Social Work Major, BS in Social Work – Five-Year BSSW/MSSW Program

The College of Social Work offers Social Work Honors Program students an opportunity to earn both a BSSW and an MSSW in five years. All students in the Social Work Honors Program can apply for conditional admission to the BSSW/MSSW Five-Year Program during or immediately following their third year of undergraduate study at UT.

To be considered for conditional admission to the BSSW/MSSW Five-Year Program students must:

• Be a declared social work major and accepted into the Social Work Honors Program
• Have a minimum overall GPA of 3.5
• Have completed 60 hours of coursework which includes the following required social work courses: SOWK 200  or SOWK 207 , SOWK 250 *, SOWK 312 , SOWK 313 , SOWK 315 , SOWK 317 *, SOWK 318 , and SOWK 380 .
• Complete a personal interview with the BSSW Program Director or his/her designee

Students will be informed about the outcome of their application for conditional admission prior to the beginning of their fourth or final year of undergraduate study. Conditional admission into the BSSW/MSSW Five-Year Program does not guarantee acceptance into either the Graduate School or the MSSW Program. Students who have been admitted conditionally to the BSSW/MSSW Five-Year Program must apply for admission to the Graduate School and the MSSW Program during their fourth or final year of undergraduate study following the standard application procedure for graduate students. Students will be fully admitted to the BSSW/MSSW Five-Year Program only after they have been accepted by both the Graduate School and by the MSSW Program. Upon graduation from the BSSW Program, if a candidate has maintained a minimum GPA of 3.5 and has met all the requirements of the BSSW degree, an official letter from the BSSW Program Director will be sent to the MSSW Admissions Committee requesting that the student be fully admitted into the MSSW program. Once fully admitted to the MSSW Program, BSSW/MSSW Five-Year Program students are required to complete the summer semester and concentration year (Fall and Spring semesters) of the MSSW program. Social Work Honors students who enroll in a 500-level course for Undergraduate credit and applied to the BSSW degree, may not apply the course credit towards the MSSW degree. The requirements for the MSSW degree may be found in the Graduate Catalog in the College of Social Work section. Students are ineligible for graduate assistantships until they satisfy all requirements for the BSSW degree. A student may enroll in the Social Work Honors program without participating in the Five-Year BSSW/MSSW Program.

* Meets University General Education Requirement .