Master of Social Work Program Accommodates Military Students
If you’re looking for military social work masters programs online, you need to know, whether you’re in Nebraska, Kansas, Iraq, Afghanistan or anywhere else in the world, that you can use your downtime to earn an MSW degree online that will advance your career, whether you stay in the military or when you get out.
UNO's Flexible Online Master of Social Work Program for Military Students
If you’ve been asking, ‘what can I do with an MSW degree?’ we have answers. The good news is that master of social work jobs are available. In fact, there are multiple masters in social work careers, as Director of the School of Criminology Dr. Gaylene Armstrong notes. The University of Nebraska Omaha Grace Abbott School of Social Work prepares military students for fulfilling careers after they complete their service with an online MSW degree program for social work and three dual degrees, including:
• | Master of Social Work and Master of Public Health |
• | Master of Social Work and Master of Public Administration |
• | Master of Social Work and Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice |
Online MSW degree programs work well for military students for several reasons, the chief one being flexibility. Let’s take a look at what UNO has to offer military students beginning the fall semester of academic year 2019-2020 and why it might be just the best MSW program for you.
What Makes the University of Nebraska at Omaha's Grace Abbott School of Social Work One of the Best Schools for Social Work?
Accreditation and reputation are two of the factors that make our online MSW degree program one of the best online masters programs for military students. Experts say the quality of an education from a reputable college or university offering online programs is, in many cases, just as high as one pursued in person, and that online learning offers the ability to communicate with a professor and other students through technology.
Grace Abbott School of Social Work Offers the Only Accredited Master of Social Work Degree Program in the State of Nebraska
Reaffirmed on a seven-year cycle, Grace Abbott School in Social Work is fully accredited through 2021 by the Council on Social Work Education. An engaged, responsive faculty with experience ranging from child welfare to gerontology teach all courses. Dedicated, professional academic advisors provide the guidance military students need to take the right classes at the best time. When you graduate, your masters of social work degree will be from a school that has the reputation and respect of professional social workers across the country.
Our Master of Social Work Program is Flexible
While online degree programs sound great when it comes to flexibility and fitting around the schedule of the student rather than the other way around, the military can sometimes insert itself in other ways. Deployment without warning; a base with internet connectivity that is sketchy at best. At UNO, we work with our military students and deal with occurrences that are out of their control. We want all of our students to succeed. When you find yourself hundreds or thousands of miles away from the Omaha-based campus, you will still have access to the same advantages offered to on-campus students, including the following benefits:
• | A world-class library is only a click away with dedicated librarians available to assist you in finding whatever you need. |
• | All courses are taught by full-time and part-time faculty who are available to respond to your questions and provide you the necessary feedback you need to succeed. |
• | Faculty hold virtual office hours so you know when your professor can meet with you online. |
While the above is true for any of our online degree programs for military students, there are specific features of each masters of social work degree program worth highlighting.
Master of Social Work
The mission of the Grace Abbott School of Social Work at the University of Nebraska Omaha is to educate students to become highly qualified social workers who serve people of all ages and influence the systems that affect them; to advance knowledge through teaching and research; and to engage with diverse communities to promote socially just societies.
The primary purpose of the social work profession is to enhance human well-being. Social workers help to meet the basic human needs of all people and empower those who are vulnerable, oppressed or affected by poverty. The social work profession was founded on a set of core principles that still guide its unique purpose and perspective today:
• | Service |
• | Social justice |
• | Dignity and worth of the person |
• | Importance of human relationships |
• | Integrity |
• | Competence |
Social Work maintains a dual focus on individual well-being in social context and on the betterment of society. Social workers seek to enhance the capacity of people to address their own needs, helping people to identify and address the environmental forces that create and contribute to problems in living. For over 100 years, social workers have worked to promote social justice and social change with and on behalf of individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities, helped millions of people to challenge their circumstances and change their lives, and promoted the responsiveness of organizations, communities, and other social institutions to individuals' needs and social problems.
Social workers are sensitive to cultural and ethnic diversity and strive to end discrimination, oppression, poverty and other forms of social injustice. These actions may be in the form of direct practice, community organizing, supervision, consultation, administration, advocacy, social and political action, policy development and implementation, education, research and evaluation.
Master of Social Work and Master of Public Health
Offered in conjunction with the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), the Master of Social Work and Master of Public Health (MSW/MPH) dual degree program is a collaborative effort between the Grace Abbott School of Social Work and UNMC’s College of Public Health. It offers interdisciplinary preparation in both these fields, requiring fewer credit hours than it would take to obtain each degree independently.
Master of Social Work and Master of Public Administration
The Master of Social Work/Master of Public Administration dual degree program prepares students to provide a variety of advanced direct and indirect social work services and assume leadership in the public service sector, specifically in administrative and policy work with governmental units and nonprofit organizations.
Master of Social Work and Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice
There is a lot of overlap between the clientele social workers and criminal justice professionals serve. Correctional officers, probation/parole officers, and law enforcement professional are often placed in positions of addressing and counseling delinquents and criminals with several social maladies to manage. Moreover, social work professionals in schools, private practices, and in the capacity of Health and Human Services agencies often work with delinquent and/or criminal populations.
In order to help criminal justice professionals better serve the people with whom they work, and for social workers to better understand criminal populations, the UNO Grace Abbott School of Social Work and the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice graduate degree in which students can obtain a Masters of Social Work and a Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice simultaneously.
A dual MSW/MS in Criminology and Criminal Justice would respond to the needs of the community by providing specialized training in working with delinquent and criminal populations. The dual degree will provide highly qualified personnel trained to work in schools, health service agencies, criminal justice agencies, and non-profit organizations.
Why choose UNO?
UNO is dedicated to serving those who served our country in the past or those who are on active duty today. The Office of Military and Veteran Services works to support UNO’s military-affiliated community by providing active duty, guard and reserve, veterans, and their families with resources and services developed to help them succeed—whether it’s on campus, online or overseas.
UNO has a long tradition of focusing on military-affiliated students, from having one of the oldest Air Force Reserve Officer Trainings Corps detachments in the country to our involvement in the Bootstrapper program in the 1950s. Today, we continue to build partnerships with local employers to make sure we can help for our veterans find good jobs when they graduate.
Nationally Recognized for Some of the Best Military Friendly Masters Programs
• | Top 10: Best four-year institution for Military Friendliness, Military Times: 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 |
• | #1 College of Business Administration: Ranked best business school for veterans, Military Times: 2014-15, 2015-16 |
• | Listed on the Military Friendly Schools list since 2014: which identifies the top 30% of schools nationwide that deliver what they consider to be the best experience for military students. |
Contact the Grace Abbott School of Social Work today and learn more about the four online degree programs. Online applications accepted from October 15 – January 15 with classes beginning in the fall of 2020.