Social Work MSW / Public Health MPH

MSW, MPH

The public health lens of prevention at the population level and the social work lens of intervention at all levels of society are integrated through coursework and fieldwork, including an integrated public health/social work field experience. Students will be able to apply critical thinking and collaboration skills using a systems-based framework with a social justice focus in a range of public, private and nonprofit settings.

Students in the coordinated degree program complete public health and social work courses at the same time. They will choose one of two public health concentrations, MPH: Community and Behavioral Health Promotion or MPH: Public Health Policy, as well as a population to emphasize in their social work courses. The curriculum is available in the UWM Academic Catalog.

In addition to the social work field placement, students gain practical experience through a combined public health and social work internship.

• Students will be admitted to the MPH and MSW program in the fall semester only.
• Coordinated degree program students must be enrolled full time and will complete the program in an average of three years.
• The total credits for the MPH and MSW coordinated program will be completed in both programs at the same time, rather than one program after the other.
• The coordinated program includes 48-49 credits in public health and 34 credits for students with a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW).
• For students without a BSW, or who otherwise need the social work foundation coursework, the MPH and MSW coordinated program will require the completion of 48-49 credits in public health and a total of 56 credits in social work.

• The application is an online and automated process through the UW-Milwaukee Graduate School.