The MSW Program offers graduate professional education in advanced generalist social work practice from a transcultural multi-systems perspective. It prepares graduates for advanced practice and leadership in areas of interest such as: health and aging, children, youth, and families, and mental health. The curriculum emphasizes the application of skills in those areas of practice where the need for social workers in the next decade will be the greatest in the State of California. The graduate program, offered by SJSU's School of Social Work has been fully accredited by the National Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Social Work Education since 1973.