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School of Social Work
College of Health and Human Sciences

Social Work Graduate Certificates

Advance your career and learn new skills.

Flexible Graduate Certificates for Any Career

Advance your career

  • Stand out as a practitioner or professional –  Do the work you love most by standing out with an additional credential.
  • Develop specialized expertise –Learn and develop new skills to become an expert in your field.
  • Work towards a graduate degree – Go course-by-course, or apply your certificate credits towards a graduate degree.

Why a graduate certificate from CSU Social Work?

  • Practicing instructors – Our instructors are experts themselves, teaching you the skills they use every day.
  • Flexible course delivery – Study on your own time with asynchronous courses designed to fit into your life.
  • Outstanding support – You’ll have direct support from not only your instructors, but Evan Lowe, a dedicated academic adviser for certificate students.
  • No GRE, easy application process.

Graduate Certificates

Graduate certificates are available to any interested student through CSU Online. Learn from the same faculty and instructors that teach our on-campus programs, with flexible course delivery to fit into your life.

Advanced Clinical Behavioral Health

Prepare to serve mental health and substance use patients.

Conflict Resolution and Mediation

Become a mediator, or sharpen your everyday practice skills.

Nonprofit Administration

Foster organizational success and impact.

PreK-12 School Social Work

Work with youth and families in school contexts.

Social Aspects of Human-Animal Interaction

Use animal-assisted therapy for healing.

Contact us with questions

Depending on where you are in your journey to earning a graduate certificate from the School of Social Work, you have two contacts to help guide you along the way.

Evan Lowe, CLOE Coordinator

Current students: Evan Lowe is your academic adviser for social work graduate certificates. Contact Evan if you have questions about:

  • Course curriculum
  • Forms for applications and certifying completion
  • Navigating your status as a school social worker
  • Canvas
  • Other social work-specific questions

Get to know Evan and his role through a SOURCE Q&A.

Kyle Yates, Prospective Student Coach

Prospective Students: Kyle Yates is your contact if you have questions about:

  • Which certificate is right for you
  • How online courses work
  • Other general questions

 

Center for Lifelong Learning, Outreach, and Education

School of Social Work graduate certificates are organized by the Center for Lifelong Learning, Outreach, and Education, and delivered by CSU Online.

As the School of Social Work’s outreach arm, CLOE also administers other professional development, networking, and alumni activities.

Learn about CLOE
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