Offered in collaboration with the University of Denver Daniels College of Business, a Master of Social Work (MSW) and Professional Master of Business Administration (PMBA) can be completed during evenings and weekends with fewer credits than the Denver MBA degree. This degree option is only for those with post-baccalaureate professional work experience.
The MSW/PMBA will expand your career opportunities, allowing you to incorporate business skills such as accounting, marketing, management and strategic planning into traditional social work settings in the nonprofit and government sectors. It also will prepare you to apply your social work skills in the corporate world in areas such as social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, and diversity and inclusion efforts.
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Your Career Options
With an MSW and PMBA dual degree, you’ll graduate with a competitive, cross-disciplinary skill set that will give you an advantage in the job market. Career options include:
- Leading corporate diversity and inclusion or corporate social responsibility initiatives
- Administering employee assistance programs
- Managing social services
- Serving as a nonprofit executive director
- Fundraising and managing grants
- Launching a social enterprise
- Running a private practice
- Providing consulting services
Featured Courses
SOWK 4340
Leadership and Supervision Skills
About this Course
This course examines the application of leadership and supervision theories to practice settings in communities, organizations and policy contexts. A focus is placed on leadership roles and an examination of leadership styles, with an emphasis on the skills of transformational leadership and supervision. Topics covered include team leadership and supervision, one-to-one supervision skills, managing conflict, personnel management and cross cultural work.
SOWK 4370
Community and Organizational Change: Theory for Practice
About this Course
This course presents key theoretical frameworks to help leaders to be informed and innovative in responding to changing community, organizational and societal contexts. Theories of social change will be presented that can assist you in promoting positive social change in the lives of vulnerable populations through the development of policy, community interventions and human services organizations. You will apply theories to understanding organizational change and innovation and the promotion of social and economic justice through community and policy practice.
SOWK 4535
Planning and Program Development
About this Course
This course will prepare you to engage in strategic planning and program development roles and practice within a social work community, organizational or policy practice setting. You will this gain knowledge in the principles of planning, social enterprise, the engagement of stakeholders in planning processes, community collaboration and the elements of designing and implementing programs. You’ll put this knowledge into practice by developing a comprehensive program proposal, applying strategic thinking, planning and critically evaluating research-informed practice and practice-informed research.
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