Make a lasting impact. Practitioners, who study here, enhance the lives of others.
What you’ll learn
The Master of Social Work (MSW) program focuses on integrated practice and prepares students for work in programs that serve at-risk populations within families, as well as positions in comprehensive/specialized healthcare facilities, public health clinics and programs, medically based senior health care facilities, wellness/preventive healthcare, and mental health programs.
The program offers two tracks: a 36-credit Advanced Standing for those with a recent Bachelor of Social Work, and a 60-credit option for those with a bachelor’s degree in another discipline.
Both tracks include day and evening face-to-face classes, along with daytime fieldwork. Key courses, such as Critical Thinking in Social Work and Social Work Assessment and Brief Intervention, focus on developing cultural humility.
The Advanced Standing, 36-credit program, is offered to students who earned a Bachelor of Social Work within the past eight years from a CSWE accredited program. This program can be completed full-time in three semesters or part-time in five semesters.
The 60-credit program is offered to students who earned a bachelor’s degree in a discipline outside of Social Work. The 60-credit program can be completed full-time in two years or part-time in three years.
Graduates go on to clinical, supervisory, and administrative positions in private, non-profit organizations and government agencies. Students may choose to focus their careers in the areas of:
Child/public welfare
Gerontology
Mental health
Substance abuse
Field experience
Field education provides the opportunity for students to apply classroom knowledge to real-world settings. Our contracts with over 250 local agencies allow internships across a variety of concentrations.
Field Placements are incorporated into your regular plan of study:
Two-semester placement concurrent with coursework for Advanced Standing.
Four-semester placement concurrent with coursework for the 60-credit program.
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