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Social Work

Application Deadline

  • Fall: Jan 15

    • Contact Information

    2190 JFSB
    801-422-3282
    msw@byu.edu
    http://socialwork.byu.edu/
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    Admission Requirements
    1. Write a 4 to 6-page statement of intent specific to Social Work.  Instructions are found on the department website. http://socialwork.byu.edu
    2. List prerequisite courses you have taken - in the Standards and Prerequisites Section.
    3. One page resume - upload in the online application.
    4. Employment history.
    5. Optional Scholarship application - upload to department documents in the online application.
    6. Background Clearance questions (provided by department)
    Program Requirements
    One graduate degree is offered in the School of Social Work: Social Work — MSW. The concentration of curriculum focuses on preparation for clinical practice and research with families and children. The School of Social Work MSW curriculum is focused on preparing students to work with families and children, through one of two emphases: Clinical and Research. Forty students are admitted each year.

    • Clinical Emphasis: Students who apply to this emphasis will become practitioners or clinicians with strong direct clinical practice skills. Alumni from this emphasis work in mental health and other direct practice settings, go on to receive LCSW licensure, and work toward becoming agency directors and administrators of social work organizations.

    • Research Emphasis: Students who apply to this emphasis are expected to go on for advanced training in top social work PhD programs. Research emphasis students, like those in the clinical emphasis, will receive strong clinical training and, in preparation for PhD level studies, they will 1) take advanced research courses outside of social work as part of their elective requirements (instead of clinical electives), and 2) submit their research project for professional publication. Alumni from this emphasis will go on to become university professors, work in a research or policy arena, or receive advanced clinical training.

    Requirements for Degree

    Clinical and Research Emphasis

    • Credit Hours: 60 (54 major and 6 elective hours)
    • All students are required to complete a Master’s Research Project.

    For a more detailed description of the graduate program requirements, see http://socialwork.byu.edu.
    Program Outcomes
    CSWE 2015 Competency 1: Ethical and Professional Behavior
    1. Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior. Links to BYU AIM: Character Building (integrity, social justice)

    CSWE 2015 Competency 2: Diversity
    2. Engage diversity and difference in practice. Links to BYU AIM: Spiritually Strengthening (importance of human relationships, inherent dignity & worth of the person) and Character Building (integrity, social justice)

    CSWE 2015 Competency 3: Human Rights and Justice
    3. Advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice. Links to BYU AIM: Spiritually Strengthening (importance of human relationships, inherent dignity & worth of the person) and Character Building (integrity, social justice)

    CSWE 2015 Competency 4: Research Skills
    4. Engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice. Links to BYU AIM: Intellectually Enlarging (competence)

    CSWE 2015 Competency 5: Policy Practice
    5. Engage in policy practice. Links to BYU AIM: Lifelong Learning and Service (service)

    CSWE 2015 Competency 6: Engage
    6. Engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Links to BYU AIM: Lifelong Learning and Service (service)

    CSWE 2015 Competency 7: Assess
    7. Assess individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Links to BYU AIM: Spiritually Strengthening (importance of human relationships, inherent dignity & worth of the person) and Intellectually Enlarging (competence)

    CSWE 2015 Competency 8: Intervene
    8. Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Links to BYU AIM: Lifelong Learning and Service (service)

    CSWE 2015 Competency 9: Evaluate
    9. Evaluate practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Links to BYU AIM: Intellectually Enlarging (competence)
    Program Stats
    Characteristics of Students from Past Academic Year
    Total Students 127.0
    International 12.0
    Male 18.0
    Female 109.0
    LDS 127.0
    BYU Undergraduate 34.0
    Five Year Average of Graduated Students
    Average Years to Degree 1.89
    Graduated Per Year 18.2
    GMAT Quantitative Percentile 67.5
    Five Year Average of Admitted Students
    Applied Per Year 54.4
    Admitted Per Year 41.6
    Percent Admitted 76.47
    Average GPA 3.62
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