MASTER OFSOCIAL WORK

Become a skilled, empathic social worker committed to impact and the pursuit of justice.

Full Time

Full Time (Two-Year)

Advanced Standing

Advanced Standing

Part time

Part Time (Three-Year)

Child Welfare Education for Leadership (Cwel)

Child Welfare Education for Leadership (CWEL)

Joint Lectures

Sequences in the MSW Program may schedule sequence-wide lectures for all sections at various points in the semester. These lectures feature experts in the field and are a mandatory component of the course(s). Joint lectures are scheduled on Wednesday evenings (6:30 – 8:00 PM); students should not register for other courses on Wednesday nights that conflict with the joint lecture time slot. Students who have extenuating circumstances that prevent them from attending the joint lectures must make arrangements with their course instructors to receive the lecture content in another way.

Amber Hikes

FEATURED ALUMNI

Amber Hikes, MSW’08

“This world, this country, needs SP2 graduates more than ever. I have not had a traditional career — I’ve been an organizer, an educator, a nonprofit leader, an executive director, and a policymaker, but I’ve always been an advocate and I’ve always been a proud social worker. And at every turn, I’ve hired social workers, policymakers, and nonprofit leaders to help me lead this work.”

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Field Placements

Field education is an integral and required part of the overall MSW curriculum, connecting classroom learning with the practical work of an agency setting. Our students gain important knowledge and skills and make meaningful contributions at organizations such as hospitals, community centers, and hospice agencies, both here in Philadelphia and beyond.

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SP2 and National Education Equity Lab launch high school course in social work and social policy

This spring, underserved high school students engaged in the National Education Equity Lab will have the opportunity to learn about career paths in social work and social policy from experts at SP2.

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SP2 expands practical experience for MSW students through simulation curriculum

With the support of SP2 Dean Sara S. Bachman, simulations were recently expanded beyond the MSW Program’s second-year clinical courses so that they are now also part of the second-year macro practice courses as well as the first-year curriculum. The exercises provide space for students to grow and gain experience outside the parameters of more traditional settings.

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SP2 MSW alumni win all three Annual awards from Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Work

In a sweep for Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice, alumni of the Master of Social Work Program have won all three of the annual Awards for Clinical Excellence presented by the Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Work.