Master of Advanced Social Work (MC-ASW)

The Master of Advanced Social Work is designed to graduate experts and leaders in the professional social work field. The subjects in this course adopt an interdisciplinary, international and evidence-based approach to respond to the complex and growing challenges faced by social workers working in a range of health, mental health and human services fields.

Subjects are taught by leading academics in the fields of evidence-based research, health, mental health, child and family welfare, ageing, social policy, program evaluation and leadership. Students from around the globe will be provided with opportunities to work together to address the increasing challenges and opportunities in the health and human services fields with a key focus on linking social work to practice. Students complete a compulsory practice-based research subject as well as a capstone research project that will enable them to develop and apply their research skills in their particular area of interest.

The course requires completion of 100 credit points of study. The course is provided entirely online providing flexibility to design study times around other commitments and study preferences.

This course is designed to be available to professional social workers at different stages in their careers, including recent graduates, established practitioners and those seeking to move in new directions.