Master of Social Work (M.S.W.)

In our Master of Social Work Program, students seek to answer these very questions. Through intensive, specialized coursework, research and field experience, our students can truly find their focus as advanced practitioners and policy leaders, and position themselves to make immediate impacts in the lives and communities they touch. To earn the M.S.W. degree in the on-campus advanced standing option requires 42 credits of full-time graduate study. Students in advanced standing do not complete the generalist curriculum but instead take 12 credit hours during the summer prior to entering the concentration curriculum.

Admissions requirements for applicants to the M.S.W. regular standing program options include:Four-year undergraduate degree in any major (or the equivalent as determined by VCU International Admissions if degree was earned outside of the U.S.)Undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or greater recommended. Those with lower GPAs will be reviewed, but the overall score will be affected. Other graduate credits taken with a GPA of 3.0 or higher will help your application.All applicants must have passed with a "C" or above, a minimum of one three-credit class in the behavioral sciences and one three-credit class in the social sciences. These classes may include psychology, sociology, math, biology, political science, economics, history, etc. Applicants who do not meet the prerequisite criteria are admitted provisionally with enough time to register for and complete the course requirement at a university or community college of their choice. Failure to complete these requirements before the start of classes could preclude admission to the program. Online students admitted with less than four months before the start of the next term will be allowed to defer to the subsequent term or complete the prerequisite criteria concurrently with the first semester of M.S.W. courses.