Teaching Excellence

 
 
  • Top-ranked social work school
  • Flexible MSW curriculum
  • Six MSW concentration areas: health; mental health; gerontology; children, youth, and families; social and economic development, and individualized.
  • Two MSW specializations: research, and management. 
  • Several dual degrees, including a new MSW/MPH degree to be offered beginning fall 2009
  • MSW students complete 60 hours of coursework credit and more than 1,000 hours of field work
  • Choice of more than 400 field work or practica opportunities, including international practica
  • Special program that allows Washington University undergraduates to earn an MSW with one additional year of study 
  • Average MSW class size of 200
  • 58 PhD students
  • 4 Post-Doctoral Fellows, one of the only post-doctoral programs in social work
 

Path-breaking Research

 
 
  • 32 full-time faculty
  • Six research centers: Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies; Center for Latino Family Research; Center for Mental Health Services Research; Center for Social Development; Comorbidity and Addictions Center; Martha N. Ozawa Center for Social Policy Studies
  • Pioneer in the area of evidence-based practice

Unsurpassed Resources

 
 
  • More than $3 million in scholarships awarded annually to MSW students.
  • 90% of students receive financial assistance. Full tuition remission and stipends for living expenses for PhD students.
  • Annual lecture series features thought leaders from around the world to discuss relevant social work issues.
  • Home to one of the best social work libraries in the country.  The library houses more than 50,000 volumes and subscribes to more than 450 journal titles.

A Global Embrace

 
 
  • 81% of MSW students relocate to St. Louis to attend Brown
  • Nearly 20% of students are international and represent more than 30 different countries
  • 49% of our fall 2006 MSW class have worked, lived, or volunteered abroad; 21% are service corps alumni
  • Two Ford Fellows from China
  • One Fulbright Fellow from Trinidad and Tobago
  • 36% of doctoral students are international
  • One of only two schools of social work to pioneer a program with the Open Society Institute.  In fall, 2006 we welcomed our 7th cohort of OSI fellows.
  • Part of an innovative partnership with Hong Kong Polytechnic Institute and Peking University in Beijing for joint educational exchanges with students and faculty.
  • Home to the Gephardt Institute for Public Service and the Alliance for Building Capacity, which provide a wide range of resources to the St. Louis community and beyond.

Transforming Careers

 
 
 
 

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