社会工作学院位于文理学院的城市事务与公共政策学院。学校提供两个学位课程和一个学校社会工作研究生证书。社会工作文学学士学位课程和社会工作硕士课程均获得社会工作教育委员会（CSWE）的完全认可。社会工作学院试图通过以下方式成为社会工作教育的领导者：为学生提供在复杂环境中进行实践所必需的尖端社会工作技能，通过研究和聘用的奖学金创造知识，减少贫困，不平等以及社会和经济不公通过基于证据的做法，并在全球范围内满足中南需求。学生必须完成至少六十（60）个学期的时间，基础课程需要三十（30）小时，而集中课程则需要三十（3
The School of Social Work resides in the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy within the College of Arts and Sciences. The School offers two degree programs and a graduate certificate in School Social Work. The Bachelors of Arts in Social Work program and the Master of Social Work program are both fully accredited by the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE). The School of Social Work seeks to be a leader in social work education by: preparing students with cutting-edge social work skills necessary to practice in complex settings, creating knowledge through research and engaged scholarship, reducing poverty, inequality, and social and economic injustice through evidence based practices, and addressing the needs of the Mid-South within a global perspective. Students are required to complete a minimum of sixty (60) semester hours, thirty (30) hours are taken in the foundation curriculum and thirty (30) hours are required in the concentration curriculum. At the University of Memphis, MSW students learn about social work practice from the micro to macro levels. The first half of the program prepares students for generalist practice and introduces students to the broad, versatile field of social work. In the second half of the program, students select an area of specialization: Advanced Practice with Children, Youth, & Families or Advanced Practice with Adults & Families. Within each specialization, full-time, extended study, and advanced standing tracks are available. Spring Start (2.5 years), Full Time (2 years).