MSW学位是建立在先进的通才哲学和框架之上的，该体系使毕业生可以在各种环境中以社会工作者的身份进行实践。这意味着学生不仅可以使用特定类型的研究生社会工作计划，例如医学社会工作或儿童和家庭社会工作，还可以利用自己的学位在许多不同领域工作。因此，该计划向学生灌输在教育，卫生，就业，住房和刑事司法等机构中促进社会福利（特别是在弱势人群中）所必需的先进的通才实践知识和技能。该系对高级通才社会工作教育的概念化强调直接实践技能。犹他州立大学的社会工作计划硕士课程有全日制和非全日制两种。两年制全日制课程可供在洛根（Lo
The MSW degree is built on the advanced generalist philosophy and framework, which allows graduates to practice as social workers in a wide variety of environments.<br>This means that rather than being limited to a specific type of graduate social work program, such as medical social work or child and family social work, students are able to use their degree to work in many different areas. Accordingly, the program instills in students the advanced generalist practice knowledge and skills essential to promoting social welfare, especially among vulnerable populations, in institutions such as education, health, employment, housing, and criminal justice. The department's conceptualization of advanced generalist social work education emphasizes direct practice skills.The advanced generalist model was adopted at USU for several reasons:It fits well with Utah State University's land-grant heritage and mission that mandates providing educational access to diverse statewide communities<br>Many of Utah's communities are rural, where the need for MSW-level social workers is particularly acute, but access to MSW programs is severely limited<br>Studies have supported the efficacy of the generalist and advanced generalist curriculum not only for rural practice, but for practice in other settings as well.