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Submit them as two separate documents.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resume<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Create a resume in the structure of your choosing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Include in your resume:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dates and information related to your undergraduate and any graduate level education.<\/li><li>Your professional work history. Include social work, public health, and other work, and any unpaid service.<\/li><li>Experiences such as field placements, internships, volunteer work, community engagement, social justice activities, or research.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Narrative Statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The total length of your narrative statement should not exceed four pages, double-spaced. The narrative statement must include the following sections and points (except where noted otherwise).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Service Experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>What have you done to make the world a better place? Please consider any of the following areas in your response to this section:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Community engagement<\/li><li>Professional experience<\/li><li>Human\/social service experience<\/li><li>Volunteer experience<\/li><li>Internships<\/li><li>Public health<\/li><li>Social and environmental justice<\/li><li>Advocacy<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personal Narrative<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Describe an experience experience you have had in working across lines of diversity or in overcoming adversity. How has this experience informed your interest in pursuing a coordinated degree in public health and social work?<\/li><li>What social, public health or societal problem do you care most about and what would you propose the social work and public health fields do to address this problem?<\/li><li>Why and how do you think the coordinated MPH\/MSW degree program best suits your career and professional goals?<\/li><li>Optional &#8211; What else would you like for us to know about you? In this section, other students have talked about speaking a second language, when they first came to the U.S., being a first generation college student, international experiences (e.g. study abroad, travel in other countries), and\/or life experiences that have influenced their choice of social work and\/or public health as a career.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Respond to the points in this section only as applicable to your situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If you are not providing a reference that is from an academic, college-level instructor, please explain.<\/li><li>If your GPA is below 3.0 or you do not feel that your academic record accurately reflects your ability, please explain.<\/li><li>If your GPA is below 3.0 what plans\/safeguards have you\/could you put in place to help you excel and meet the rigorous demands of graduate school?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"secondary\" class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1 content-area\">\n            <nav aria-label=\"Section\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border uwm-u-mb-40\">\n                <div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/academics\/msw-mph\/\">Social Work MSW \/ Public Health MPH<\/a>                <\/div>\n                <ul>\n                                            \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/academics\/msw-mph\/required-references-for-mph-and-msw-application\/\" >Reference Instructions for MSW\/MPH Application<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/academics\/msw-mph\/narrative-and-resume-instructions-for-msw-and-mph-application\/\" >Resume and Narrative Instructions for MSW\/ MPH Application<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/academics\/social-work-msw\/\" >Social Work MSW<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/social-work-field-program\/\" >Social Work Field Program<\/a>                        <\/li>\n                                                \n                        <li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/publichealth\/academics\/community-behavioral-health-promotion-mph\/\" >MPH: Community &amp; 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