Practitioners. Scholars. Community leaders.
At VCU's School of Social Work, we commit to preparing professional social workers who engage our communities, initiate difficult dialogues and confront today's social inequities.
100+
100+ years of educating social work students
Find your program
B.S.W.
- On campus or online
- Full time
- Transfer agreements with Brightpoint and Reynolds community colleges
M.S.W.
- On campus or online
- Full time or part time
- Clinical and macro specializations
- Advanced standing, dual-degree and certificate options
Ph.D.
- On campus
- Full time
- Funded by assistantships, fellowships and other aid
Minor in social welfare
- Available to non-social work majors
- Completed in 18 credits
Minor in mental health practice
- Available to non-social work majors
- Completed in 18 credits
Go beyond the classroom with field education
Field placements are an integral part of the B.S.W. and M.S.W. student experience.
What is field education? Field experiences are part of our B.S.W. and M.S.W. programs. Woven into the curriculum, fieldwork enables students to prepare for professional practice through on-site work with one of our 500+ community partners.
What I didn’t expect [from field placements] was the transformative experience that shaped me not only as a social work student but also as a person.”
Alum Ravine Billy (she/her), M.S.W.'22
Go to the field education page to see what our B.S.W. and M.S.W. students do at field sites, check out highlights of the partners who work with us, and more.
Keep learning with the School of Social Work
Spring-Fall 2026
Five continuing education sessions are on tap for clinical social work practitioners in 2026, including three focused exclusively on training for LCSWs who want to provide clinical supervision:
- Feb. 6-7 - Clinical Supervision Training, Zoom (registration closed)
- Feb. 24 - The Creative Brain: How Expressive Arts Rewire Neural Pathways for Emotional Healing, Zoom
- March 6 - Clinical Supervision Refresher, in-person
- April 17-18 - Clinical Supervision Training, in-person (Registration closed-March 13)
- Sept. 18-19 - Clinical Supervision Training, in-person
- Oct. 1 - Culturally Adapting the CBITS (Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools), Zoom
Spring 2026
The VCU School of Social Work's third series on serious mental illness, Insights into Mental Illness: Practice Models, will focus on treatment modalities used with individuals who are diagnosed with SMI. The web series runs every other week on Zoom from Jan. 29-April 23.
You can view archived video of the 2025 series, Serious Mental Illness in Focus: Specialized Topics for Practitioners (seven sessions), and selected video from the 2024 series, Insights into Serious Mental Illness: A Comprehensive Seminar Series (four sessions).
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