MSW Overview

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Earn your Master of Social Work degree from one of the nation’s top-ranked, distinguished programs accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). The Florida State University College of Social Work prepares students to become skilled social work professionals in a student-centered and collaborative learning environment with a focus on real-world solutions, including hands-on learning in an internship. Learn more about our program offerings at the Tallahassee and Panama City campuses and the Online MSW program.


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TALLAHASSEE CAMPUS PROGRAM

Located in Tallahassee, Florida, FSU’s College of Social Work offers the largest number of MSW program options. Students pursuing an MSW on the Tallahassee campus to complete their degree program in:

  • CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK or SOCIAL LEADERSHIP
    Clinical Social Work prepares you to provide therapeutic services, facilitate client access to community resources, cooperative/collaborative work with human service professionals/organizations on behalf of clients and conduct empirical evaluations of social work practice interventions.
    Social Leadership prepares you for advanced, evidence-based social work practice in organizational and community settings. This concentration equips you to work in policy and/or administrative positions in governmental and non-governmental social agencies serving diverse individuals, groups, and communities.
  • FULL-TIME or PART-TIME
    Full-Time Program: 12 credit hours of coursework a semester.
    Part-Time Program: typically, 6 credit hours of coursework a semester.
  • TRADITIONAL or ADVANCED STANDING Programs
    The Traditional Program: this program is for students who have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline other than social work.
    The Advanced Standing Program: this program is for students who have earned a BSW degree from a CSWE-accredited social work program.
  • JOINT PATHWAYS: provide qualified students the opportunity to earn two graduate-level degrees, one in social work (MSW) and the other in one of the following areas of study: business (MBA), criminology/criminal justice (MS), law (JD), or public administration (MPA). Joint pathways share academic content allowing students to expand their breadth of knowledge and content expertise.

PANAMA CITY CAMPUS PROGRAM

Students living in the following Florida counties are ineligible for the Online Program and must apply to the Panama City Campus Program:
BAY, CALHOUN, GULF, HOLMES, JACKSON, WALTON, WASHINGTON

"Photo of Florida State University Panama City campus buildings by the Gulf of Mexico"Located in Panama City, Florida, the Panama City Campus offers an MSW program following an outlined cohort-based program of study that can be completed in six semesters.

  • THREE-QUARTER TIME,  9 credit hours (Maximum course load)
  • CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK ONLY

Clinical Social Work prepares you to provide therapeutic services, facilitate client access to community resources, cooperative/collaborative work with human service professionals/organizations on behalf of clients, and to conduct empirical evaluations of social work practice interventions.

  • TRADITIONAL or ADVANCED STANDING programs

ONLINE PROGRAM

Students living in the following Florida counties are ineligible for the Online Program and must apply to the Tallahassee Campus Program: LEON, GADSDEN, WAKULLA and JEFFERSON

The Online MSW program at FSU is the first of its kind in the nation and allows students to participate in asynchronous instruction online. The program prepares students to work with a variety of clients in a multitude of settings while getting students ready to be eligible for social work licensure.

Students are required to come to Tallahassee during their second and third semesters for Weekend Workshops to learn clinical skills with faculty and peers. We encourage all online students to come to graduation to Celebrate their accomplishments.

  • PART-TIME PROGRAM
    The Part-time program: typically, 6 hours of coursework

  • CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK CONCENTRATION
    Clinical Social Work prepares you to provide therapeutic services, facilitate client access to community resources, cooperative/collaborative work with human service professionals/organizations on behalf of clients and conduct empirical evaluations of social work practice interventions.

  • TRADITIONAL or ADVANCED STANDING programs
    Traditional Program: a bachelor’s degree in any discipline
    Advanced Standing Program: Bachelor of Social Work degree

 

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MSW Program Bulletin

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Contact:

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Fran Gomory, MSW

MSW Program Director
University Center C2517
(850) 645-5768
fgomory@fsu.edu

MSW Program Office

College of Social Work
University Center, Building C, Room 2500
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2570

Phone: (850) 644-4751 or (800) 378-9550
Fax: (850) 644-9750
msw@csw.fsu.edu