Get started on your graduate degree in social work at Saint Leo University! The Master of Social Work (MSW) degree at Saint Leo University is offered online to students in Virginia, Georgia, and Florida. Attend class via webcam and receive real-time, face-to-face interaction in the comfort of your own home. Students can choose to study in one of two specializations: advanced clinical practice; or management.
The MSW program is an innovative full-time graduate online program. Students should enter the program knowing that they will have to adjust their lives and make time commitments to meet the demands and expectations of the Saint Leo University MSW full-time online program.
The MSW program is completed over two years with a total of 62 credit hours. For students who have completed a BSW degree from a Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) accredited program within the last five years, a one year 32-credit hour advanced standing program will be offered.
Upon completing the Master of Social Work online degree program, students will be prepared with the knowledge and skills necessary to be ethical and culturally competent social workers in an advanced social work practice, particularly with the increasing aging population, military personnel, and the workforce population.
The Master of Social Work program is currently undergoing the accreditation process with the CSWE. This takes approximately three years. Saint Leo University anticipates approval for candidacy status in June of 2010. If this happens, individuals who graduate from the MSW program will have graduated from a CSWE accredited MSW program. Program participants also will be eligible to take the clinical social work licensure exam and apply for jobs which require the MSW degree.
The undergraduate social work program has held continuous accreditation since 1983.
Students are responsible for checking with their state licensing board to see if the program meets the criteria for receiving a license in clinical social work within their state.
