Manhattan Center M.S.W. Program

The School of Social Work offers the M.S.W. degree at the Manhattan Center. Students have the opportunity to pursue the master’s degree program by taking evening and Saturday courses on a full-time or part-time basis. All required courses are taught at the Center, except for SWK 736 Contemporary Social Work: An Integrated Approach which is offered each fall, spring and summer semesters on the main campus in Garden City. On-site support services in Manhattan include academic and field advisement, computer and library facilities, and registrar and student financial services. All courses offered in Manhattan use the same outlines, bibliographies, and assignments as the courses offered on the main campus.

Admission to the Manhattan program is handled centrally by the Admissions Office in Garden City using the same criteria and procedures governing applicants to the main campus. All decisions regarding admission are made by the Coordinator of Admissions in Garden City in concert with the Admissions Committee.

Graduate students can take their full M.S.W. program in Manhattan (minus one required course that must be taken at the main campus in Garden City). Classes are conveniently offered in the evenings and on Saturday.

The School offers several routes to the M.S.W. degree:

• full-time program completed in two years
  
• part-time program extending three to four years
  
• One Year Residency (OYR) Program for human service professionals who have three or more years of social work related experience under direct M.S.W. supervision
  
• Advanced Standing program for students who earned the baccalaureate degree in social work from a C.S.W.E.-accredited program.