they have test scores of 22 or higher.

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Foundation Year Equivalent Courses Taken (Advanced Standing Applicants ONLY)

All Advanced Standing students must complete the following form in its entirety. Please be sure to match up correctly the courses taken at your BSW program with the Foundation courses at the Jane Addams College listed below.

Applicant _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

BSW Program _____________________________________________________________________________________________________

City/State _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Please review those definitions on the next page.

JACSW Foundation Year Courses Equivalent Term Grades Received, Being Taken Undergraduate Course and Year (IP), or To Be Taken (TT)

SW 410:

Human Behavior and the Social Environment

SW411:

Social Work in a Multicultural Society

SW 420:

Social Welfare Policy and Services

SW 430: Individuals: Practice I: Generalist Practice

with Individuals and Organizations ______________________ Organizations:

SW 431: Families:

Practice II: Generalist Practice

with Families, Groups, and ______________________

Communities Groups:

______________________ Communities:

SW 460:

Social Work Research

SW570: Field Instruction I

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8 SW 410 SW 411 SW 420 SW 430 SW 431 SW 460 SW 570 SW 571

Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Social Work 420: Policy I

Practice I: Generalist Practice with Individuals and Organizations

Practice II: Generalist Practice with Families, Group, and Communities

Research I:

Field Instruction I

Field Instruction II

Human development through the life cycle, including urban family, group, community, and organizational interactions with social, cultural, physiological, and psychological factors.

Place of social work in a multicultural society; focus on racial and ethnic minority groups, particularly African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and Native Americans.

Social work history; structure and development of current policies, policy analysis and policy advocacy skills for social and economic justice.

Generalist social work as a basic helping method used by social workers to assist individuals and organizations.

Generalist social work practice as a basic helping method used by social workers to assist task groups, organizations, and communities.

Research methodology basics applied to social work: problem formulation, design, measurement, sampling data analysis, computerization, ethics, and qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

Students are assigned to asocial agencies where, under the supervision of an agency field instructor, selected micro and macrosystem cases are carried for social for social work services.

Students are assigned to social agencies where, under the supervision of an agency field instructor, selected microsystem and macrosystem, and macrosystem cases are carried for social work services

JACSW Foundation Year Courses – Working Definitions

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Section C: MSW COURSES TAKEN BY TRANSFER APPLICANTS

Introduction

Individuals who are currently attending or who have attended another CSWE (Council On Social Work Education) accredited MSW program within the last four years are eligible for the Transfer Program Option. Those individuals are not eligible for the Full-Time or PM – Extended Program Options.

In Parts One and Two, transfer applicants must list foundation year and other MSW courses they have taken at their initial MSW Program. They must match up correctly the foundation year courses taken with the foundation year courses that are taken at the Jane Addams College of Social Work. Working definitions of the College’s foundation year courses may be found on page 8.

Applicant _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

MSW Program ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Part One: Foundation Year Equivalent Courses

JACSW Foundation Year Courses Equivalent Term Grades Received, Being Taken Graduate Course and Year (IP), or To Be Taken (TT)

SW 410:

Human Behavior and the Social Environment

SW 411:

SW 420:

Social Welfare Policy and Services

SW 430: Individuals: Practice I: Generalist Practice

with Individuals and Organizations

______________________ Organizations

SW 431: Families:

Practice II: Generalist Practice

with Families, Groups, and _{______________________}

Communities _Groups

______________________ Communities

SW 460:

SW 570: Field Instruction I

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Part Two: Other MSW Courses Taken by Applicant

Other MSW Courses Taken (Name/Number) Term/Year Grade Other Comments

Part Three: Reason for Transfer

Part Four: Schedule Preferences

Applicants may indicate their interest in either the day schedule or the evening schedule. The approved schedule will depend upon that for which they are found to be eligible and are not guaranteed.

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Section D: Courses in Progress or To Take

Introduction

Persons who are taking courses to meet specific minimum requirements must complete and submit the course in progress or to take sheet. The information on this sheet helps the Admissions Committee determine if an applicant will be able to satisfy minimum requirements in a timely manner.

Courses In Progress Or To Take:

Please list below the courses you are taking or plan to take to meet specific minimum requirements. Upon completion transcripts will be required.

Status Code: IP — In progress T T — To Take

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Course Name/ Number School Status

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Section E: Financial Support Policy and Request

All applicants must read, complete, and submit with their application this form.

Part One: Identifying Information.

(Print or type.)

1. Your full name _________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. The academic year for which you are requesting financial support consideration__________________________________________

3. Your e-mail address ____________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Your telephone number _________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Your program status at the beginning of the next academic year

(check appropriate box):

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Full-Time Program Option

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PM — Extended Study Program Option

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Advanced Standing Program Option

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Transfer Program Option

(check if applicable):

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MSW / MPH Joint Degree Interest

(check appropriate box):

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First Year

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Second Year

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Third Year

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Fourth Year

Continued on the following page.

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Part Two: College’s Policy and Practice

1. Students have the primary responsibility for financing their graduate education and should be prepared to do so if they do not receive financial support from the College or an external source.

2. Applicants should read the statement of financing graduate education found on the College Website

http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/college/programs/msw/files/Fall2013/FinancingGradEducationMSW.pdf.

3. Persons admitted to the MSW Program should understand that the majority of financial support provided by the College is need based. Therefore, all admitted students will be asked to provide specific information that will enable the College to distribute need based awards as objectively as possible.

4. American citizens or permanent residents who are admitted to the MSW Program should submit their FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) by the UIC priority deadline of March 1, if at all possible. International students, in their first year of study are expected to submit to the Office of International Student Services, a statement of guarantee that they have sufficient funds to cover all expenses related to their first year of graduate study

5. Applicants to the PM-Extended Study Program Option should note that much of the financial support provided by the College requires students to be registered in 12 or more semester hours. Consequently, there is limited financial support available through the College for PM – Extended Study students during their first two years of study.

6. Applicants interested in financial support from the College must submit between April 15 and June 15 an application for financial support for MSW students. The application can be accessed by going to

http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/college/programs/msw/files/Fall2013/FinancialSupportAppMSW.pdf.

Part Three: Special Comments

(if any)

Part Four: Acknowledgement

I have read the above statement and have read the financial support section of the College website related to the MSW Program.

Name ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Signature _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Section F: References

Please see application procedures on the College website:

http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/college/programs/msw/application_procedure.html

Section G: Resumé

Section H: Test of Academic Proficiency (TAP)

To practice as a school social worker in an elementary, middle, or secondary school in Illinois MSW students must obtain a Type 73 certification from the Illinois State Board of Education. The Type 73 certification requires MSW students to take and pass two sets of tests:

• Test of Academic Proficiency (TAP)

Passing TAP test scores should be submitted by applicants themselves to the MSW Program as part of their MSW Supplementary Information Application. They should not request the Illinois Certification Testing System to do this for them. Individuals who are not able to submit their TAP test results prior to the January 31 application deadline may mail a hard copy of their test results. All test results must be received by March 15 by the College. Applicants who took the ACT Plus Writing test within the last ten years may submit that test in in lieu of the TAP if they have a composite test score of at least 22. In no case should applicants ask the Illinois Certification Testing System test scores on their behalf. Individuals must submit the test scores themselves.

Persons applying to the Full-Time Program Option, PM-Extended Study Program Option, and Transfer Program Option applicants transferring in as foundation year students may be admitted conditionally into the School Concentration if they do not have passing TAP test results. They have until the end of the December of their foundation year to submit passing TAP or substitute composite ACT-Plus writing test scores of 22 or higher.

Persons applying to the Advanced Standing Program Option must submit to the College Passing TAP or substitute ACT Plus writing test scores by March 15 at the latest in order to be admitted into the School Concentration. Transfer Program Option applicants must also submit passing TAP or substitute acceptable ACT Plus Writing test scores by March 15 if they wish to be enrolled in the School Concentration.

• Type 73 Certification Examination

Once enrolled in the School Concentration and prior to receipt of their MSW students must take the Type 73 certification content examination. Upon passing that examination they can work in an elementary, middle, or secondary school as a school social worker.

Information about the Test of Academic Proficiency (TAP) can be obtained from the Illinois Licensure Testing System at 800-239-8107 or www.icts.nesinc.com.

I. Transcripts

J. Personal Statements

Dated September 30, 2013