Build Resilience. Drive Change
At the UNLV School of Social work, we strive to make a difference in people’s lives and communities.
Study Social Work at UNLV
Social work is a dynamic profession that empowers individuals, families, and communities to solve problems and build resilient skills. Social workers address challenges across diverse settings, including mental health, child welfare, healthcare, aging services, domestic violence, school social work, and substance abuse prevention and treatment. Social workers can work in nonprofits, government agencies, or establish private practices.
Undergraduate Program
A bachelor of social work (BSW) degree prepares students for careers in which practitioners work directly with individuals, families, and groups to help people cope, change, and solve problems.
Undergraduate Program
The master of social work (M.S.W.) program at UNLV prepares students for professional social work careers in the areas of trauma-informed and direct practice with individuals, families, and groups, as well as in management and community practice.
What's Happening
At the UNLV School of Social Work, this professional programs manager helps students navigate college through connection and mentorship.
Although their journeys to graduation day are all different, these three social work students share how UNLV brought them together outside the classroom.
Frances Young, a UNLV social work alumna and lecturer, turned her own postpartum struggles into a mission to expand mental health support for new parents.
A look at some of the most eye-grabbing headlines featuring UNLV faculty, staff, and students.
In the News
- | KLAS-TV: 8 News Now
- | The Advocate
Experts
- Associate Professor of Social Work
- Professor, Social Work
- Associate Professor of Social Work
The School of Social Work is one of the schools in the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs.
