The University of Denver offers four on-campus MSW program options, built around the academic preparation and interests of our students:
Two-year program
The two-year MSW program is open to students with bachelor's degrees in academic fields other than social work.
As a two-year MSW student, you enter the program in fall quarter. In your foundation year, you acquire a broad, basic knowledge of social work. Then, during your concentration year, you specialize in a particular field of social work practice.
Advanced standing
If you already have a bachelor of social work (BSW) degree, you will enter our MSW program with advanced standing.
Students with advanced standing enter the program in early July and may complete the MSW degree in one calendar year (four quarters).
Dual graduate degrees
If you have a professional interest in addition to social work, you may want to consider one of our interdisciplinary dual or cooperative graduate degree programs that allow students to earn a degree in international studies, law, divinity or another field, at the same time they earn their MSW.
Dual undergraduate/graduate program (for current University of Denver undergraduates only)
Highly qualified University of Denver undergraduate students can start working toward an MSW degree during their fourth year, graduating with both degrees in five years, through our dual undergraduate/graduate degree program.
Four Corners Distance Education MSW Degree Program
GSSW also offers the Four Corners Distance Education MSW Degree Program in the ethnically diverse and underserved Four Corners area of southwestern Colorado, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. Based in Durango, Colorado, this program enables Four Corners residents to earn the MSW degree in or near their home communities.
