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Getting Your MSW, Second Edition

How to Survive and Thrive in a Social Work Program

Bruce A Thyer author Karen M Sowers author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:1st Jun '13

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

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Choosing a career can be daunting. But as you start down the path toward becoming a social work professional, it helps to have a map to help you plot your course. Have you decided on a school? Need help getting started writing your statement of purpose? Wondering what your new program expects from students? Deciding which internship best fits your interests? Curious about the benefits of social work professional organizations? Getting Your MSW: How to Survive and Thrive in a Social Work Program, Second Edition has all the answers and so much more! This user-friendly book guides the student through the decision-making process and necessary deliberations that all MSW students face. There are helpful guidelines and survival strategies for such things as time management and creating a support group that are important for a successful graduate school experience. This second edition has additional content and resources that make it easier to utilize as a quick handbook for potential and current students.

Sowers and Thyer have crafted a clear and concise overview of masters-level social work programs that students will want to keep nearby as a reference throughout their schooling and early professional career." - Kate Waterbury, LMSW

ISBN: 9780190615338

Dimensions: 140mm x 213mm x 10mm

Weight: 238g

176 pages

2nd Revised edition