The Master of Social Work degree is a professional degree which prepares students through the development of advanced generalist skills for clinical practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities within diverse systems and settings.? Students graduate from our program as clinicians, group facilitators, supervisors, advocates, and researchers.? In addition, the master?s program in social work at UW-Whitewater prepares students for specialized practice with physical disabilities, military and/or addictions.

Beginning Fall 2018, the Social Work Department at the UW-Whitewater will offer a Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW). The social work program is professional education training program that is designed to meet the needs of our society through the preparation of professionally educated social work practitioners. A social worker with master-level training is an advanced generalist practitioner. The advanced generalist practitioner possesses a wide range of knowledge and competencies in order to respond to a wide range of social problems.?