What are the basic requirements for admission to the MSW programs?
• Applicants must have completed a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from an accredited college or university prior to enrollment in the program unless they have been admitted through our Sub-matriculation program; or (2) a bachelor’s degree in social work from an accredited undergraduate social work program. • Typical areas of study are social work, social welfare, behavioral sciences, (e.g., psychology, sociology, family studies, criminal justice, anthropology, political science, early childhood, urban studies, etc.). • Human service related experience acquired through paid or volunteer activity is desirable.
• A bachelors degree with a liberal arts perspective from an accredited college or university; or a bachelors degree in social work from an accredited undergraduate social work program; It is expected that a liberal arts perspective includes courses reflecting that applicants have backgrounds in several of the following areas: society, history and tradition, arts and letters, economics, formal reasoning and analysis, the living world, the physical world, and social studies. Applicants who do not have a background in liberal arts or social work many be required to take liberal arts courses prior to matriculation. • An undergraduate record demonstrating academic achievement; and • Personal qualifications such as maturity, critical thinking, good judgment, oral and written communication skills, integrity, a respect for difference, capacity for self-awareness and commitment to social work values.
