Admissions Criteria
Admission to the program requires:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college; undergraduate
G.P.A. of 3.0 in last 2 years of undergraduate work.
- Master’s degree from CSWE accredited social work program; G.P.A. of at least
3.5 (on a 4.0 scale).
- Graduate Record Examination scores of 500 verbal; 500 quantitative (test taken within
the past 5 years).
- Three letters of recommendation addressing applicant’s academic and professional
capabilities.
- Candidate’s statement that describes reasons for seeking admission to the
Ph.D. in Social Work program, career goals, and research interests.
- Professional writing sample providing evidence of scholarly abilities such as single-authored
journal article, book chapter, technical report, thesis, grant application, or other
comparable work.
- Interview
Advancement
- Successful completion of qualifying examinations at the end of Semester 7 and successful defense of a proposal, admits the student to Candidacy.
- Upon successful defense of a dissertation consisting of original Social Work research,
the Ph.D. is awarded.
Ph.D. Program Forms