Admission Requirements

1. A Master of Social Work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
2. Submission of GRE scores.
3. A Professional Goal Statement. See program website for specific requirements.
4. A Professional Resume.
5. Three letters of reference.
6. Two years of post-MSW practice experience

Program Requirements

1) Students are required to complete a minimum of forty-eight (48) hours.

2) Students are required to complete forty-two (42) hours of required coursework. Required Courses are as follows:

8040 Advanced SW Theory (3)

8100 Developing Fundable Proposals (3)

8050 Writing for Publication (3)

8075 Reflective Supervision (3)

8080 Managing a SW Practice (3)

8155 Informatics & Data Driven Decision Making (3)

8020 Fundamentals of Quantitative SW Research (3)

8030 Qualitative Methods for SW (3)

SUAP 8100 Public Policy Statistics (3)

PADM 8600 Admin Theory & Ethics (3)

Electives (12)

3) Students are required to complete a minimum of 6 hours of dissertation (SWRK 9000).  

Retention Requirements

1. Students in the DSW program must comply with all retention standards of the Graduate School at the University of Memphis. 
2. All students are required to maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00. Should the student’s cumulative GPA fall below that mark, a period of one semester will be allowed to correct the deficiency. Students failing to improve their GPA to an acceptable level in that time will be dismissed from the program.
3. No more than 6 hours of “C-,” “C” or “C+” will be applied toward meeting degree requirements. No grade of a D+ or lower will count toward the degree.

Graduation Requirements

1. Completion of all required coursework with no more than 6 hours of C grades.
2. Completion of a dissertation.