In cooperation with New York University’s Silver School of Social Work, Sarah Lawrence College offers a dual degree in Social Work and Child Development.
- Students in this three year program can pursue study leading to a master’s degree in Social Work and a master’s degree in Child Development.
- The dual degree program must be completed on a full-time basis.
- With faculty guidance, students select courses that are appropriate for transfer credit in both schools.
- Students begin this program with their first year of study and fieldwork at Sarah Lawrence. Their second year is at NYU, pursuing their social work courses and clinical fieldwork. The final year consists of social work courses and clinical fieldwork at NYU and Graduate Seminar and Master’s Thesis at Sarah Lawrence.
A separate application must be completed for each school, and students must be admitted to both schools before they are reviewed for the dual-degree program.
Please be sure to adhere to each school's deadline.
The priority deadline to apply to the Child Development program is January 15. If you are still interested in applying after this deadline, please contact Tricia Hanley, Interim Director at phanley@sarahlawrence.edu .
The deadlines to apply to NYU’s Silver School of Social Work are listed below. We highly recommend that students apply by the first deadline: January 6. You can find the application here.