What You’ll Learn
The MSW program is a collaboration between The College at Brockport and Nazareth College. It provides the best educational experience from two of the area's finest academic institutions. Graduates learn cutting edge techniques and new directions for social work practice.
The program focuses on Interdisciplinary Health and prepares students for practice in programs that serve at-risk populations within families as well as positions in comprehensive/specialized healthcare facilities, public health clinics and programs, medically based senior health care facilities, wellness/preventive healthcare, and mental health programs.-
Curriculum
Students who earned a Bachelor of Social Work within the past eight years from a CSWE accredited program are eligible to apply for the 36-credit Advanced Standing Program. The 36-credit program is completed full-time in three semesters or part-time in five.
Students who earned a bachelor's degree in a discipline outside of Social Work are eligible to apply for the traditional 60-Credit MSW Program. The 60-credit program is completed in two years full-time or four year part-time.
Curriculum & Learning Outcomes -
Admission Requirements
- Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university
- Minimum undergraduate 3.0 GPA
- Two letters of recommendation
- Statement of Objectives/Social Issue Discussion
- Minimum 3.0 in undergraduate social work courses (required only for Advanced Standing applicants)
- Copies of the applicant's final field placement evaluations (required only for Advanced Standing applicants)
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Internships and Graduate Assistantships
The field instruction component is a two semester placement concurrent with coursework for Advanced Standing and a four semester placement concurrent with coursework for the 60-credit program. Field instruction provides the opportunity for students to apply classroom knowledge to real-world settings in a variety of community agencies and organizations in the Greater Rochester area.
A limited number of graduate assistantships are available on a competitive basis through both Brockport and Nazareth Colleges.
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Career Outlook
Graduates go on to clinical, supervisory, and administrative positions in private, nonprofit organizations and government agencies. Students may choose to focus their careers in the areas of substance abuse, mental health, gerontology, child and public welfare, justice system, and developmental disabilities.