Full Program
53 semester credits
Full program options are available to:
- Students whose undergraduate degree was not in social work
- Students whose undergraduate social work degree was from a program that did not have accreditation by CSWE at the time the degree was awarded, OR,
- Students whose undergraduate social work degree from an accredited program was earned more than seven years before the start of their graduate program.
Full Program Options
Full program, Full-Time Study
- Students take a minimum of 12 credits.
- Students complete two field placements of 480 hours each.
- The first field placement can be completed over an academic year (16 hours each week from September to May) while the student is enrolled in three foundation courses (SW 5051 Human Behavior and the Social Environment; SW 8151 Social Work Practice Methods: Individuals and Systems, and SW 8152 Social Work Practice Methods: Families and Groups) or in a block placement (40 hours each week for 12 weeks) in the summer following completion of the foundation courses.
- The second field placement can be completed over an academic year while the student is enrolled in required concentration courses or in a 12-week summer block placement (40 hours each week) after concentration requirements have been completed.
- Studying full time, students can complete the M.S.W. program in two academic years.
- Students in this option may choose a concentration in Clinical Mental Health, Community Practice, Families and Children or Health, Disabilities and Aging.
- MSW courses are scheduled Tuesday afternoons and evenings (noon - 8 p.m.), Wednesday mornings and afternoons (8 a.m. - 6 p.m.), Friday evenings (4 - 8 p.m.), and Saturdays (8 a.m. - 6 p.m.). Course scheduling varies by concentration. Community Practice: Organizing, Advocacy and Leadership and Health, Disability and Aging concentrations will generally be scheduled during weekday and evening hours. The Families and Children concentration, and the Clinical Mental Health concentration will be scheduled during weekday, evening and weekend hours.
Full Program, Part-Time Study
- Students take at least two classes each semester, or one class, plus field.
- Students complete two field placements of 480 hours each.
- The first field placement can be completed over an academic year (16 hours each week from September to May) while the student is enrolled in three foundation courses (SW 5051 Human Behavior and the Social Environment; SW 8151 Social Work Practice Methods: Individuals and Systems, and SW 8152 Social Work Practice Methods: Families and Groups)or in a block placement (40 hours each week for 12 weeks) in the summer following completion of the foundation courses.
- Students generally complete the first field placement in their second year of part-time study.
- The second field placement can be completed over an academic year while the student is enrolled in required concentration courses or in a 12-week summer block placement (40 hours each week) after concentration requirements have been completed.
- Studying part time, students can complete the M.S.W. program in three to four academic years.
- Students in this option may choose a concentration in Clinical Mental Health, Community Practice, Families and Children or Health, Disabilities and Aging.
- MSW courses are scheduled Tuesday afternoons and evenings (noon - 8 p.m.), Wednesday mornings and afternoons (8 a.m. - 6 p.m.), Friday evenings (4 - 8 p.m.), and Saturdays (8 a.m. - 6 p.m.). Course scheduling varies by concentration. Community Practice: Organizing, Advocacy and Leadership and Health, Disability and Aging concentrations will generally be scheduled during weekday and evening hours. The Families and Children concentration, and the Clinical Mental Health concentration will be scheduled during weekday, evening and weekend hours.