该计划提供了严格的知识基础，有效技能发展的机会以及将人的多样性视为理想并丰富社会的教育观点。学生具备适合社会工作专业的知识，技能和价值观，专业社会工作的概念基础，广泛的领域研究策略以及在社会工作实践中使用的各种社会工作角色和干预策略第一种选择是传统MSW计划，该计划是60学分的硕士课程，通常需要2年全日制学习，2.5年加速非全日制学习或4年扩展非全日制学习。
The program provides a rigorous intellectual base, an opportunity for effective skill development, and an educational perspective that views human diversity as desirable and enriching to society. Students are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and values appropriate to the social work profession, the conceptual base of professional social work, the broad-based research strategies of the field, and the various social work roles and intervention strategies used in social work practice.The first option is the Traditional MSW program which is a 60-credit masters program and typically takes 2 years full-time, 2.5 years accelerated part-time, or 4 years extended part-time.