MSW Advanced Standing
Erikson lets you leverage your existing credentials in our advanced standing MSW program.
Your Advancement Made Easier and More Cost Effective
You can accelerate your career here. Our Advanced Standing program allows our MSW graduate students to bypass select courses, while giving you the knowledge and tools to advance your career.
If you have completed a bachelor’s degree in social work (BSW) from an accredited Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) program within six years of your conferral, you may be eligible to waive up to 21 credit hours pending a transcript review.
Pick from two available concentrations and complete your degree in 12 to 20 months.
Erikson’s Advanced Standing MSW Program Puts You on a Faster Track
Gain a competitive edge by entering the workforce faster, and with more opportunity for career advancement.
Why Erikson
Earn Your Master of Social Work in a Program Made For You
Enhance the wellbeing of all people with an MSW degree designed for those with a BSW degree.
Hybrid or Online
Our hybrid or online MSW options let you choose what works best for your life and schedule.
Reduce Expense
With advanced standing, earn Erikson credentials in a streamlined program.
Career Services
Lean into Erikson’s comprehensive career advancement support.
Self-Reflective Supervision Seminars
Gain a professional toolkit so you can be your most effective. Learn resilience and healthy professional practices alongside experienced practitioners.
Faculty Experts
Collaborate with our nationally recognized faculty, build a respected network of field experts, and learn from the field’s leading voices.
MSW concentrations
Choose From 2 High-Demand MSW Concentrations
As an advanced standing student, each concentration allows you to delve deep into a key area of child development in your social work degree. You’ll build a toolkit of new skills to help you thrive in this demanding field.
Learn how to support children, adolescents, and adults through evidence-based and developmentally appropriate interventions and strategies. Available Hybrid and Online.
Find out how to support the mental, emotional, and physical health and development of children from birth to age 5 and their families. Available Hybrid and Online.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Look Into Erikson’s Robust Financial Support & Scholarship Options
With dozens of scholarships and financial aid opportunities, our team is here to help you make your graduate education more affordable.
Based on your unique professional goals, we can help you understand tuition and expenses, and identify possible financial support opportunities.
Erikson Grants
Grants Available for Your Graduate Program
With Erikson’s Midwest Community Builders Grant, Master of Social Work students may be eligible for $15,000 to $25,000 toward their program’s cost.
Applicants must:
- Have successfully completed a bachelor’s degree in social work (BSW) from an accredited Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) program.
- Have attained an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher.
- Submit a letter of recommendation from a BSW field instructor.
- Submit a field evaluation indicating the applicant has met at least 75 percent proficiency (e.g. 3 on a 4 point like scale) and fulfilled a minimum of 400 field hours.
Advanced Standing students can have six generalist courses (21 credits) waived as long as they’ve received a B or better in the course:
- Social and Emotional Development II (equivalent to HBSEII) (3 credits)
- Research Methods (3 credits)
- Clinical Practice with Individuals, Families, and Groups I (equivalent to Practice I) (3 credits)
- Clinical Practice with Individuals, Families, and Groups II (equivalent to Practice II) (3 credits)
- Youth, Community, and Systems Change (equivalent to Policy I (3 credits)
- Generalist field placement and seminar (6 credits)
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