Apply to the MSW Program

Welcome and thank you for your interest in applying to our program!

 

We encourage all applicants to review this site and attend an information session. Please see the list of dates and times at the end of this page.

The deadline for the application for Fall 2025 admission is December 15, 2024. Due to the volume of applications, we are unfortunately unable to accept late applications.

Application Information

 

The Application Instructions for the Department of Social Work contains all instructions about the application process, including the admissions essay prompts.

Any additional questions about admissions should be directed to swadmission@csueastbay.edu. 

You may also be interested in learning more about our stipend programs for students committed to working in public child welfare, integration of primary care and behavioral health, and medication-assisted treatment of substance use disorders.

We are pleased to offer three program options:

  • Traditional Program (Full-time, In-person program on our Hayward campus)
    • This program takes 2 years to complete and is designed for students who are able to come to our Hayward campus on weekdays. Students attend class two weekdays per week in person on campus throughout the academic year.  Classes meet on Mondays and Wednesdays in the first year. Students take three to four courses (12-16 academic units) per semester. This option requires a practicum-internship of 1,080 hours that takes place in-person two weekdays per week in the first year and three weekdays per week in the second year in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

  • Extended Program (Mostly Online)
    • This program takes 3 years to complete and is designed for students who have work/personal obligations during the day and prefer online learning. Students attend weekly synchronous (Zoom) classes on Tuesday and Wednesday evening, plus up to two in person meeting days per month on our Hayward campus for practice skill labs. Students will take two courses (8 academic units) per semester. Students in this program will also complete 1,080 hours of internship; internship will begin in the summer before the second year and is anticipated to require approximately 12-14 hours minimum per week on weekdays. Our program focuses on educating students and serving communities within the nine-county SF Bay region. This new program is made possible by a Social Work Education Capacity Expansion Grant from the California Department of Health Care Access and Information.

  • Advanced Standing Program (Full-Time, either In-Person or Mostly Online)
    • This program takes one calendar year (summer term plus two semesters) to complete and is designed for students who have completed a BSW from a CSWE accredited BSW program. Students begin the program during the summer, with two courses designed to serve as refreshers of the content they learned in their BSW programs. These courses may be offered online. Students then begin the advanced standing sequence of courses, either in-person with our traditional students or online with our extended program students, and complete an advanced year internship (600 hours); the internship will require approximately 24 hours per week. This program is focused on educating students and serving the communities within the greater San Francisco Bay Area. All practicum sites are located in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, so this program is not designed for students out of state or unable to complete a practicum placement in our service area.

 

MSW Application Information Sessions

 

We warmly invite and encourage all applicants to attend one the Zoom information sessions listed below to learn more about our program. Information sessions last for one hour and are a great place to ask any general questions you might have about our program.  Please click here for the zoom link for ALL info sessions.

  • Thursday, October 3, 6 pm
  • Tuesday, October 8,  6 pm 
  • Thursday, October 17, 12 pm 
  • Tuesday, October 22,  6 pm 
  • Thursday, October 31, 6 pm
  • Tuesday, November 5, 12 pm
  • Tuesday, November 12, 6 pm
  • Thursday, November 21, 6 pm
  • Tuesday, December 3, 6 pm 
  • Thursday, December 5, 6 pm

Title IV-E Child Welfare Stipend Application Information Sessions

 
The California Title IV-E Education Program provides professional education and monetary support to graduate social work students who intend to pursue or continue a career in the field of public child welfare. You're welcome to join us for any of the 2 zoom sessions below that will provide information about the Title IV-E Public Child Welfare Stipend Program at CSUEB. Note: these 2 sessions focus on Title IV-E only. For general MSW admission information, please attend the "MSW Application Information Sessions" listed above. 
 
More information about the Title IV-E Program can also be found here.