About BA In Social Work in San Francisco State University
Program Learning Outcomes
- Education: Learn from and apply the rigorous SFSU social work education that achieves the nine Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) curricular competencies at the baccalaureate (BASW) level. Utilize education and research to inform and effectively engage in practice at micro (individuals, families, and groups), mezzo (organizations, institutions, and communities) and macro (societies and international arenas) levels.
- Application: Use knowledge and skills to affect all practice areas (direct and indirect). Know and understand multiple forms of power, and their forms, uses, and implications. Be skilled at giving, engaging and sharing power and instilling shared, delegated, and/or “other person” responsibilities in decision making and problem-solving.
- Diverse Learners: Expect, accept, and appreciate human differences in all areas, including diversity of ethnicities, cultures, values, backgrounds, learning styles, problem-solving approaches, and more. Promote diversity to enrich environments, thought processes, experiences, and more.
- Collaboration and Participation: Respect, value, and honor one another’s personal and professional experiences, knowledge, skills, and values. Seek, receive, and utilize inputs from diverse persons, groups, and communities and make diversity- sensitive and appropriate decisions. Engage and utilize the voices of many through participatory means.
- Ethical Foundations and Leadership: Engage in professional practices that are ethically sound and appropriate, consistent with the National Association of Social Workers’ (NASW) Code of Ethics. Create ideas and action plans from research and interdisciplinary knowledge; instill visions among team members; and enact innovative actions having substantial impact on individuals, groups, organizations, communities, and societies.
- Progressive Development: Expand and enhance cognitive and affective abilities through continuous development of knowledge, values, skills, and practices. Utilize research to develop best practices to improve human conditions and generate research agendas through practice experiences.
- Advocacy and Activism for Progressive Change: Know multiple forms and purposes of advocacy, and engage in change plans and efforts to achieve progressive change at micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Utilize evidence to set agendas, establish goals, create action plans, and move forward with efforts to enhance human conditions, including political, economic, legal, social, cultural, and physical environments.
- Equity and Social Justice: Identify, understand, and evaluate multiple forms of justice (e.g., social, economic, environmental, political, and legal justice) and rights (human and civil). Promote and achieve fairness, equality, and human/civil rights.
- Professional Versatility: Be equipped to work in a variety of settings, in a range of fields and forms of practice, and with diverse persons from multiple backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, nationalities, ages, genders, experiences, abilities, orientations, classes, religions, and more. Be effective in systems processes through engagement, assessment, intervention, evaluation, and self-awareness.
- Cultural Humility: Appreciate the fact that cultures and values evolve and change, and that one never “arrives” with respect to knowledge, skills, and practices related to diversity. Identify and analyze the intersectionality of forces that impinge on lives.
Academic qualification equivalents
- Applicants must be qualified to enter a university in their home country and have a good scholastic record from an accredited/recognized school.
English language requirements
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Paper-based Test (PBT): 500
Computer-based Test (CBT): 173
Internet-based Test (IBT): 61
- IELTS (International English Testing System)
Minimum Overall Score 6.0
- Pearson Test of English (PTE)
Score of at least 50.
San Francisco State University Highlights
University Type |
Public |
Establishment Year |
1960 |
Campus Setting |
Urban |
Location |
San Francisco |
Total enrolment (full-time) |
29,032 |
Student-Faculty ratio |
22:1 |
Retention Rate |
80% |
Graduation Rate |
57% |
Financial Aid |
Scholarships, loans |
Campus Accommodation |
Available |
San Francisco State University Cost of Attendance
- Tuition, books and supplies, accommodation and board, transportation, and incidental fees are all included in the cost of studying in the United States.
- The cost of attendance for a full-time undergraduate student living on campus is listed below:
The university has a set tuition charge, as well as other costs, and the undergraduate full-time tuition fee and cost of attendance are as follows:
Description |
On-campus expense |
Off-campus expense |
Tuition fee |
7,440 USD |
7,440 USD |
Books and supplies |
1,038 USD |
1,038 USD |
Food and housing |
15,950 USD |
17,922 USD |
Personal expenses |
2,058 USD |
2,770 USD |
Transportation |
1,094 USD |
1,482 USD |
Total |
27,580 USD |
30,652 USD |
The graduate students cost of attendance will be:-
Type |
Fee |
Credential |
2,566 USD to 3,964 USD |
Master’s degree, second baccalaureate |
2,716 USD to 4,222 USD |
Doctorate |
6,553 USD |
Non-resident tuition fee |
396 USD per unit |
MBA, MSA, MSBA |
0 to 6.0 units- 700 USD 6.1 or more- 1,200 USD Professional program fee- 270 USD |
Masters of public administration |
0 to 6.0 units- 430 USD 6.1 or more- 850 USD per semester |