Approved Prerequisite Courses

Eligibility

• Applicants must have completed course work in Human Biology, Statistics, & Computer Literacy.
• Statistics must be completed within the last five years.
  
• There is not a required time frame for when Human Biology and Computer Literacy are completed.
  
• Applicants must possess computer literacy in Microsoft Office software (i.e., Excel, PowerPoint, and Word). Applicants may submit a recent letter from a supervisor or instructor attesting to these skills or complete a course on basic computer applications.
  
• Please note that applicants may apply and complete the prerequisite courses while their application is being evaluated however, all prerequisites must be completed and official transcripts submitted the month the Program begins.
  
• Please see approved courses below. If an applicant has completed a course that is not listed and they believe the course meets the requirement, please send a copy of the course description, title, and college where completed to the MSW Admissions Coordinator at msw@csumb.edu.
  

Approved Prerequisite Courses

CSU Monterey Bay:

Human Biology

• PSY 110: Human Biology & Behavior (3 units): Human Biology & Behavior

• PSY 310: Biological Psychology (3 units): Biological Psychology

• KIN 370: Anatomy & Physiology I (3 units) & 371: Anatomy and Physiology I & II (both courses)

Statistics

• STAT 100: Introduction to Statistics (3 units): Introduction to Statistics

• PSY 200: Introduction to Research Methods and Data Analysis (3 units): Introduction to Research Methods and Data Analysis

• PSY 301: Advanced Psychological Statistics (3 units): Psychology Research Methods and Data Analysis

• CHHS 203: Statistics for Social Science (3 units): Statistics for Social Science
  

• CHHS 385: Research Methods in the Social Sciences (3 units): Applied Statistics/Research Methods
  

• SBS 362: Research Methods: Qualitative Emphasis (3 units): Research Methods for SBS - Qualitative Emphasis
  

• SBS 366: Research Methods for SBS: Quantitative Emphasis (3 units): Research Methods for SBS - Quantitative Emphasis
  

UC Santa Cruz:

Human Biology

• Bio 130/130L: Human Physiology
  

Statistics

• PSYC 2: Introduction to Psychological Statistics

• SOCY 3B: Statistics for Social Sciences
  

• SOCY 204: Methods of Quantitative Analysis
  

• AMS 5: Statistics
  

Monterey Peninsula College:

Human Biology

• ANAT 5: Basic Human Anatomy and Physiology (one course)

• ANAT 1: General Human Anatomy AND PHSO 1: General Human Physiology (both courses)

Statistics

• MATH 16: Elementary Statistics (Pre-requisite: Math 263 or equivalent)

Hartnell College:

Human Biology

• BIO 42: Human Biology

• BIO 5: Human Anatomy AND BIO 6: Introductory Physiology

Statistics

• MAT 13: Elementary Statistics

Gavilan College:

Human Biology

• BIO 7: Human Anatomy AND BIO 9 Human Physiology (both courses)
  
• BIO 15: Allied Health 15 Survey of Human Anatomy & Physiology
• BIO 12: Introduction to Human Biology
  

Statistics

• MATH 5 Introduction to Statistics

Cabrillo College:

Human Biology

• BIO 4 Human Anatomy & BIO 5 Human Physiology (both courses)
  

• BIO 13A Biology of People: Anatomy & Physiology

Statistics

• Math 12: Elementary Statistics
  

Online Courses:

Statistics

• Brigham Young University
• Stat 121: Principles of Statistics
  

• UC Berkeley Extension
• Introduction to Statistics