Social Work Essentials/MasterTrack Online Certificate
Social Work Essentials/ MasterTrack™ Online Certificate
Explore fundamental concepts of social work and social justice with the #1 School of Social Work. The Social Work Essentials certificate (SWEC) or MasterTrack certificate (MTC) provides three options for you to explore and study social work. You can earn the Social Work Essential or MasterTrack certificate only or combined with the MSW program. Learn about your options below.
Students can sign up for the Social Work Essentials certificate beginning in December 2024. New registration for the MasterTrack Certificate (MTC) closed in October 2024. In January 2025, the MTC program will change its name and platform. The same great content and curriculum will be available as the Social Work Essentials Certificate (SWEC).
Note: MasterTrack and Social Work Essentials Certificates are valid for two years. Students planning to pursue the MasterTrack MSW or Social Work Essentials MSW must have completed their certificate within two years of beginning the MSW program.
Option 1: Earn a social work certificate online
- The Social Work Essentials/MasterTrack certificate provides you with advanced critical analysis, problem solving and research skills in preparation for various types of social work
Option 2: Start online — finish your degree on campus
- Complete the Social Work Essentials/MasterTrack certificate online and finish your MSW in Ann Arbor
- Students who finish the Social Work Essentials or MasterTrack certificate and are admitted to the program will complete an MSW degree in three (full time) or seven (part time) semesters on campus
- Completion of the certificate reduces your credit hours from 60 to 45, saving you time and money
- Students can choose between eight curricular pathways covering the breadth of the social work profession.
Option 3: Earn your MSW online
- The online curricular pathways are Interpersonal Practice in Integrated Health, Mental Health, & Substance Abuse which prepares you to become a licensed clinical social worker, and Children, Youth, and Families (formerly Welfare of Children & Families), which prepares you to support children, adolescents, and adults.
- The online program is a 45-credit program
Questions & Support
Office of Student Services and Enrollment Management
Phone: (734) 936-0961
SW Essentials Certificate Technical Questions:
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MSW Program Questions:
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Barbara S. Hiltz
Director of MSW Programs and Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work
Yatesha D. Robinson
Assistant Director of Field Education, Online Program and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
Antuan Featherstone
Online MSW Program Manager
Monica D. Sampson
Clinical Assistant Professor