About Social Work at UW
The master of social work at UW is an advanced generalist degree program with a focus on rural and frontier practice. The graduate program curriculum allows you to acquire the theoretical and practical foundations of social work, along with advanced competencies. Plus, your two-part practicum and capstone give you the chance to customize your M.S.W. program to focus on an area meaningful to you.
Our student-centric social work master’s offers two tracks: the two-year Standard Program, which does not require a B.S.W. for admission, and the one-year Advanced Standing Program, which requires a bachelor’s degree from a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accredited school.
The UW master’s degree program in social work qualifies you for state license exams and clinical licensure and for social work jobs in government, agency, health care, nonprofit and other settings.
Admission Requirements Overview
- Pay the application fee
- Complete online graduate application
- Complete and upload the necessary documents
- Three letters of recommendation
- Background check
How to Apply
Please visit our program admission webpage for more details and necessary forms/documents.
What Can You Do With a MSW?
Graduates from our master’s program in social work find employment with public agencies, nonprofits, government agencies, community organizations and health care organizations. Some have also started their own practices.
Yes! UW’s social work master’s program is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
UW social work graduates have gone on to work in the following roles:
- Social Worker, Sioux Falls VA Medical Center
- At-Risk Social Worker, Judson ISD
- Renal Social Worker, Fresenius Medical Care
- Licensed Clinic Social Worker, St. John's Living Center
- Regional CLinical Coordinator, Missouri Division of Youth Services
- Associate Professor, Utah State University
- Community Organizer, Powder Rivier Basin Resource Council
- Co-Founder, Creekside Collaborative Therapy
- UW Program Director, Native American Education, Research and Cultural Center
Elect to do a research-based thesis (Plan A) or complete a professional portfolio (Plan B). Example of a thesis title: Finding Where I Fit: An Autoethnography of a Daughter of Mexican Immigrants Living in White Spaces.
Collaborate with faculty on social work research. Faculty research interests include grief and loss, individuals with disabilities, veterans, forensic social work, human trafficking, the impact of the pandemic, stress, international, qualitative inquiry, critical social work theory, feminist practice and social work education.
And hone your skills through 900 practicum hours over two years (Standard Program)
or 500 hours in one year (Advanced Standing Program). Students in the M.S.W. program
have completed field practicums at Wyoming Children's Law Center, VA hospitals and
clinics, Wyoming Behavior Health, and in schools across the state.
"My education in visual art (BFA ’11), social work and environment and natural resources (MSW Summer ’21) has informed my interests in working to creatively and collaboratively advance social, environmental and climate justice. To me, these movements are inextricable from one another, and I’m fortunate to make a living putting that idea into practice."
- Conor Mullen | M.S.W. Candidate 2021
