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Masters Programs Policies and Procedures
Applicant must have a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution with a minimum 3.0 cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA).
To be considered for admission into the MSW program, an applicant must submit:
Graduate social work students need:
Offered through: School of Social Science and Human Services (SSHS)
The MSW Program at Ramapo College is fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
Attaining Professional Licensure: Complete all academic requirements necessary to take the ASWB licensing examination for the LSW in NJ and LMSW in NY.
The MSW Program is offered as a full-time hybrid program two nights a week and a part-time hybrid program one night a week. Two classes meet 2 hours each night – Monday and Thursday – with 30 minutes of online work weekly. Students enrolled in the full-time program will complete in two years; students enrolled in the part-time program will complete in 3 years. The Advanced standing Program is a one-year program for students who have graduated from a CSWE accredited BSW program. 1200 hours of field internship are required for the Two Year Program and 600 for the Advanced Standing Program.
Program Mission:
The mission of the Master of Social Work Program is to prepare competent, compassionate and research informed social work professionals to advocate for social and economic justice and human well-being, while honoring diversity and within the context of the social environment. An emphasis on caring human relationships, and freedom from all forms of oppression, while supporting strengths, empowerment, and enhancing quality of life will be the focus of practice. As advanced generalist practitioners, students will become effective leaders through planning and problem solving, multi-system and interdisciplinary collaboration, and excellence in service to individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations, all from a global perspective. In line with the greater mission of Ramapo College, the MSW Program will emphasize individual attention to students and promote diversity, inclusiveness, sustainability, student engagement, and community involvement through interdisciplinary and experiential learning, and international and intercultural understanding.
Program Goals:
Preparation of students for advanced generalist practice is based on a person-in-environment perspective that is global and dynamic, respect for human diversity, advocacy for human rights, a strengths perspective, and scientific inquiry. The program’s aim is to equip students for practice in an ever-changing world fraught with infinite variation and persistent obstacles to justice. Excellent advanced generalist practice results from understanding and acknowledging the transitory nature of human interaction and the incremental development of services necessary to respond with a client-centered approach, whether that client is an individual, family, group, community, or organization.
The central means to accomplish the MSW Program’s mission and goals is through an integrated learning process that values classroom and field learning equally. The classroom integrates on-site learning in agency field internships with knowledge, values, and skills. Field internships are arranged through the Social Work Office of Field Education. Each student completes 600 hours of field internship per year in qualified agencies under qualified field instructors to graduate.
Goal: To prepare competent social work professionals for advanced generalist practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in an ever-changing and diverse context, locally and internationally
Goal: To prepare competent social work professionals for advanced generalist practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in an ever-changing and diverse context, locally and internationally;
Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate substantively and effectively prepare for action with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities.
Goal: To educate social workers effectively with the knowledge, values, and skills of the profession at the advanced practice level;
Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate substantively and effectively prepare for action with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities
Goal: To advance social justice by preparing leaders to effectively advocate for the development of social policies and social service delivery systems that improve the well-being of client systems;
Goal: To prepare social workers who are life-long-learners and who will advocate, personally and professionally, for the alleviation and eradication of social problems and the promotion of global social, economic, and environmental sustainability.
Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate sufficient self-awareness to eliminate the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse groups.
The MSW Degree requires 64 credit hours to complete. The Foundation Year is offered in the Fall requiring 32 credits and 600 field hours for completion. The Second Year requires 32 credits and 600 field hours for completion. Course requirements include 9 credits of electives, including a cluster that prepares you for the License in Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counseling (LCADC) in the State of NJ.
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Students who have earned a baccalaureate degree in social work (BSW) within the past five years from an undergraduate social work program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and have a GPA of 3.25 may apply for admission. The program has limited seats available. Please apply within the MSW deadline.
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