Why the catalog year matters
Your catalog year is the year you started at SDSU, and it decides which rules apply to your degree, not the current semester's course list. A class that is offered this term may not count toward your requirements, and one that counts for a newer catalog year may not be on an older list at all. Always check the requirements for your own catalog year, not the newest one.
Admission to the Degree Curriculum
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Advanced Human Behavior
Advanced Research Methods
Advanced Social Policy
Advanced Study
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Advancement to Candidacy
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Direct Practice
General Admission Requirements
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Generalist/Foundation Bridge Courses
- SWORK 601 - Seminar in Social Welfare policy and Services
- SWORK 610 - Computer Application in Practice for Social Work and Gerontology
- SWORK 619 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment
- SWORK 620A - Seminar in Human Behavior and Social Environment: Direct Practice
- SWORK 630 - Social Work Practice: A Generalist Perspective
- SWORK 631 - Social Work Practice: Individuals, Families, and Groups
- SWORK 632 - Social Work and Gerontology: Organizations and Communities
- SWORK 650 - Field Practicum
- SWORK 690 - Seminar in Research Methods for Social Work and Gerontology
In Addition
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Methods Focus Areas
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Program of Study
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Social Work Electives
- SWORK 580 - Social Work in Healthcare Settings
- SWORK 590 - Seminar in Loss and Grief Theories and Practice
- SWORK 596 - Homelessness: Social Work Solutions
- SWORK 720 - Seminar: Perspective on Assessment DSM
- SWORK 745 - Seminar in Advanced Administrative Models
- SWORK 758 - Seminar: Community Organizing and Problem Solving
- SWORK 780 - Seminar in Social Work and Selected Populations-at-Risk
- SWORK 781 - Seminar: Persistent Mentally Illness
- SWORK 798 - Special Study
- SWORK 799A - Thesis
Social Work Methods Focus Areas
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Specific Requirements
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Standard 60 Unit Master of Social Work Admission Requirements
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Standard 60 Unit Master of Social Work Program
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Student Handbook
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This checklist reflects San Diego State's published catalog for 2026-27 and may not capture every substitution, waiver, or advisor-approved exception. Confirm anything that affects graduation with your own advisor or degree audit.