Master of Social Work (MSW) and Master of Public Administration (MPA) Dual Degree Overview

To get started, complete the following four steps:

1.) A completed USI Application for Graduate Study and $40 application fee.

2.) Upload the following to your application account.

• Resume/CV
  As part of the application, you will be required to upload your resume/CV as a PDF file. The resume/CV file name should be  Lastname-firstname-resume.pdf   (ex. Smith-Joe-resume.pdf).Your resume/cv should include the following information:
• All college/universities attended, starting with the most recent, and include the name of the institution, dates attended, and degree(s) awarded. If no degree was awarded, please state such.
• Employment history, starting with the most recent, and include name of organization, location (city and state), a brief description of duties and dates of employment.
• Field/Internship experiences, starting with the most recent, and include name of organization, location (city and state), a brief description of duties and dates of employment.
• Relevant volunteer activities, starting with the most recent, and include name of organization, location (city and state), a brief description of duties and dates of employment.
• As part of the application, you will be required to upload your resume/CV as a PDF file. The resume/CV file name should be  Lastname-firstname-resume.pdf   (ex. Smith-Joe-resume.pdf)

• Personal Statement/Narrative
  Answer the following questions as an opportunity to describe yourself, and the qualities beyond academic grades that make you ideally suited to be a Clinical Social Worker. Responses should be thoughtful, honest, yet professional, and should demonstrate excellent writing skills, critical thinking, insightfulness, and self-awareness. Be comprehensive, yet succinct in your response and use examples from your life experiences.
• Life Experience - Describe events and life experiences that have informed your choice to pursue a Master of Social Work degree and a career in Social Work. 
• Values - Describe the ways that your personal values, beliefs, and interests are congruent with the mission and philosophy of social work. 
• Diversity - Think about situation(s) when you had to deal with differences in age, race, disability, ethnicity, gender, religious and/or sexual orientation. Based on your experience, how do you plan to work with diverse and vulnerable people?  
• Additional Experiences - What experiences have allowed you to develop the skills necessary to be an effective social worker? 
• Summary - Provide a final summary of your statement, highlighting what you consider to be the most important points for the admission committee to know about your application to the MSW Program. 

• Professional References
  • You will be required to provide three professional references including name, email and phone number. An email will be sent to each of these individuals upon submission of this application requesting a reference.

3.) Submit official transcripts to Graduate Studies.

• Official electronic transcripts are preferred and can be emailed from the previous institution to Graduate.Studies@usi.edu
  
  
• Mailed transcripts can be sent to this address:
  Graduate Studies
  University of Southern Indiana
  8600 University Blvd.
  Evansville, IN 47712

4.) International students may be required to provide additional information.

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