Academic Policies and Procedures
Student Handbooks
Find detailed information related to program-specific policies and procedures in the appropriate student handbook.
Course Registration
Continuing Students
Master’s and PhD students register for courses using Path@Penn (PennKey and password required). Students in the DSW program will be registered by the SP2 Registrar. Continuing students register for spring and fall classes during the Advance Registration period noted on the SP2 Academic Calendar for each semester.
Course instructor information is in the process of being updated. Thank you for your patience.
How-To Videos
- Video Introduction to Path@Penn
- How to Create a New Cart in Path
- How to Build a Primary Cart and Rank Classes for Advance Registration
If you need technical support with Path@Penn please email pathatpenn@pobox.upenn.edu or call 215-898-1988.
New/Incoming Students
Registration for incoming SP2 students is on Monday, May 23rd. You will register through Path@Penn (PennKey and password required). If you are unfamiliar with the Path system, instructions as well as information on how to search course offerings can be found here.
Course requirements by program are available below.
PhD in Social Welfare
- SOCW 8030-001: History and Philosophy of Social Welfare
- SOCW 8520-001: Social Work Research
- SOCW 9010-001: Proseminar
- MSSP 6300-001: Quantitative Reasoning/Social Statistics
- MSSP 6300-XXX: Lab Section
Master of Social Work
Advanced Standing
Summer 2022
- SWRK 6030-920: American Racism and Social Work Practice
- SWRK 6200-920: Integrative Seminar (note: this is a non-credit, no tuition charge course)
- SWRK XXXX: Research Course
You will choose a Research Course from the following:
- SWRK 7440-920: Direct Practice Research
- SWRK 7740-920: Program Evaluation
- SWRK 7810-920: Qualitative Research
- SWRK 7430-920: Action Research
Fall 2022
- SWRK 7040: Advanced Clinical Social Work Practice I or SWRK 7080: Advanced Macro Social Work Practice I (note: students will remain in the same section for their spring 2023 practice course)
- SWRK 7XXX (elective)
- SWRK 7XXX (elective)
- SWRK 7XXX (elective)
Students in the clinical concentration must take SWRK 7600: Mental Health Diagnostics as one of their elective courses. Incoming Advanced Standing students are strongly encouraged to enroll in this course during the Fall 2022 term. Seats in the spring version of this course are limited.
Full-Time
- SWRK 6010: History and Philosophy of Social Work and Social Welfare
- SWRK 6020: Human Behavior in the Social Environment
- SWRK 6030: American Racism and Social Work Practice
- SWRK 6040: Foundations of Social Work Practice I
Part-Time
- SWRK 6010: History and Philosophy of Social Work and Social Welfare
- SWRK 6030: American Racism and Social Work Practice
MS in Social Policy
Full-Time
- MSSP 6280: Policy: Analysis of Issues, Strategy and Process (1 cu)
- MSSP 6290: Research and Evaluation Design (1 cu) or Elective (1cu) (note: seating in this course is limited; students who are unable to enroll to secure a seat for the fall term will be given priority seating for spring 2022. If you do not secure a seat, please enroll in an elective course.)
- MSSP 6300: Quantitative Research (1 cu) and MSSP 6300: Lab
- MSSP 6680: Economics for Social Policy (1 cu)
- MSSP Theory Requirement (1 cu)
You will choose a Theory Requirement from the following:
- MSSP 6090: Invisible Injustices: How Policy and Bureaucracy Create (& Hide) Diff. and Power
- MSSP 6670: Critical Global Politics, Policy, and Identity
- MSSP 7100: Democratizing Data? Critical Data Studies in Algorithmic Governance
Data Analytics
- MSSP 6060: Data for Equitable Justice Lab (non-credit)
- MSSP 6070: Practical Data Science (1 cu)
- MSSP 6280: Policy: Analysis of Issues, Strategy and Process (1 cu)
- MSSP 7100: Democratizing Data: Analytics for Social Change (1 cu)
- MSSP 8970: Applied Linear Modeling (1 cu) and MSSP 8970: Lab
MS in Nonprofit Leadership
If you have not already done so, please check in with your academic advisor to discuss your course options for the fall term.
Full-Time/Part-Time
Students are required to take 4 Core NPL Credit Units (CUs), 4 Elective NPL Credit Units, and 2 Outside Elective Credit Units to complete the program.
- Suggested online full-time course grid
- Suggested online part-time course grid
- Suggested on-campus full-time course grid
- Suggested on-campus part-time course grid
Fall course schedules indicating core and elective classes are available here.
Accelerated
Students who completed the CSIS, FSI, or NAS executive program must complete six (6) NPL credit units (CUs) at least four (4) CUs of which must be from the core offering.
Students who completed the XSD or DMSI executive programs must complete seven (7) NPL credit units (CUs) at least four (4) CUs of which must be from the core offering.
A suggested sample schedule is available here.
Fall course schedules indicating core and elective classes are available here.
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