MBA/MSW Dual Degree
2019 Social Impact Fellows at the Pitch for a Cause competition.
Through our MBA/MSW program, you’ll apply managerial and economic principles to social work practice. It’s how our graduates lead highly effective service agencies and create new programs and policies.
Our curriculum statement articulates our commitment to the promotion of social justice, the protection of human rights and the necessity of addressing structural oppression and inequities in power and resources.
Why UB for your MSW? [3:50]
This collaborative program between the School of Management and the School of Social Work leads to both an MBA and MSW and reduces the time and credits compared to completing the programs separately. While there is a reduction in total credit hours for the dual degree program, you must meet all other requirements for both degree programs.
We offer two MBA/MSW programs: Traditional and Advanced Standing.
Both MBA/MSW course of study options are full-time and on-campus only and incorporate our signature trauma-informed and human rights perspectives.
Traditional MBA/MSW Program
- For students with a bachelor's degree in any undergraduate major
- 900 total practicum hours (420-hour foundation practicum + 480-hour advanced year practicum)
- 120 total credits
- Full time (3 years) and on campus only
- Students can begin the program in either school
This curriculum is effective fall 2024. If you started your MSW program prior to fall 2024, please follow the curriculum listed in the Student Handbook for the year in which you began your program.
As of fall 2025, field education is now known as practicum education in the School of Social Work. However, you may still see references to “field education” in course titles, documents and other dated web content.
First Year in Social Work
Fall Semester
SW 500 Social Welfare History
SW 505 Theories of Human Behavior and Development
SW 510 Introduction to Social Work Research and Evaluation
SW 520 Interventions I
SW 550 Practicum Instruction I
SW 555 Practicum Seminar (0.5 credit)
Spring Semester
SW 502 Social Welfare Policy
SW 503 Power, Privilege and Oppression
SW 506 Theories of Organizational Behavior and Development
SW 521 Interventions II
SW 551 Practicum Instruction II (4 credits)
SW 555 Practicum Seminar (0.5 credit)
Second Year in Management
MBA core courses are offered in two seven-week sessions each semester. Students generally complete three courses during the first seven weeks and three courses during the second seven weeks. MGQ 608: Statistical Analysis for Managers is the only core course that runs for the full semester. You can view course descriptions on the School of Management curriculum planner page.
Fall Semester
MGQ 608 Statistical Analysis for Managers
Fall A
MGA 603 Financial Accounting for Managers
MGB 610 Organizational Behavior
MGG 635 Management Communications
Fall B
MGF 611 Financial Analysis for Managers
MGO 658 Entrepreneurship Foundations and Corporate Innovation
MGM 615 Marketing for Managers
Spring Semester
MBA Electives (3 credits)
Spring A
MGE 604 Business Economics
MGG 601 Organizational Ethics, CSR and Sustainability
MGO 620 Operations Management
Spring B
MGA 605 Accounting for Management Decision-Making
MGS 605 Information Technology for Managers
MGO 640 Business Strategy
Third Year in Management and Social Work
Summer Semester
MBA Internship (3 credits, 150 contact hours)*
Fall Semester
SW 542 Perspectives on Trauma and Human Rights
SW 552 Practicum Instruction III, 4 credits
Advanced Interventions (Choose one)
MBA Electives (9 credits)
Spring Semester
SW 569 Community Social Work
SW 553 Practicum Instruction IV
MBA Electives (6 credits)
*The MBA internship requirement may be fulfilled through one of the MSW practicum experiences, if completed in an administrative environment. If the requirement is filled through the MSW practicum experience, the student must complete three additional management elective credits.
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MBA/MSW students will be billed the full-time MBA tuition rate during the semesters they are only taking MBA courses, and the full-time MSW rate when they are only taking MSW courses.
During the semesters in which students take coursework from both departments, the full-time tuition rate of the school in which the student has registered for the majority of their credits will be used.
