Doctor of Social Work
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The Doctor of Social Work (DSW) is a professional, social work specific academic degree for experienced social work practitioners who wish to further their careers by gaining doctoral level education and training in advanced practice, teaching and supervision, research and/or policy analysis. Much of the course work emphasizes practice issues, education in social work, research and qualitative and quantitative analysis methods. The degree typically leads to teaching, research, leadership roles, or in self-employed clinical social work practice.
The DSW degree was originally designed to be a professional practice degree, similar to practice degrees in other professions such as the M.D., that was specific to the social work profession. Much of the course work now is similar to that offered in Ph.D. programs, and includes a doctoral candidacy examination, after the completion of the required coursework, prior to being eligible to start on the dissertation research.. The DSW has become less popular in the past several decades, as most of the Schools of Social Work now offer only Ph.D. programs in social work. There has been the movement to retroactively change DSWs to Ph.D.s in a few programs; however, the DSW is still a recognized within the profession. The doctoral degrees are offered within CSWE accredited university programs focused both on the MSW and doctoral degrees.
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