Master of Social Work (Thesis Option)

The Faculty of Social Work is committed to a graduate education program that will enhance the quality of individual and community well being. The focus is with the development of advanced social work intervention methods as well as with broader aspects and issues of service delivery, professional leadership, social policy analysis, and social welfare research. Students may select major areas of study such as: social policy, social justice and human rights, direct practice, community development and research. The Master of Social Work program provides an option to complete the program with a thesis or a practicum. The Master of Social Work program is designed to enable students to undertake a variety of responsibilities in management, policy formulation, program consultation, planning, research roles, and advanced direct social work practice within human services. Fundamental to the program is an emphasis on integrative analysis as a means of understanding the manner in which social research, direct social work practice, social policy development, and social administration are interrelated.