Seton Hall Offers New Master of Social Work  

The College of Arts and Sciences – home of the University's top ranked* B.A. in Social Work program – will debut its newest degree program, the Master of Social Work (M.S.W.), this fall. The M.S.W. prepares social work practitioners for advanced practice with individuals, families and groups in the area of behavioral health practice. Graduates will be prepared to practice in a variety of behavioral health, substance abuse and healthcare settings.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or PPACA, is a reinvestment in primary care with a focus on both prevention of illness and remediation of the impacts of chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, stroke, obesity, etc., through a behavioral health framework. Social workers, specifically ones trained in behavioral health, are a natural fit to help implement these new approaches.

Applicants to the program without an accredited undergraduate degree in social work may be admitted to the 60-credit track, designed to be completed in two years. The second year of the program, the Advanced Standing year, will consist of online courses and on-site fieldwork in the community.
This option will be available this fall.

Advanced standing will be available to applicants who have graduated from an undergraduate accredited social work program within the past five years. These students may be admitted to the 33-credit track, designed to be completed in one year - the Advanced Standing year. This option will be available in Fall 2016.

The application fee will be waived for all current Seton Hall undergraduate students.

Interested in the program? Please contact Matthew J. Corrigan, Ph.D., LMSW, CASAC, Social Work Program Director, at (973) 761-9028

*According to the Social Work Degree Guide's Top 20 High-Value B.S.W. Degrees in Metro Areas.