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Master of Social Work

A Mid-Tennessee Collaborative Program (MTC-MSW)

The Mid-Tennessee Collaborative Master of Social Work (MTC-MSW) Program brings together three institutions of higher education in Tennessee who collaboratively offer the MSW degree:

CHOOSE YOUR LOCATION

This is one program that has three locations. The program is designed for the working professional with on-campus courses offered in the evening and the remaining classes offered online. Individuals who have a Bachelor of Social Work degree and a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 are eligible for advanced standing.

As there are three locations, individuals must first determine their home campus. The home campus is where students apply for admission, take their on-campus courses, enroll each semester, and pay tuition. Although the students have a home campus, they also have classmates on the other two campuses. When students are enrolled in online courses, they will be interacting with students from all three locations. Registration for MSW courses requires permission of the department.

ACCREDITATION

The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) is the accrediting body for Social Work. It is important that your degree be accredited by the CSWE, as this accreditation of your degree is one requirement for licensure as a social worker. All three universities in this collaborative program have accredited bachelor of social work degrees and are therefore experienced in the accreditation process.

Any new social work education program, such as the MTC-MSW Program goes through a planned developmental process as it seeks its initial CSWE accreditation. The first major step in this process is attaining what is called "candidacy," and we are pleased to report that CSWE's Commission on Accreditation granted candidacy status to the MTC-MSW Program in June 2010. Students admitted during the academic year in which candidacy is granted will be considered as having graduated from an accredited program once initial accreditation is granted. As students in a new program, you will hear about the progress of the program as it moves from candidacy to initial accreditation.

THE MISSION

The mission of the MTC-MSW Program is dedicated to the enhancement of human well-being, diversity, and social justice through developing and improving systems of public social services, especially for children and families, by offering graduate training in Social Work with a hybrid model of delivery. The mission of the program reflects the dominant values of the social work profession and is dedicated to serving the needs of the region, preparing social workers with an Advanced Generalist practice orientation suited to the social context, and reflecting the values and skills of the profession.