Master of Social Work Program
The Master of Social Work (MSW) degree is a professional degree enabling the graduate to enter practice as an advanced-level practitioner. Graduates are prepared to work in a variety of interpersonal clinical or administration and development practice emphases. The foundation curriculum for the MSW consists of 10 core competences:
- Values and Ethics
- Professionalism
- Diversity and Differences
- Human Rights and Social Economic Justice
- Human Behavior and the Social Environment
- Social Welfare Policy and Services
- Social Work Practice
- Research
- Critical Thinking
- Contextualization
Accreditation for the MSW degree has been granted through the Council on Social Work Education through 2011.