Master of Social Work 12 months Postgraduate Program By The University of Auckland |Top Universities
Program Duration

12 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

39,995 NZDTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

04 Jul, 2024Application Deadline

Scholarship

YesScholarships

Program overview

Main Subject

Social Work

Degree

MSW

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The Master of Social Work prepares you for advanced professional responsibility in social work.

You will learn advanced approaches and interventions in social work practice, and develop knowledge, skills and experience in critiquing and undertaking social work research to enhance your practice.

The programme enables social work practitioners to undertake further study in subjects related to their professional practice and then undertake research in an area of special interest.

This postgraduate programme is for qualified social workers. If you are looking for a postgraduate programme to become a qualified social worker see: Master of Social Work (Professional).

Program overview

Main Subject

Social Work

Degree

MSW

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The Master of Social Work prepares you for advanced professional responsibility in social work.

You will learn advanced approaches and interventions in social work practice, and develop knowledge, skills and experience in critiquing and undertaking social work research to enhance your practice.

The programme enables social work practitioners to undertake further study in subjects related to their professional practice and then undertake research in an area of special interest.

This postgraduate programme is for qualified social workers. If you are looking for a postgraduate programme to become a qualified social worker see: Master of Social Work (Professional).

Admission requirements

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You must have completed a Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) with a GPA of 5.0 in at least 90 points of the most advanced courses taken.

Alternatively, you must have completed:

  • a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Supervision with a GPA of 5.0 and hold a qualification in social work
or
  • a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences (Social Work) or Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work with a GPA of 5.0.
Note: You may need to take an approved 30-point research methods course if this was not included in your postgraduate diploma or honours degree.

04 Jul 2024
1 Year
Feb
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Tuition fee and scholarships

Domestic Students

8,359 NZD
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International Students

39,995 NZD
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