Overview
The Social Work program from Columbia University prepares candidates for careers as researchers, scholars and educators. Doctoral students can choose from three concentrations:
- Advanced Practice
- Social Policy and Policy Analysis
- Social Policy and Administration
Candidates will also take advanced social work courses and a wide range of courses offered in other Columbia professional schools. A PhD in Social Work candidate will complete approximately two years of full-time coursework, master content in a social work method, a related behavioral or social science, and a substantive field of practice, and prepare and defend a dissertation.
Opportunities
The Ph.D. program’s great strength is in equipping the next generation of scholars, researchers, and teachers in the field of social work and social welfare. The faculty at the Columbia School of Social Work is consistently recognized as among the most gifted and academically productive cadre of social work scholars in the United States, holding diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and interests.
Doctoral students enjoy opportunities to learn from and conduct research side-by-side with nationally and internationally recognized scholars in their fields—and not only within the School of Social Work, but beyond in the other social and behavioral sciences departments at Columbia as well.
This interdisciplinary exposure within the program balances the best of social work’s professional concerns for highly complicated social problems, along with the state-of-the-science disciplinary methods and theory that can help shed light in devising effective responses.
Programme Structure
- The doctoral curriculum is designed to enable students to develop and demonstrate the capacity to examine highly complex human problems in depth, arriving at new knowledge and solutions with rigorous and exacting minds.
- Through concentrated course work and independent study, students achieve a systematic and intellectual grounding in the theory and history of social welfare, extensive training in research methods, concentration in a social work method specialization, and integrated exposure to social or behavioral science theory.
- Successful completion of the Program requires approximately two full-time years of course work, plus time for tutorials, research projects, examinations, and dissertation work.
- Required course work is taken both within the School of Social Work and in other social and behavioral science departments at Columbia University.
- All students also conduct an intensive individualized research practicum with a faculty supervisor.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
45 - 50 credits
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Disciplines
Social Work View 70 other PhDs in Social Work in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
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General requirements
- Platform, Program & Specialization
- Completed Online Application Form
- Application Fee
- Resume
- Answers to Three Essay Questions
- Three Letters of Reference
- Relevant Transcript(s)
Tuition Fee
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53576 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 26788 USD per semester during 48 months. -
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53576 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 26788 USD per semester during 48 months. -
In-State
53576 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 26788 USD per semester during 48 months.
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