Social Work Education

Updates on UC Berkeley Social Welfare’s MSW Program Renewal

August 20, 2025

UC Berkeley Social Welfare began implementing a renewed Master of Social Welfare (MSW) Curriculum in the 2024-2025 academic year. For students admitted before Fall 2024, prospective students were admitted into one of three specializations.

After collecting feedback from MSW alumni and students and faculty deliberations that spanned several years, the Social Welfare Faculty voted to implement a streamlined and sustainable curricular structure to offer students more flexibility in choice of electives in the second year of the program, better align with Council on...

Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Equity (COEBHE)

COEBHE Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Equity (COEBHE)

Berkeley Social Welfare's Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Equity (COEBHE) is funded by a $3.4 million Health Resources and Services Administration(HRSA) grant over 4 years and is led by Principal Investigator and...