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At IWU, the Master of Social Work (MSW) is no ordinary master’s program. Our fully accredited program will challenge you to commit to academic excellence, develop clinical skills, serve people with compassion and understanding, and integrate Christian faith into your social work practice. Faculty from diverse backgrounds with years of teaching and experience in the field will lead you through relevant coursework and internship experiences, preparing you for licensure and advanced practice with individuals, families, groups, and communities.
Applicable fees for resources and services will be assessed throughout the program. Tuition and fees for prerequisites and required elective courses are in addition to the charges shown on the program cost sheet. Your tuition rate will remain the same as long as you remain continuously enrolled in the same program. Cost sheets may be requested from an enrollment counselor by calling 866.498.4968 or emailing iwuenroll@indwes.edu.
Financial aid is available in the form of grants, loans, scholarships, veterans benefits, and employer reimbursement.
60 Credit Hours
$565 / Credit Hours
30 Credit Hours
$565 / Credit Hours
Below are a 10 key courses of our Master of Social Work program. Courses are generally taken sequentially, one at a time, until the program is complete. Full course descriptions may be viewed by clicking on the course titles below. Visit our courses page to learn about our Standard and Advanced Tracks. For further information, feel free to contact us.
Click on each section to expand the different requirements for this program. If you have any questions about the admissions process, feel free to contact one of our admissions representatives at 1-866-498-4968.
In accordance with CSWE standards, it is the policy of the IWU MSW Program that students are not given credit for life experience or previous work experience.
MSW Student Handbook
The Online Master of Social Work Program at Indiana Wesleyan University has many convenient starts throughout the year. Listed below are the next available starts. If you don’t see a start that fits your schedule, connect with our enrollment team to see more future starts.
Application to the program is due a few weeks prior to the actual start date.
To check application deadlines, connect with our enrollment team.
The mission of the IWU MSW Program is to prepare social work students for advanced social work practice through an emphasis on clinical skills and assist students who desire to integrate personal faith and learning in becoming world changers through service to their fellow human beings. The MSW program is committed to training social workers who embody a global and person-in-environment perspective, demonstrate respect and humility in responding to diversity in their fellow human beings, value scientific inquiry and the pursuit of truth, promote individual and societal justice, uphold inherent human rights, seek to address conditions that limit them, and seek to eliminate poverty and advance the well-being of others.
Further, the MSW program seeks to prepare students who uphold, embody and promote core social work values including service to others, honoring the dignity and worth of all people, acknowledging the importance of human relationships, and valuing personal integrity and competence. The program is committed to creating a personal, professional and innovative experience in the online environment to achieve its mission.
“IWU, in covenant with God’s reconciling work and in accordance with the Biblical principles of our historic Wesleyan tradition, commits to build a community that reflects Kingdom diversity. We will foster an intentional environment for living, teaching and learning, which exhibits honor, respect, and dignity. Acknowledging visible or invisible differences, our community authentically values each member’s earthly and eternal worth. We refute ignorance and isolation and embrace deliberate and courageous engagement that exhibits Christ’s commandment to love all humankind.”
In this vein, the MSW program is also committed to recruiting and accepting MSW students without regard to “…age, class, color, culture, disability and ability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, immigration status, marital status, political ideology, race, religion/spirituality, sex, sexual orientation, and tribal sovereign status” (CSWE Educational Policy 3.0 – Diversity), and as thus, the MSW Program has adopted this language.