BSW Admissions
We are so glad your interest in social work has brought you to this page. Take a look at the social work trajectory and admissions criteria we have for social work majors.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us for more information or to schedule a time to meet.
Heidi Holzer, Academic Advisor at Heidi.Holzer@umontana.edu.
Laura Guay, BSW Program Director at Laura.Guay@umontana.edu.
Pre-Admission
Students may declare a social work major at any time in their college career, but must do so before entering the 300-level core social work courses. As a major you begin your work experience by taking the following courses.
- Social Work 100 Introduction to Social Welfare
- Social Work 200 Introduction to Social Work Practice
Students must also take four of the following extra departmental courses prior to applying for admission to the department. Once admitted, students must complete all seven courses.
- BIOB 101N Discovering Biology or PSYX 250N Fundamentals of Biological Psychology
- ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics or ECON 202 Principles of Macroeconomics or SW 491 Economics of Poverty, Inequality and Solidarity
- PSCI 210S Introduction to American Government
- PSYX 100S Introduction to Psychology
- PSYX 330 Developmental Psychology
- PSYX 233 Fundamentals of Psychology of Aging
- SOCI 101S Principles of Sociology
Admission
Students can only take upper division social work courses and practice courses once they have been formally admitted to the social work program.
Admission Criteria
In order to be considered for admission students must have:
- completed 4 of the 7 extra-departmental classes
- completed SW100 and SW 200
- an overall GPA of 2.75 and GPA of 3.00 in SW 100 and SW 200
- submitted an electronic application to the School of Social Work
Ready to Apply?
Students who have met the pre admission criteria, are encouraged to submit an application to the School of Social Work.