Our online Advanced Standing MSW combines practice, research, theory, policy and field education to prepare you for clinical and macro-level practice. Our competency-based curriculum is the first in the nation to be approved by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). It is designed to provide you with the knowledge and practical skills to advance key social justice issues, examine your own perceptions of diversity and become more culturally-aware and inclusive in your role as a social work professional.
The online advanced standing MSW is a 39 credit, 20 month program*. If you earned a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) from a CSWE-accredited program within the past seven years, you will automatically receive advanced standing.
Below are sample advanced-standing patterns of enrollment for each of our paths of study.
Year One
Semester One (6 credit hours)
- SASS 547 – Problem Identification, Screening and Assessment/Diagnosing (3 credit)
- SASS 549 – Theory/Practice Approaches in Direct Practice Social Work (3 credits)
Semester Two (8.5 credit hours)
- SASS 542 – Evaluating Programs and Practice (3 credits)
- SASS 566 – Assessing and Engaging Communities for Social Change (3 credits)
- SASS 457 – Advanced Field Seminar and Organizational Theory and Practice (1 credit)
- SASS 653A - Field Education III – A (1.5 credits)
Semester Three (10.5 credit hours)
- SASS 407 – Nonprofit Revenue Planning and Development (3 credits)
- SASS 567 – Strategic Power Building with Communities (3 credits)
- SASS 653B - Field Education III – B (1.5 credits)
- MSW Elective (3 credits)
Year Two
Semester Four (7.5 credit hours)
- SASS 561 – Community Practice Policy: Analyzing and Changing Social Policy (3 credits)
- SASS 569 – Planning and Implementing Social Change (3 credits)
- SASS 654A - Field Education IV – A (1.5 credits)
Semester Five (7.5 credit hours)
- SASS 425 – Nonprofit Financial Management (3 credits)
- SASS 531 – Collaboration and Strategic Partnerships (3 credits)
- SASS 654B - Field Education IV – B (1.5 credits)
Total MSW Program Hours: 40 credits
Year One
Semester One (6 credit hours)
- SASS 547 – Problem Identification, Screening and Assessment/Diagnosing (3 credit)
- SASS 549 – Theory/Practice Approaches in Direct Practice Social Work (3 credits)
Semester Two (8.5 credit hours)
- SASS 542 – Evaluating Programs and Practice (3 credits)
- SASS 566 – Assessing and Engaging Communities for Social Change (3 credits)
- SASS 457 – Advanced Field Seminar and Organizational Theory and Practice (1 credit)
- SASS 653A - Field Education III – A (1.5 credits)
Semester Three (10.5 credit hours)
- SASS 517 – Family System Interventions (3 credits)
- SASS 550 – Trauma Informed Social Work Practice with Children and Families (3 credits)
- SASS 653B - Field Education III – B (1.5 credits)
- MSW Elective (3 credits)
Year Two
Semester Four (7.5 credit hours)
- SASS 529 – Child and Family Policy and Service Delivery (3 credits)
- SASS 579 – Cognitive Behavioral Interventions (3 credits)
- SASS 654A - Field Education IV – A (1.5 credits)
Semester Five (7.5 credit hours)
- SASS 582 – Social Work with Child Abuse and Family Violence (3 credits)
- SASS 585 – Social Work with Groups (3 credits)
- SASS 654B - Field Education IV – B (1.5 credits)
Total MSW Program Hours: 40 credits
Year One
Semester One (6 credit hours)
- SASS 547 – Problem Identification, Screening and Assessment/Diagnosing (3 credit)
- SASS 549 – Theory/Practice Approaches in Direct Practice Social Work (3 credits)
Semester Two (8.5 credit hours)
- SASS 542 – Evaluating Programs and Practice (3 credits)
- SASS 566 – Assessing and Engaging Communities for Social Change (3 credits)
- SASS 457 – Advanced Field Seminar and Organizational Theory and Practice (1 credit)
- SASS 653A - Field Education III – A (1.5 credits)
Semester Three (10.5 credit hours)
- SASS 564 – Social Work Practice in Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (3 credits)
- SASS 583 – Social Work Practice in Mental Health: Adults (3 credits)
- SASS 653B - Field Education III – B (1.5 credits)
- MSW Elective (3 credits)
Year Two
Semester Four (7.5 credit hours)
- SASS 514 – Mental Health Policy and Service Delivery (3 credits)
- SASS 579 – Cognitive Behavioral Interventions (3 credits)
- SASS 654A - Field Education IV – A (1.5 credits)
Semester Five (7.5 credit hours)
- SASS 562 – Social Work Interventions in Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse (3 credits)
- SASS 587 – Integrative Seminar in Mental Health: Adults (3 credits)
- SASS 654B - Field Education IV – B (1.5 credits)
Total MSW Program Hours: 40 credits