Washington, D.C., USA

Program Faculty:

Costs:

• Tuition and Fees: Graduate tuition and fees, paid directly to the Bursar: $4,234 (estimated), paid to the Bursar. Undergraduate tuition (senior BSW students only, must interview): Please review the University’s tuition structure for undergraduates: http://www.nyu.edu/bursar/tuition.fees/rate13/ugsocial, paid to the Bursar.
• Housing: Details on housing rates will be available soon.
  
• Estimated Travel: Round-trip via Amtrak (from New York) can range between $100 and $400 depending on booking date, type, and availability.  Bus options can often be as low as $40 round-trip, depending on booking date.
  
• Meals: Students will pay a small fee (price TBA) for a welcome dinner after the first day of classes.  Students are responsible for any additional meals.
• Excursions: TBD
• All personal expenses are additional.

We'll be holding the following information sessions for this program in October:

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• Dates of Course: Pre-departure classes February 2017 [TBA], course dates March 12 (arrival) - 17, 2017.
  
• NOTE: Spring Break 2017 courses count toward Spring 2017 credits and financial aid.  Students with field placements must obtain permission from their faculty advisors and agency field instructors to miss field dates for a January course.  Students must make up all missed field dates at another time during the year.
  
• Housing: Single- and double-occupancy dorm housing available at the Washington, D.C. site Students may find their own housing (subject to approval by course faculty).
  
• Total Credits: 3 Credits
  
• Prerequisites: SSWP 1 is a pre-requisite for enrollment. This course can fulfill the advanced social policy course requirement or be taken as an elective.
  
• Available for: Graduate Masters.

The profession of social work, historically and currently, seeks to promote social justice through the equitable provision of benefits and services to assist all individuals, families, and communities to develop and function to their fullest potential. Advocacy for federal social welfare policies has historically been an important professional activity, remaining so in the present as part of “policy practice.” In addition, all professions and occupations must work to advance their own interests in order to fulfill their social aims and ensure economic survival. Since social workers’ services are often funded through federal and other health and social welfare programs, federal-level advocacy is needed for these purposes as well.  This course provides students the opportunity to enhance their policy analysis skills around key social welfare policy issues with significance to social work and the people and communities we serve. Additionally, opportunities will be offered for students to develop and practice critical skills for legislative action on Capitol Hill.

• The final assignment will be a paper to be completed and submitted during the spring semester.
• Holding the course in Washington, D.C. will afford students the opportunity to participate in visits to Capitol Hill and provide access to guest lecturers and policy experts who are based in Washington.

APPLICATION

To apply for this program, you must complete the Global Program Application. The Global Program Application requires that you upload the Global Program Essay Questions for the particular program to which you are applying into the application, along with a copy of your passport photo page (if you already have a passport and it is applicable to the program).

Click here for the Global Program Essay Question form for this course.

To begin an application for this course:

1. Log in to NYU Home
   
2. Click on the 'Academics' tab
3. Click on the 'Albert Login' button
4. Scroll down to where you see the 'Application Center' link (lower right side) and click on it
5. Scroll down to where you see 'Silver Global Programs' and click on the 'Apply' link to the right
6. Follow the application instructions found at the top of the page

Important notes:

• Applications cannot be saved and must be completed in one session. Make sure you have all the necessary materials before beginning the application.
  
• Applicants will get a confirmation email if submission was successful; please try not to submit more than one application for each program.
  
• Decisions are made on a rolling basis and at the discretion of the faculty member. This means that students who apply or are admitted earlier will receive decisions earlier.

Once an application has been reviewed, the applicant will receive a decision email. The applicant will then be able to accept or decline her/his seat in the program.

REGISTRATION

Applicants who accept their seats in the program will receive additional next-steps and will be enrolled in the course from the Office of Global and Lifelong Learning. Students do not self-register for global programs.