Master of Social Work in Advanced Standing - Healthcare

This emphasis prepares students for culturally responsive social work healthcare practice within an interdisciplinary team, leadership and advocacy skills in health and wellness administration, program development and evaluation, and an understanding of the impact of health disparities and healthcare policy on client well-being.

The Northern Arizona University Master of Social Work (MSW) Program is committed to a social work practice model with diverse individuals and rural client well-being. The Program incorporates theoretical perspectives or approaches that make-up a strengths-based framework which is used to elaborate on the Program's mission and to develop the Program's goals. Developing a strengths-based framework must include knowledge of culturally competent practice. Embracing the need to give voice to marginalized communities, NAU's MSW curriculum addresses ways for students to learn and practice ways of working with diverse groups of clients that best enable members of those communities to achieve their goals.