Earn Your Master’s in Social Work - 100% Online
Make a Difference with a Marist Social Work Degree
Your future in social work starts here. Fill out the form to learn how Marist’s program empowers you to create real change in communities and lives. Discover a path that combines academic excellence, hands-on experience, and a commitment to service.
- Marist’s Master of Social Work program is currently in pre-candidacy for accreditation by the Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Board of Accreditation (BOA).
- Expert Faculty: Learn from experienced social workers who guide your journey with one-on-one mentorship.
- Field Experience: Complete a year-long internship tailored to your career goals.
- Cutting-Edge Skills: Gain clinical, cultural, and technological expertise to excel in today’s workforce.
- Service-Learning: Tackle real-world challenges, from mental health advocacy to fostering equity.
- Bright Career Outlook: Social work jobs are growing 11% over the next decade.
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Real-World Experience That Inspires Success
Rewarding Internships and Research
All students are trained to work with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities, providing services to those impacted by trauma. Students work with the practicum office to secure a placement in their community. Practicum internship settings may include:
- Child welfare/protection
- Criminal justice
- Family counseling settings
- Hospital settings
- Macro-placements (i.e. American Red Cross)
- Nursing facilities
- School social work
Fully Online MSW Pathways
Students who have completed a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from a CSWE accredited program with a GPA of 3.0, are eligible for the advanced standing program. This program can be completed in one year.
Program highlights:
- 32 credits
- 650 hours of clinical internship training
- Cohort begins in June
Advanced Standing: One-Year Degree
A general foundation is followed by a specialized year in trauma-informed practice.
Program highlights:
- 64 credits
- 1,100 hours of clinical internship training
- Cohort begins in June
Two-Year Degree
Trauma-Informed Social Work Curriculum
The 100% online curriculum prepares students for a career in trauma-informed social work and examines the effects with new evidence-based practices. The courses explore how traumas impact the lives of individuals and provides a knowledge base in the neuroscience of trauma, and resulting effects, as well as issues related to working ethically and effectively with child, adolescent, and adult victims of youth maltreatment, interpersonal traumas, manmade and natural disasters, and other types of chronic stress and trauma. Students will become practitioners equipped to provide compassionate and effective care in order to promote an understanding of anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Marist’s Social Work major offers a year-long internship, providing real-world experience before graduation
Earn a Social Work Degree That Makes an Impact
Marist Social Work students want to help people. For Marist students, social work is more than just a job–it is a means with which to improve lives and communities. With the expert faculty, research opportunities, field experience, and community focus of our Social Work Major, you’ll have the tools to do just that.
Students are ready to work as generalist practitioners with a variety of populations coping with a range of challenges.
Clinical Skills
Experience hones workplace demeanor and guides ethical decision making in employment settings.
Professionalism
Students become engaging public speakers, able to read an audience and generate productive discussion.
Public Presentation
Students integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion to support effective practices in their fields.
Cultural Competence
Develop the Skills You Need to Succeed
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