Department of Graduate Social Work

MSW Program Mission

The WSU Master of Social Work Program (located within a regional public university that is committed to community engagement and service) has a diverse, distinctive, and caring faculty who collaborate with eminent community partners to prepare trauma-informed clinical social workers with a distinctive synthesis of knowledge, skills, practice wisdom, and immersive experiences to:  

• promote client empowerment and social justice through applying an honoring, strengths-based orientation to increasingly diverse, disparate, and ever-evolving individuals and communities
• integrate with, expand, and enhance existing communities of practice
• develop, utilize, and assess innovative and research-informed practices 

Program Goals

1. Produce trauma-informed clinical social workers who are effective, self-reflective, and ethical.
2. Be an agent of social justice and social change, particularly with diverse and vulnerable populations.
3. Offer an integrated curriculum that incorporates our practice communities’ expertise, with a curriculum that models the interrelationship between knowledge, research, and practice wisdom.
4. Provide a center of social work innovation and excellence that promotes evidence-informed practice, practice-informed research, and life-long learning.
5. Maintain a faculty of distinction who are diverse in demographics, teaching and practice experiences, research interests, and theoretical perspectives.
6. Promote a nurturing academic environment where strengths are honored to support the learning and professional growth of students.

View the MSW Program Outcomes Assessment (PDF). 

Accreditation

The WSU MSW Program has been awarded full accreditation from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) through 2030. 

Department of Education Disclosures

The following information complies with Regulation 34 CFR 668.43 (a) (5) (v) through the U.S. Department of Education:

• WSU’s Social Work program curriculum meets state educational requirements in the states/jurisdictions of: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming, and District of Columbia.
• WSU’s Social Work program curriculum hasn’t been determined to meet state educational requirements in the states/jurisdictions of: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin.

These disclosures were last updated on July 1, 2021.

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