Extended Degree Application Deadline May 15th

MSW Degree Requirements

To complete the MSW degree, students must meet both the requirements of the University of Washington Graduate School and the School of Social Work. Graduate School requirements include a minimum grade of 2.7 in all courses counted for the MSW degree; a minimum of 36 credits, 18 of which must be graded; and a 3.0 grade-point average at the University of Washington. MSW program requirements include completion of the required professional foundation and advanced curriculum credits and demonstrated competence in both academic and field practicum work.

Human Biology Requirements

All students are required to pass a course with content in human biology before beginning the advanced or concentration year (including practicum). Human biology content may be taken up to 10 years before or during the MSW program. Human biology credits may not be applied to the MSW degree. If admitted to the MSW program, those applicants who do not have a human biology course in their academic background will be required either to:
 
1. Provide proof of having completed an adequate amount of human biology content within some other academic course not identified in the initial transcript review or
2. Complete an approved human biology course before beginning the advanced year (including practicum). Currently, Biology 100, 101, 118, and 161, Nutrition 300, or Genomics 261 at the University of Washington provide appropriate content for the requirement. Courses in nutrition, psychobiology of women, and genetics and biology of aging also fulfill the human biology requirement.

Basic Statistics Requirement

All students must meet the statistics requirement before enrolling in Soc W 505, Social Welfare Research, which is taken in the second quarter of the foundation year for Day students and fall term of the second year for Extended Degree Program students. Any passing grade in an introductory course in statistics (from any discipline) will satisfy the statistics prerequisite. Students who have not met their statistics requirement may not enroll in Soc W 505, which may significantly delay their progress through the program.

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Thursday, May 29th
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Room 306AB
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