Overview

Program Overview

Today’s graduate-level social worker must be able to work with a diverse clientele and engage in practice at multiple levels, from counseling to community change.

At the Social Work program of The University of Montana we take an integrated-practice approach premised on the inseparability of individual struggles and social issues such as poverty, discrimination, oppression, and social injustice. We seek to engage individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in the process of strengthening personal capacities, social programs, and public policies. We draw on the rich legacy of social justice work in creating a cutting-edge learning experience that prepares social workers for 21st century challenges. Our advanced integrated-practice curriculum embraces the profession’s commitment to value-based social work practice and promotes social and economic justice by:

grounding students in social work values and critical thinking;

providing students with frameworks for understanding historical, political, and cultural contexts of practice, honoring difference, confronting oppression, and taking action for social justice;

preparing students to bridge direct practice with individuals, groups, and families and the knowledge and skills of community building;

teaching students to integrate research, policy analysis, and advocacy in their practice regardless of setting, problem area, or specific job description; and

preparing students as social work leaders committed to promotion of empowering, participatory, social-justice-oriented practice.

Mission Statement

The Master of Social Work program prepares social workers who, guided by a person-in-environment perspective, will promote and support the profession’s historic commitment to social and economic justice and equality through direct practice activities and community-based efforts reflecting the needs and dignity of all people. The program educates students to become competent, ethical, and collaborative practitioners, community leaders, and researchers who appreciate diversity, use critical thinking skills, and understand rural and global contexts. Graduates will embrace advances in knowledge and practice promoting the rights and well-being of people and creating a more humane society.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Foundations of Social Work Practice

Human Behavior and Social Environment

History of Social Policy, Justice and Change

Foundation Integrative Seminar

Foundation Practicum

Human Behavior and Social Environment II: Difference, Diversity, and Oppression

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Missoula, United States

Disciplines

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General requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university

Minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 for all undergraduate work

Three statements of recommendation which must meet the following specifications. One recommendation must be academic

Evidence of a solid foundation in the liberal arts and the sciences, including course work in the social and behavioral sciences.

Responses to the two essay questions listed in the Documents tab of this application.

In the Supporting Information portion on the main SocialWorkCAS application, complete the Experiences section. Information in this section must include paid and volunteer experience with specific dates and number of hours per week invested.

Tuition Fees

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16824 USD / year

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16824 USD / year

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8304 USD / year

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Funding

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