Overview

Because of the diversity of the various ethnic groups and cultures, the programme will prepare social work students for contextually competent social work practice, inclusive of issues of culture, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, class and gender differences, religion and the effects of bias, prejudice and institutionalized racism.

These issues and concerns often obscure helping efforts if they are not appropriately recognized and dealt with in practice and in social policy development and implementation.

Thus, the programme aims at increasing students’ understanding of the underlying causes resulting from intersecting effects of prejudice, discrimination, and stereotyping and teaches ways of identifying strategies and interventions for addressing these concerns and problems in social work practice.

Programme Goals

The California State University, Dominguez Hills Master of Social Work programme has set several goals in the preparation of professional social workers applying cultural and contextually competent practice. The programme aspires to prepare graduates to:

Engage in autonomous professionally competent practices that are culturally appropriate interventions tailored to enhance the well-being of individuals, families, and the successful functioning of groups, organizations and communities in diverse urban environments.

Be able and willing to promote economic and social justice through the practice of culturally and contextually competent interventions at all levels, including policy practice, advocacy and direct intervention.

Be analytically skilled to identify and understand the destructive patterns of institutionalized poverty, discrimination and oppression using scientifically valid research methodologies and critical analyses to identify, assess and change aspects of competing economic, political and social systems, as well as harmful interactions among and between them.

Engage in community based research on social issues, focusing on those variables affecting individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities in diverse pluralistic urban environments that can be directly applied to the education of students and reflect evidence based culturally and contextually competent social work intervention.

Establish and maintain professional relationships that enable cooperation and collaboration with members of the social service community that mitigate/ameliorate complex social challenges through shared leadership and partnerships.

Be committed to the profession of social work that includes maintaining the highest ethical standards embodied in professional ethics, development of a life-long-learning philosophy based on ongoing evaluations of one’s own practices informed by regular access to and consumption of appropriate scholarly research.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Human Behavior and the Social Environment

Social Welfare Policy

Generalist Social Work Practice

Social Justice in Social Work Practice

Advanced Social Work Practice in Communities

Seminar in Mental Health Issues

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months
Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

36 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Carson, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.7

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Required

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Other requirements

General requirements

The CSUDH MSW Program Admissions Committee welcomes applicants that can demonstrate high academic achievement and potential for professional social work practice.
A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution is required. Applicants who are in the last phase of degree completion are eligible to apply. A liberal arts degree is preferred, but not required.
Prerequisites
To be completed with a “C” or better:
(3) Social and/or Behavioral Science
(2) Humanities
(1) Human Lifespan Development or its equivalent
(1) Elementary Statistics or its equivalent
Personal statement
Financial and time management statements
Work experience details
(3) academic and/or professional references
GRE scores are strongly recommended if student’s GPA is below 3.0.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

8977 USD / year

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Out-of-State

8977 USD / year

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In-State

8548 USD / year

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Additional Details

Nonresident tuition (in addition to basic tuition and other systemwide fees charged all students) for all CSUs: $420 Charge Per Unit - Per Semester

Living costs

Carson

United States

1100 - 1600 USD / month

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