Social Work Online Masters program at Humboldt State University

Students who are participating in our Distributed Learning (on-line) programs for MSW degrees complete the same requirements for field education as on-campus students. This includes the same coursework, total number of field hours, structure of internship within the academic year and expectations for supervision. Our program emphasis is generalist practice with rural and Indigenous communities. This emphasis is reflected in both the curriculum content and in competencies that guide internship activity development, student learning agreements and all field evaluations.

The DL BASW and MSW programs were developed with the goal to better serve the communities of far northern California and we have developed strong field placement partnerships in Del Norte, Lake, Mendocino, Shasta and Trinity counties, in addition to Humboldt county where we are located.

For DL MSW students placement planning occurs during the two semesters prior to beginning placement, including individual placement planning meetings with the Director of Field Education which may occur via web or phone, as well as in person during campus orientations and intensives. DL MSW Students should plan for an average of 16 hours per week of field activities during the semesters they are enrolled in field seminar.