Joint Master of Social Work

The Joint Master of Social Work Program is a unique program between North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The JMSW Program has been continuously accredited by the Council on Social Work Education since 2000. In June 2012, the program was re-accredited through 2020. The JMSW Program curriculum prepares students for multicultural clinical practice. This innovative program flows from a multicultural history and models multicultural collaboration between the two universities. Our students and faculty teach and study at each campus and have access to the full range of instructional and research support available at both universities. The MSW degree would require 60 semester hours of credit. Thirty hours were of a common core, with the second year students allowed to choose between two program degree tracks: micro, comprising direct services; or macro, focusing on larger systems including administration, planning, research, and community development. Another key element in the proposal was an advanced standing program to allow graduates from accredited bachelor social work programs to apply for admission to the second year of study. This would be put in place after the program was in operation for two years.