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imagesMission Statement:

The mission of the newly developing Master of Social Work (MSW) program at CSUF is to educate committed professionals for direct social work practice with vulnerable children and families, and underserved severely mentally ill individuals and groups in a socially, culturally and economically diverse urban environment, with special sensitivity to the multicultural populations of Orange County and Southern California regions. The Program’s missionalso includes a commitment to develop competent and accountable social workers who will contribute to the generation of practice knowledge and to provide leadership in addressing social problems and inequitable social policies affecting individuals, families and communities.  This mission is consistent with the purposes of the social work profession as defined by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

Program Goals:

  • To prepare social work students to take leadership roles in public social service organizations charged with responding to societal problems such as poverty, family instability, mental illness, and child abuse;
  • To prepare students to enhance the social functioning and interactions of individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities by teaching strategies to involve targeted populations in accomplishing goals, developing resources, and preventing and alleviating distress;
  • To prepare social work students to be change agents and to work effectively in increasingly complex, culturally and racially diverse communities;
  • To prepare social work students to understand the impact of racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of oppression in creating and maintaining barriers to effective participation in American society;
  • To prepare social work students to understand the relationship of the economic, political and social system to the maintenance of poverty and oppression in American society;
  • To prepare students to develop and use research, knowledge, and skills that advance social work practice.

Core Values:

Client self-determination; Respect for clients’ strengths and capacity to change; Commitment to advocacy and social justice; High quality; and Accessibility