We are pleased that you have selected Minnesota State University, Mankato to pursue your Master of Social Work degree. As a new MSW degree granting program we are committed to providing you with a high quality social work education that will prepare you for advanced generalist practice with an emphasis on rural and small communities. The Department is working to ensure that all Council on Social Work Education accreditation standards are achieved as we work towards full accreditation in October of 2010. We will keep you fully informed of our efforts, status, and achievements as we work towards accreditation.
We are pleased to present you with your Graduate Student Handbook, which is available for download below. Please thoroughly read your handbook. You will find information that outlines your rights, as well as your obligations as a student. As a new MSW Program, we are aware that there may be some programmatic and policy areas that we will wish to add or revise as the implementation of the program moves forward. We will keep you informed regarding any policy changes, additions, or deletions.
The Social Work faculty and staff want you to be successful in your academic endeavors and encourage you to seek guidance and clarification if you have questions or concerns regarding the program. You have been assigned an advisor to provide consultation through the MSW Program. We strongly encourage you to work with your advisor to help with academic and professional issues.
We wish you great success as a graduate student in our MSW Program.
Nancy M. Fitzsimons, MSW, PhD William A. Anderson, MSW, PhD, LISW
MSW Program Director Chair, Department of Social Work
Following a link to the PDF version of the MSW Program Graduate Student Handbook. You will need Adobe Reader to view and print the document. In Adobe Reader, you can select to print the entire document or only certain pages.
