Our Journey to DSW
When Cohort 8 entered USC’s Doctor of Social Work program, it was offered as an intensive 24 month (six semester) degree focused on both new learnings and developing a capstone project ready for implementation. Beginning with Cohort 13, the DSW is now offered as an accelerated 28 month (seven semester) or a 36 month (nine semester) program.
- January 2019 · Cohort 8 begins the journey to DSW.
- November 2019 · Residency 1 in Los Angeles concludes with a defense and approval of the capstone proposal.
- November 2020 · Residency 2 (Online Due to Covid-19) begins with oral defenses of the completed capstone project.
- December 2020 · Degrees are conferred.