Master of Social Work

California State University, Fullerton

Program Schedule

The program is cohort based and features a set curriculum. You will take each course, allowing you to earn your degree in just three years.

Term Course Dates Course Course Title Units
Year 1 Fall MSW 501 Social Work Perspectives on Human Behavior I 3
MSW 520 Social Welfare Policy and Services I 3
MSW 550 Social Work Practice with Diverse Populations 3
Spring MSW 502 Social Work Perspectives on Human Behavior II 3
MSW 510 Social Work Practice 1 3
MSW 521 Social Welfare Policy and Services II 3
Summer *MSW 573 Trauma Focused Social Work Practice 3
*MSW 571 Social Work Perspective on Developmental Psychopathology
and Family Context
3
Year 2
 
Fall MSW 503 Social Work Perspectives on Human Behavior III 3
MSW 511 Social Work Practice II 3
MSW 540 Social Work Field Instruction I 3
Spring MSW 512 Child Welfare: Advanced Practice I 3
- OR -
MSW 514 Community Mental Health: Advanced Practice I (For Community Mental
Health Concentration)
3
 
MSW 522 Child Welfare Policy and Social Work (For Child Welfare Concentration) 3
- OR -
MSW 523 Mental Health Policy and Social Work (For Community Mental
Health Concentration)
3
 
MSW 541 Social Work Field Instruction II 3
Summer MSW 530 Applied Social Work Research Methods I 3
Year 3 Fall MSW 542 Advanced Social Work Field Instruction I 3
MSW 564 Professional Issues in Social Work: Supervision, Grants, and Finance 3
MSW 596 Master's Project Development 3
Spring MSW 543 Advanced Social Work Field Instruction II 3
*MSW TBA Elective 3
MSW 597 Master's Project 3
TOTAL UNITS 60

Optional Elective Choices:
MSW 570: Social Work Practice in Substance Abuse Treatment
MSW 572: Spirituality, Religion and Social Work

*Students must take one or both required electives in the summer of year one and/or one elective in Spring of year three.