Master of Social Service
Advanced Standing
Bryn Mawr offers an Advanced Standing Program for individuals who have completed the B. S. W. degree within the last five years from a Council on Social Work Education accredited school of social work. The program begins in mid-June and must be undertaken on a full-time basis allowing for graduation the following May or September. Current work sites in the human services may be considered as field instruction settings.
Application deadline March 1, 2010
I. Application Requirements
- Must have completed BSW within 5 years of application
- Minimum overall GPA of 3.25
- All Regular Application Expectations (Essay, Transcript, Interview)
- Three recommendations that must include:
- a recommendation from your B.S.W. program director;
- a recommendation from your most recent B.S.W. field instructor;
- a recommendation from a professor.
- All application materials are due by March 1 including first semester grades.
II. Potentially Transferable Courses
Contingent on Completion of Appropriate Course Work with Grade of B or Higher and Review of Syllabi by Faculty Teaching in Specific Curricular Areas
103 (Foundation Practice)
131 (Data Analysis)
132 (Research and Evaluation)
141 (HBSE I)
142 (HBSE III)
146 (HBSE II)
151 (Social Welfare Policy)
254 (Issues of Cultural Diversity)
161 (Field Instruction I)
III. Course of Study
Summer:
Integrative Practice (10 weekly class sessions beginning mid-June )
Field Instruction (3 days a week/10 weeks beginning mid-June)
Fall:
Clinical Social Work I or Social Service Management I or Policy Practice and Advocacy I
Field Instruction (3 days/week, continuing at the same placement as in the summer)
Two Electives
Any needed Foundation Class for which transfer credit was not granted
Spring:
Clinical Social Work II or Social Service Management II or Policy Practice and AdvocacyII
Field Instruction (3 days/week - continuing at the same placement as in the summer and fall)
Two Electives
Any needed Foundation Class for which transfer credit was not granted.
Please feel free to call the Office of Admissions at 610-520-2601 or email swadmiss@brynmawr.edu with any questions.
