Master of Social Work

Admissions

General Requirements

  1. 1. Completed graduate application form, including Character and Fitness

  2. 2. Completed application for M.S.W. program, including autobiographical statement

  3. 3. Official transcripts of all college/university coursework, including graduate study

  4. 4. Bachelor's Degree from a regionally accredited college or university

  5. 5. One of the following:

    1. --- Cumulative grade point average of 2.75 on all undergraduate course work OR
      --- Cumulative grade point average of 3.00 on last 60 hours of undergraduate course work, OR
      --- Cumulative grade point average of 3.00 on earned Master's degree

    1. Candidates not meeting any of the grade point average criteria above who have a cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 2.50-2.74 may apply for admission on a probational status. No more than 10% of the M.S.W. student population are students admitted on a probational status..

  6. 6. Complete all prerequisite requirements, OR have a plan to complete these requirements prior to entering the M.S.W. Program. The prerequisites are:

    1. a. 3 semester hours of introduction to psychology
      b. 3 semester hours of introduction to sociology
      c. 3 semester hours of statistics
      d. 9 semester hours in humanitie