Earn Your Social Work Degree
Make an impact, inspire change, and transform lives. Our hybrid Social Work program gives you the flexibility to learn and serve, all while balancing life’s demands.
The Social Work Program will provide a learning environment where students are taught to think critically, be creative, participate actively in their education, and grow as individuals while respecting the rapidly changing and diverse world in which they live and practice social work. Class work and immersive learning experiences demonstrate respect for all people and recognize emotional, social, economic, political, racial, and spiritual factors that shape experiences of those we seek to empower. We strive to develop competent, ethical professionals with the knowledge, values, and practice skills needed to serve individuals, families, groups, and communities.
Connect: Social workers are needed at all stages of life to provide resources and use evidence-based strategies, strengths-based problem solving, and create just policies.
Advocate: Social workers are social activist who advocate for the vulnerable in a broad range of social issues that can include child welfare, poverty, aging, discrimination, mental health, addiction, disability, food and housing insecurity, health and more!
Empower: Social Workers are change agents! They provide intervention strategies to empower individuals, families, and groups to enhance well-being and assist in developing community conditions that support and protect human rights (NASW, 2021).
Make an impact, inspire change, and transform lives. Our hybrid Social Work program gives you the flexibility to learn and serve, all while balancing life’s demands.
"I had already started doing some volunteer work here in Joplin and I wanted to study in my community. Many projects I did would be in my own community, so MSSU Social Work was the choice for me, and I haven't regretted it."
"Being in the social work program at MSSU has empowered me to be a social changemaker. I have learned that social workers belong in every space where social interactions happen and every space where the vulnerable need a voice. The MSSU SW program has given me the knowledge I need to be an advocate for change and equitability on the micro, mezzo, and macro levels of our society."
"The MSSU Social Work program has equipped me with the skills to support and empower individuals and communities, offering opportunities to make a meaningful impact through advocacy, direct practice, and policy development."