Grounded in a sense of place and social justice, the University of Wyoming’s CSWE-accredited
graduate program in social work prepares you to make a difference in the far-flung
cities and townships of the American West or wherever you choose to create change.
Tuition and Fees
Program Requirements
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.
Application Requirements Overview
How to Apply
Please visit our program admission webpage for more details and necessary forms/documents.
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.
Social Work Careers
UW social work graduates have gone on to work in the following roles:
A degree grounded in social justice and anti-oppressive practice. With the advanced generalist social work training you’ll get from UW, you can take your career into the frontier, the urban core and almost any societal sector.
Why Wyoming? Here are some great reasons to choose UW for your M.S.W. degree:
Accreditation
UW’s social work master’s program is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
Faculty
Work with faculty who have extensive social work practice experience in mental health, children, youth and families, child protection, gerontology, individual, group and family therapy, veterans, forensics, school social work, grief and loss, research, community practice, administration, policy and advocacy. Examples of faculty publication titles: Human trafficking in Wyoming regions: A mixed-methods, exploratory study of knowledge and practice amongst health care professionals, Unpacking the worlds in our words: Critical discourse analysis and social work inquiry, Pedagogies of disability justice: Cognitive accessibility in college classrooms.
Research
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.
Field Practicum
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.
Thesis/Portfolio Options
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.
Graduate Assistantships & Scholarships
Apply for graduate assistantships and scholarships. UW offers half and full assistantships.
- Conor Mullen, M.S.W. candidate 2021
College of Health Sciences
Division of Social Work
Department 3632 | 1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-6112
Email: sowkmail@uwyo.edu
