MSW Regular Online Program Degree Plan: Full-Time

Students are eligible to apply for admission into the Regular Standing MSW program when the following conditions are met:

1. Applicants must have earned a bachelor's degree from a college or university accredited by a regional agency recognized by the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation.
2. Applicants must have earned an overall GPA of at least 3.00 on a 4.00 scale for all undergraduate course work taken.
   • The GPA for upper-division course work (last 60 hours) in undergraduate classes may be used if higher than the overall GPA and if this GPA is calculated by the Graduate College or a referring college office.
3. Applicants must also have taken at least 3 credits in research design and/or statistics with a grade of “C” or better, preferably in the social sciences, as evidenced in the departmental application and student transcript.
4. Prerequisites: Applicants must show evidence of a bachelor’s degree that encompasses a liberal arts perspective with at least 9 credits of social science, child, family or aging studies preferred.
   • A liberal arts perspective is considered a program of study that involves classes from the following areas: economics, history or geography; natural, applied or life science; humanities, philosophy or literature; writing or other communication studies; mathematics or statistics; and social or human sciences.