NYU Wagner

Dual Degrees

MS Management/Master Of Social Work (MS/MSW)

• Alya Kashper, Wagner Program Assistant Director
• Alma Carten, MSW Advisor

This joint degree is designed to provide MSW students an opportunity to focus on acquiring additional skills in management, finance and/or policy. The flexibility of the program allows students to choose courses from the Health Policy and Management Program, the Public and Nonprofit Program or both.

The MS/MSW Program incorporates the 36 credits required for the MS in Management and the 65 credits required for the MSW. Two MS courses (as electives) will be credited toward the requirements for the MSW. Eight (8) credits from the MSW Program will count toward the 36 required credits for the MS.

Full-time MSW students typically begin their Wagner courses during the spring of their first year by taking one MS elective. During the summer, students take two required MS courses (Management and Finance). In their second year, students will take two MS courses in the spring (including the required end event), and two in the summer to complete the joint degree in two years. Students may choose to alter the sequencing suggested. The MS degree is usually conferred after the MSW.

The program of study should be carefully planned with your faculty advisor and should reflect a concentration of coursework that takes into consideration your level of administrative experience and provides a basis for your final event in addition to meeting your professional goals. Students should consult with their faculty advisor prior to or during each registration period.

Below is a sample of course choices based on the Public and Nonprofit Management curriculum and the coursework most frequently taken by students in the MS/MSW program. Please note that this is an illustrative program only and not a set of requirements, other than the school core. Beyond the Management and Finance core classes, students may select courses from the Management, Finance and Policy specializations or from the Health Policy and Management Program as long as upper level prerequisite competencies are satisfied and approved by a faculty advisor.

Sample Program: MS/MSW Focus in Public and Nonprofit Management

I. School Core (2 courses/8 credits)

• *P11.1020 Managing Public Service Organizations or proficiency
• *P11.1021 Financial Management or proficiency

II. Management Core (2 courses/8 credits)

• P11.2110 Strategic Management
• P11.2125 Foundations of Nonprofit Management

III. Specialization (8 credits)

• P11.2111 Managing Service Delivery
• P11.2116 Developing Management Skills
• P11.2117 Information Systems for Public and Nonprofit Organizations
• P11.2119 Marketing for Public and Nonprofit Organizations
• P11.2135 Human Resources Management
• P11.4130 Financial Accounting Process and Elements (2-credit course)
• P11.4210 Governmental Financial Condition Analysis (2-credit course)
• P11.4214 Budgeting at the Federal Level

IV. Electives (4 credits)

• P11.1830 Community Health and Medical Care
• P11.2133 Managing Organizational Change
• P11.3122 Women and Management in the Public Sector
• P11.4201 Conflict Management and Negotiation (2-credit course)
• P11.4212 Cost Effectiveness in Nonprofit and Public Sectors (2-credit course)

V. End Event

• P11.2190 Leadership Confronted

* Required Courses