MSW Program Mission
The mission of the Master of Social Work program at California State University, Monterey Bay is to prepare advanced social work practitioners to meet the needs of multicultural, multilingual and diverse populations, with particular attention to the California Central Coast region, and for practice in dynamic and changing contexts.
The key components of the mission are in concert with the university vision and mission statements as well as the CSU mission. Furthermore, the MSW program will help expand the missions of CSUMB and CSU to reach out to the historically underserved student populations.
MSW Program Goals
The uniqueness of the MSW program emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration, inclusive community process, clinical and cultural expertise, ethical leadership, and use of technology to provide culturally and linguistically competent service delivery, program planning and policy development through stated program goals.
The goals of the MSW program are to:
- Prepare social work practitioners with clinical and cultural expertise in providing culturally and linguistically competent behavioral health and social services for the unserved and underserved populations of the California Central Coast region;
- Prepare social work practitioners with critical thinking skills in culturally and linguistically competent behavioral health and social services for the unserved and underserved populations of the California Central Coast region;
- Be engaged in inclusive community process by incorporating community and stakeholders' input for continuous program development;
- Enhance collaboration within the agency setting and across related service delivery systems in behavioral health and social services;
- Integrate scientific inquiry, new pedagogical approaches and educational technology in instruction that advance outcomes-based education, evidence-based practice, and use of information technology;
- Prepare social work practitioners to apply social work values and to use strengths-based and life-span perspectives to meet clients where they are and to empower clients' use of strengths;
- Advocate social and economic justice by addressing the impacts of policy, social and economic oppression, poverty, discrimination, and prejudice on social work client populations and practice; and
- Advance social workers' ethical practice as well as skills in conflict resolution and ethical leadership.
Sponsored By
College of Professional Studies > Department of Health, Human Services & Public Policy
Included Academic Fields
Social work, Collaborative Health and Human Services, human services, social services, human development, psychology, and counseling
Concentrations Offered
Behavioral Health (BH)
Children, Youth and Family (CYF)
Online Components
Four courses are designated as hybrid (on campus and online):
- SW 500: Master Seminar
- SW 570: Social Policy & Analysis
- SW 640: Adv Conflict Resolution
- SW 650: Collaboration/Ethics/Ldrship
Associated Course Codes
SW (Graduate courses are 500 and 600 level)
Associated Certificate Programs
None