Appalachian State University is a four-year, accredited public college that offers a bachelor's and master's degree in social work. A distance-learning program is also available. The bachelor of social-work degree consists of 44 hours of core courses and 74 hours of major requirements. The major requirements include 45 hours in social-work methods and skills. Another 29 hours cover social sciences and life sciences. The master's of social-work program consists of 60 credit hours. You can choose to concentrate in individuals and families or community and organizational practice. Undergraduate and graduate students can take part in field education, which entails learning about social work with supervised field practice settings.
Appalachian State University
Social Work Department
Box 32115
Boone, NC 28608
828-262-6477
appstate.edu
Florida State University is a four-year, accredited public school that offers bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. degrees in social work. The bachelor's of social-work degree requires 15 hours of prerequisites and 50 hours of social work classes. The master's of social work has two concentrations, a 39 credit clinical concentration and a 39-credit social policy and administration concentration. The courses can also be taken as a 39-credit distance-learning program for students who have previously studied social work. According to its website, the graduate faculty at Florida State University's college of social work ranked fourth best in the nation in 2010.
Florida State University
College of Social Work
UCC 2505
Tallahassee, FL 32306-2570
850-644-4751
fsu.edu
University at Albany, State University of New York, is a four-year, accredited public college that offers a bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. in social work. The bachelor of science in social welfare program requires 30 credit hours in general education and 62 credit hours in social work. You must also complete a two-semester field placement. Admission to the program is competitive; it depends on your experience working with social welfare. The master's degree requires 31 general studies hours and 29 credits in your concentration, which can be a clinical concentration or macro concentration. The Ph.D. program is a 36-credit hour, three-year program that requires four pro-seminars and two statistics classes.
University at Albany, State University of New York
School of Social Welfare
135 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
518-442-5324
albany.edu/ssw