{"id":2885,"date":"2026-03-19T11:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/socialwork\/?page_id=2885"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:39:07","slug":"core-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/socialwork\/core-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--light\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__bg--gray\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3,\"align\":\"left\"} --><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center; 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