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Overview
Social Work from Youngstown State University (YSU) program prepares you for advanced practice with clients through an approach that emphasizes helping individuals, families and communities recognize and reach their capacities, as well as understand the obstacles they face, to ultimately improve their quality of life.
Focusing on advanced direct practice, you'll develop your core knowledge, skills and values within the field into more effective tools for you to use a professional. Learning largely centers on promoting social justice in the delivery of social services within a diverse society.
Graduates with Social Work from Youngstown State University (YSU) will be able to:
- Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior
- Engage diversity and difference in practice
- Advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice
- Engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice
- Engage in policy practice
- Engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities
- Assess individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities
- Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities
- Evaluate (practice with) individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities
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Visit official programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses included:
- Social Welfare Policy and Program Analysis
- Field Education
- Human Behavior and the Social Environment
- Business Skills for Social Workers
- Trauma Informed Practices in Social Work
- Practice Evaluation
- Social Work and the DSM
- Theory and Practice of Supervision
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Credits
60 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Social Work View 338 other Masters in Social Work in United StatesAcademic requirements
GPA Your GPA, or Grade Point Average, is a number that indicates how well or how high you scored in your courses on average. Usually a GPA scales between 1.0 and 4.0, however different countries and universities can have different grading systems. 3
English requirements
TOEFL® IBT The TOEFL iBT® is given online through the internet at designated testing site. The test measures your English-language abilities in an academic setting. The score refers to the total score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading), each subject has a range of 0 - 30. 79
IELTS The International English Language Test System (IELTS) tests your English-language proficiency on a scale of 1 – 9. The score refers to the combined average score of 4 subjects (writing, listening, speaking, and reading). 6.5
Other requirements
General requirements
- an undergraduate degree, preferably in a social science, from an accredited college or university;
- a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or above (on a 4.0 scale) in all undergraduate coursework;
- work or volunteer experience related to preparation for professional social work practice;
- three letters of recommendation completed on official forms. Recommendations should include one academic source, one professional source, and one additional source from either of the aforementioned;
- a professional statement reflecting how completion of the M.S.W. will impact upon the student’s professional goals and objectives; and if applicable, a description of the applicant's previous social work/human service work experience
- an optional personal interview and/or additional information as requested by the program’s admission committee.
Tuition Fee
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International
18358 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 18358 USD per year and a duration of 24 months. -
National
18358 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 18358 USD per year and a duration of 24 months. -
In-State
12358 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the original amount of 12358 USD per year and a duration of 24 months.
Funding
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