Master of Social Work (MSW)
Master of Social work is designed to enable students to enhance human well-being and help clients to meet their basic human needs. Further, the program aims at enabling students to empower clients who are vulnerably oppressed and living in poverty. A student must accumulate a total of 180 credits to graduate, out of which 80 are for Practicum and dissertation. The remaining 100 are from taught courses i.e., 80 credits from 4 core courses and 20 credits from one elective course. The duration of this programme is about 18 months.
Programme Summary
Course Name: Master of Sociology Work
Programmes Informations
Applicants to MSW programme will be required to have a first degree in social work (BSW) with a second class score or better. A basic statistic course is highly recommended as a background. Applicants with advanced diploma in Social Work from a recognized institution of higher learning with a B+ grade can qualify for admission. Those whose first degree is not social work will need to take the following generalist BSW courses to be considered for admission into the advanced year MSW program:
Programme Structure
Course Number | Course Title | Units |
OSP 610 (elect) | Leadership with Children and Families Services | 2 |
OSP 611 (elect) | Leadership in Health Services | 2 |
OSP 612 (elect) | Leadership in Development & Emergency Response | 2 |
OSP 613 (elect) | Leadership in Social Work Education | 2 |
OSP 602 | Advanced Clinical Social Work | 2 |
OSP 603 | Advanced Administrative and Community Social Work | 2 |
OSP 604 | Advanced Social Welfare Policy | 2 |
OSP 605 | Advanced Social Work Research | 2 |
OSP 606 | Post-Graduate Field Practicum (600 hours) | 2 |
OSP 607 | Dissertation | 2 |
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Description | Local (TZS) | EAC/SADC (USD) | Non-SADC/EAC (USD) |
Registration fee | 50,000 | 100 | 100 |
ID processing | 20,000 | 20 | 20 |
Student organization fee | 40,000 | 40 | 40 |
Quality assurance fee | 40,000 | 40 | 40 |
Plagiarism fee | 20,000 | 20 | 20 |
Examination fee (Six courses, 12 papers MTTand AE) | 240,000 | 480 | 720 |
Tuition fee (18 units) | 3,240,000 | 2700 | 4500 |
Total | 3,650,000 | 3400 | 5440 |
SN | NAME | PROGRAM | MOBILE NO | |
1. | Sipha Y Shaaban | MSW, PGDSW | 0784239573 | sipha.yusuf@out.ac.tz |
The purpose of the programme is to produce social workers who are well knowledgeable, organized and professional as well as practical. They should be able to provide social work services that are necessary competent to the vulnerable sectors of the society such as children, youth, the old and most vulnerable population effectively in the community and various social settings.
Assessment will be 50% for the course work (20% assignments and online participation, 30% term paper) and 50% semester exam. At the end of the programme, a three-hour examination is administered to students as a final assessment; this carries 50% of the total marks. The dissertation research and fieldwork practicum will be evaluated over 100% each. Dissertation research activities will involve preparing a research proposal, presenting it, collecting both primary field data and secondary data, processing and analyzing data and writing report for submission with intent on dissemination for advancing evidence-based social work practice.