Master of Social Work Lourdes University & Saint Louis University Partnership Program

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www.lourdes.edu/gradschool Saint Louis University Graduate Admissions www.lourdes.edu/msw www.slu.edu/social-work-msw Lourdes University Graduate School Saint Louis University 6832 Convent Blvd. One North Grand Sylvania, OH 43560 St. Louis, MO 63103 USA 419-824-3517 or 800-878-3210 ext. 3517 1-800-758-3678

[email protected] [email protected] lourdes.edu/msw 800-898-3210, ext. 3517 MSW - Master of Social Work MSW - Master of Social Work

Lourdes University COURSE DELIVERY FORMAT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Partnership Program The MSW program is offered in a hybrid model. Approximately 60% of the program will be SLU offers new and continuing MSW students partial GET STARTED! taught through an online Blackboard format by Saint Louis University. The remainder will be tuition-remission merit-based scholarships if they submit and APPLY TO THE SLU-LOURDES This innovative hybrid online program taught in a face-to-face format on Lourdes Campus in Sylvania, Ohio, as will the practicum complete their application by the priority deadline of March prepares students to be advanced planning and seminar courses. Students who meet basic application requirements and have 1. A completed application means all application components GRADUATE ADMISSIONS practitioners of social work who act as earned an undergraduate degree in any major may choose to apply to the full 57-credit are received, posted and interview has been scheduled. Candidates seeking admission to the MSW program must: agents of change to promote individual and hour program. Students who have earned a Bachelor of Social Work degree from a CSWE Applicants who do not initially meet the scholarship criteria  Have earned a bachelor’s degree from a regionally societal well-being. accredited program may be considered advanced standing. Those eligible could enter with may apply for consideration as a current student after their accredited institution with a minimum 3.0 cumulative up to 18 credit hours advanced standing, leaving them with as little as 39 credit hours to first semester in the MSW program. GPA and 24 credit hours completed in the liberal arts. WHY CHOOSE SLU? complete the MSW. • SLU is a nationally and globally The applicant’s transcript must reflect a range of courses recognized leader in social work in the following areas: the social and behavioral sciences, education, ranked in the top 25 percent of CONCENTRATION natural sciences, history, English, literature, philosophy, programs by U.S. News and World Report. After completing professional foundation course work students move into completing the theology, and fine arts. • SLU is founded on the Jesuit tradition of Clinical concentration level coursework.  Request official college transcripts and have them sent to “educating the whole person” – learning Clinical Concentration: Prepares students for advanced clinical practice serving children, the St. Louis University Graduate Admissions office. as much as possible about social work youth, adults, and families. This concentration assumes a holistic view that incorporates the  Submit a completed Graduate Application for Admission. and service while committing to serve political, environmental, psychosocial, biological, and spiritual dimensions of clinical social humankind with compassion work practice.  Submit a current resume. • SLU offers the opportunity for Lourdes  Submit a professional statement. Additional factors students to get an MSW from a highly SAMPLE CURRICULUM considered in determining an applicant’s eligibility include ranked and internationally known ADVANCED STANDING academic achievement, strength of the undergraduate program without having to be physically program attended, work experience, previous graduate present on SLU’s campus. 39 CREDIT HOURS OF CLASSROOM & PRACTICUM COURSES • Advanced Social Policy Course degrees, motivation, leadership and service. • SLU offers students the opportunity to • Policy Practice for Social Justice  Provide three confidential letters of recommendation (two complete either the full 57 credit hour • Values and Ethics in Social Work Practice academic references and one professional reference). program or, for those students with • Research Methods II course histories that are deemed eligible, • Mission and Practice of Global Public Health  Applicants are also required to complete an interview an advanced standing format. • Clinical Practicum II, III either on campus, phone or through an online system • Our faculty are leaders in combining • Clinical Practicum Seminar supported by the university. classroom activities and community- Clinical Courses based practice. The priority deadline is March 1 for fall; the final deadline • Human Behavior and the Social Environment II is August 1 for fall. • Advanced Clinical Social Work Practice • Evidence-Based Practice in Community Mental Health For questions about the application process, • Substance Abuse Interventions please contact: • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy • Social Work Practice in the Health Field St. Louis University Graduate Admissions Office 1-800-758-3678 • Clinical Diagnosis FOR MORE INFORMATION Graduate Admissions Office CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR Please contact: 419-824-3517 ADVANCED STANDING Terry Keller 57 CREDIT HOURS OF CLASSROOM & PRACTICUM COURSES MSW Program Administrator Lourdes University [email protected] Must complete Generalist Foundation Courses below in addition to the Phone: 419-824-3535 Advanced Standing Courses [email protected] • Social Work Practice with Individuals, Families and Groups Kristi Richter Note: This sheet is for general information only. For more specific information on this program refer • Social Work Practice with Communities and Organizations to the Lourdes University catalog at http://www.lourdes.edu/course_catalog_complete.htm or Director of Graduate Admission at St. Louis University contact the university. • Human Behavior and the Social Environment Phone: 314.977.2752 • Social Policy Lourdes University, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, operates in a non-discrim- [email protected] inatory manner with regard to race, color, age, or national origin. Furthermore, as required by Title IX of • Foundation Practicum I the 1972 Education Amendments, Lourdes University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, • Foundation integrative Seminar creed, sex, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, disability, military or veteran status, age, or other legally protected category in its programs, activities, and employment. Lourdes University • Research Methods I also provides equal opportunity to qualified disabled persons in accordance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. A Catholic University in the Franciscan Tradition.