Social Work Admissions Policy

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK  ADMISSIONS POLICY

1.         Students must be admitted to the university and have completed 30 hours of liberal arts course work. 

2.         Students participate in an orientation session prior to being admitted to the social work program.  The orientation lasts one week and is offered in August and January.

3.         Students must take SWO 201 Introduction to the Profession of Social Work as the initial social work course.  This course is offered in the fall and spring semesters.  Students are expected to take the course during the second semester of the sophomore year.  Successful completion of the course with a grade of "C" or better is required as part of the admissions requirement to the Social Work Program.  Students are allowed to take SWO 201 after completion of 30 hours.

4.         Students are allowed to take 12 hours prior to admission to the program: SWO 201 Introduction to the Profession of Social Work, SWO 300 Human Diversity, SWO 305 Interviewing Techniques and Skills, and SWO 311 Social Welfare Policies and Services as long as they have a 2.25 GPA.

5.         Students must complete an application for admission to the social work program. Applications can be picked up in the social work department.  The student must submit two letters of reference along with the completed application.  In addition, the student must submit an autobiographical statement as part of the application process.  The student should also schedule an interview with their social work faculty advisor at this time.  This process should be completed while students are enrolled in SWO 201 Introduction to the Profession of Social Work.  Community college transfers or others who have taken SWO 201 prior to attending Delta will begin this process while enrolled in SWO 305 Interviewing Techniques & Skills. State University

6.         Students must demonstrate personal responsibility and show commitment to the social work profession as demonstrated in the personal interview with the faculty advisor.  

7.         Even though transfer credit will be given for social work courses taken at other CSWE accredited social work programs, students must complete the social work methods courses, senior field placement experience, and the Integrative Seminar at Delta in order to receive the BSW degree.  Students transferring credit for social work courses from another social work program must present a letter of reference from the social work faculty, as one of his/her letters of reference.  In addition, if the courses transferred do not meet our requirements for volunteer experience, the student will be expected to complete the number of required hours before being given credit. State University

8.         Anatomy and Physiology will be accepted as a substitute for Survey of Anatomy & Physiology BIO 229 (Human Biology) with a grade of “C” or better.  General Biology courses taken at other colleges or universities will be evaluated on a school-by-school basis for appropriate human biology content.  Students must have earned a grade of “C” or higher for any biology course transferred and used to fulfill the human biology requirement.  If a student has two biology courses to transfer, one will be accepted as BIO 100 or BIO 110 and the other will be an elective.

9.         The social work faculty will meet on the first Monday in December and May, and the Friday prior to fall registration, to review applications for admission to the program.  Students can receive one of three statuses as follows:  1) Admitted    2) Admitted on Probation   3) Not admitted.

10.       Students must have a 2.50 GPA to be fully admitted into the program.  Students who do not have a 2.50 GPA, but have at least a 2.25 GPA can be admitted on probation status.  Probation status can be maintained for one semester only (a semester is counted as fall, spring, or summer term.) Students with less than a 2.25 GPA will not be admitted.

11.       Following admission to the Social Work Program, in order to progress toward the B.S.W. degree, students must maintain at least a 2.50 overall grade point average with no grade below a “C” in professional courses.  Additional requirements for admission to Field Instruction are described in the Department of Social Work Student Handbook and Field Instruction Manual.