Admission Criteria

Current UTA graduate students in good academic standing may complete the Military, Veteran, and Family Care Graduate Certificate. Non-degree seeking students must meet minimum admission criteria for graduate admission, which include: a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution, 3.0 GPA in the last 60 hours of study, and appropriate TOEFL or IELTS scores if not a native speaker of English.

Program Curriculum

Semester Credit Hour Requirements by Category

Category	Semester Credit Hours
General Education Core Curriculum (Bachelor’s degree program only)	NA
Required Courses	3
Prescribed Electives	9
Electives	NA
Other (Specify, e.g., internships, clinical work)	NA
TOTAL	12

Required/Core Courses

Prefix and Number	Required/Core Course Title	Semester Credit Hours
SOCW 5355	Military Social Work (name subject to change)	3

Prescribed Elective Courses

Prefix and Number	Prescribed Elective Course Title	Semester Credit Hours
SOCW 5361	Military Trauma	3
SOCW 5316	Stress, Crisis and Coping	3
SOCW 5359	The Military Family	3

Completion Requirements (for catalog)

Twelve credit hours are required in the Certificate (four courses). All students must have a cumulative GPA in the required courses of at least 3.0 with no grade lower than a C to obtain the certificate. We will post this to the students’ transcripts upon completion. The time limit for completion of the Certificate Program is six years.

More Information

For more information on the certificate, visit the School of Social Work website. For additional offerings in the School of Social Work, view the academic programs.

Diane Mitschke* - Associate Dean
Arthur Go - Director of Academic Resource Planning
Kiva Harper - Associate Professor of Practice
Donald Schuman - Assistant Professor of Practice
Donna Schuman - Assistant Professor
Joyce White - Director of Graduate Programs
Antwan Williams - Admission/Marketing Director

PROGRAM ROLES

Molly Albart - Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs
Candice E. Beckman - Senior Business Process Consultant
Ann Cavallo - Assistant Vice Provost, Director of CRTLE
Andrew Clark - Associate Director of CRTLE
Lee Coburn - Senior Director of Creative Services
Susan Elliott - Assistant Vice President for Academic Resource Planning
Victoria Burnett - Senior Communications Specialist
Rebecca J. Lewis - Assistant Vice Provost
Rick McCreary - Executive Director, Center for Distance Education
Scot D. Mertz - Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management
Liz Richter - Senior Director, Division of Student Success
Denelle Rodriguez - Director, Systems
Sarah Sarraj - Manager, Global Education Outreach
Amber M. K. Smallwood - Assistant Vice Provost
Brittany L. Usman - Instructional Designer

*Project Lead