Fast Facts

Online Bachelor's Degree in Social Work (BSSW)

• Accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
• Available online with "live Web classes" held at set times. The BSSW classes will typically be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
• Uses a 450-hour local field placement to help you apply what you learn in your own community.
  • Field placements must be completed within one of these areas: North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, eastern Montana or southern Manitoba, Canada.
• Includes 1 brief on-campus visit (4 days) held in the summer during the first year of your program.
• Provides student support services, such as online tutoring, library, tech support and advising services.
• Begins Fall 2015 semester.
• Offers in-state tuition for all online courses regardless of where you live.

UND Department of Social Work

Learn from highly qualified faculty with master or doctoral degrees and extensive experience in teaching courses offered in the BSSW program.

Benefit from a diverse faculty within the UND Department of Social Work who represent many major areas of social work, including:

• children and families
• community practice and organization
• complexity theory
• diversity
• gerontology
• GLBT and gender issues
• human behavior
• loss and grief
• mental health
• research methods
• rural social work
• social and public policy
• supervision

Experience strong one-on-one interaction with instructors who are committed to distance learning and are available to answer your questions by phone or email.