Program Overview
Welcome to the M.S.W. program at the University of Georgia. Students leave our program as competent and creative social workers ready for advanced practice. The M.S.W. program at Georgia is fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (program assessment results) and our school is ranked in the top 25 percent of social work graduate programs nationwide.
We invite motivated and dedicated students who want to work for positive social change to apply to our program.
If you are accepted into the M.S.W. program at UGA, you’ll choose from two concentration areas:
- Clinical Practice
- your courses will have a clinical focus and will prepare you to work directly with clients
- Community Empowerment and Program Development
- your courses will have a broad focus and prepare you to work with community programs and in community advocacy and administrative positions
Program Options
Full-Time Program
- four-semester program; begins each fall; Athens campus
- afternoon and evening classes for eight semesters, including summers; UGA Gwinnett Campus
- three-semester program for recent B.S.W.s; begins in the fall and continues through the end of the summer term
- M.S.W./J.D.
- M.S.W./M.P.H.
- Disability Studies
- Gerontology
- Global Health
- Management of Nonprofit Organizations
- Marriage and Family Therapy
Contact
If you have questions about the M.S.W. program, contact Betsy Vonk, M.S.W. program director, at bvonk@uga.edu or at (706) 542-5425. You may also contact Timothy McLeod, the academic advisor for the M.S.W. program, at twmcleod@uga.edu or at (706) 542-5422.
If you have admissions questions, contact the admission's office at (706) 542-5421 or e-mail banks03@uga.edu. Plan to attend an information session or come see us. The University of Georgia School of Social Work is a great combination of academic excellence and commitment to social justice within a vibrant and friendly atmosphere.
