The Council s annual Summary Information on Master of Social Work Programs lists all the accredited master's programs and their concentrations, along with other general information. It is only available in hard copy. Click here for information. At this time there are no accredited master s or bachelor s degree programs available that fully use non-traditional methods of instruction. Individual courses may be offered by particular programs, but CSWE does not maintain information on the courses offered or which programs might be offering them.
Most programs offer part-time options and some offer extension campuses.
Check with a program near you to find out what they can offer to meet your needs. Two master s programs, Smith College and Yeshiva University , offer limited residency programs. A. New programs working toward accreditation are required to qualify for candidacy. Candidacy, a pre-accreditation status, attests to the public and to prospective students that the program of social work has shown evidence of sound planning and of having the resources to implement its plans, has indicated its intent to work toward accreditation, and appears to have the potential to attain this goal. Subsequent to candidacy status, a program of social work is eligible to apply for initial accreditation after it has graduated students or if it will graduate students within the academic year in which the program presented was implemented fully.