Apply to the BSSW Program

BSSW Application Basics

Students who have decided to pursue an undergraduate degree in Social Work should select “Undeclared Social Work” (UNSW) as their major when applying to MSU Denver. After being accepted into the social work program, we will declare your major as Social Work. The UNSW major lets us identify and support students who are planning on pursuing a degree in social work but are still working on prerequisite and general studies requirements.

If you would like to change your major to “Undeclared Social Work” to indicate your plans to complete a degree in social work, 请发电子邮件给社会工作学生服务办公室 [email protected]. 确保在你的电子邮件中包括你的学生证号码!

Students must apply to the Bachelor of Science in Social Work (BSSW) Program in the Spring semester prior to the Fall semester they intend to start the upper division BSSW Program coursework. Students must have their major changed to Social Work through the application process before registering for any upper division required social work courses. 学生只能在秋季学期开始BSSW课程.

Learn more about BSSW项目选择和课程. 在那个页面上，你还可以下载一个建议图表, 审查先决条件要求, 并了解更多关于课程交付的选择.

课程交付和注册选项

当你申请BSSW项目时，你需要表明你的 Course Delivery Method and Enrollment Option on the application. 下面是对这些领域的简要描述, 但如果你不确定最适合的是什么, we recommend meeting with an advisor.

The Course Delivery Method 参考你如何学习课程. There are two options:

• Fully Online – students take all courses online and are guaranteed a spot in online sections of all required courses. 注意:皇冠官网网站的在线课程不是自学的, and many courses will have both synchronous and asynchronous requirements.
• Mixed Traditional – students can take courses on campus, online, and/or in the hybrid format. While we guarantee that there will be a spot for all students in a section of all required courses, we cannot guarantee that you will get a spot in your first choice of section.

无论你是完全在线还是混合传统, chances are you will take one or more online or hybrid courses during your time in the BSSW Program. You can read more about what to expect in online and hybrid courses 在皇冠官网网站的课程交付信息页面.

The Enrollment Option refers to if you are following the full-time or part-time plan for the upper division social work courses:

• Full-Time – you will take 12 to 15 credits of upper division social work courses each semester (4 to 5 courses), and can complete the upper division coursework in two academic years.
• Part-Time – you will take 6 to 9 credits of upper division social work courses each semester (2 to 3 courses), and can complete the upper division coursework in three academic years.

BSSW项目申请流程

The application to apply for a Fall 2024 start is open from February 29, 2024 through April 21, 2024年11:59 PM(山地时间). If you have any questions about the BSSW Program application, please email [email protected]. 迟交的材料可以接受 email us if you need an extension.

All students who wish to apply for the BSSW Program must complete and submit an application. 所有申请材料必须同时提交, 你的申请不能被认为是不完整的. As the applicant, you are responsible for ensuring that all items are complete.

You will not be able to register for Fall 2024 upper division social work courses until your application has been processed and your major changed to social work. Applications are processed and reviewed on a rolling basis as they are received, therefore we highly encourage submitting your application as soon as you are able. Applications submitted by 2024年3月10日，周日，晚上11:59 will be processed and your major changed prior to the start of fall registration at the end of March. Applications received after that date may cause you a delay in registering for upper division social work courses.

申请毋须一次完成. You will create an account when applying that allows you to save and re-open your application.

点击下面的按钮进入在线申请或访问 http://smr.to/p95702.

个人陈述说明

There are four personal statements prompts you’ll need to respond to in the application. 每个答案最多200-250字. The purpose of personal statements is to assess your dedication and understanding of the social work profession, ethics, and values, 你可以用书面形式清晰有效地沟通.

We recommend drafting your responses in Word and then pasting your responses into the text boxes in the application once they are ready. Sometimes formatting can get a little odd when pasting into the text boxes in the application – if you run into this issue, pasting with Ctrl + Shift + V is one way to paste from Word without formatting, 然后你可以使用文章框里的格式化工具.

Remember to keep your responses brief but thorough (there are word limits), and don’t hesitate to reach out to the Writing Center if you need any assistance along the way. 他们会在你写作过程的每一个阶段支持你, 确保你的文章光彩夺目! 如需预约，请访问写作中心网站.

• Website: www.legal.as-oil.com/writectr
• Phone: 303-556-6070

个人陈述提示如下:

• 除了你想要帮助别人之外, why have you selected social work as a major and profession over another helping profession or field? 请包括任何相关的工作, volunteer, 或者生活经历有助于你选择社会工作.
• 社会工作是一个以价值为基础的职业 Social Justice and the 人的内在尊严和价值 as two of its core values. Illustrate your understanding of social work by sharing how your values and lived experience support the social work values of Social Justice (i.e.、平等、解放、权力/特权、压迫等.) and the 人的内在尊严和价值.
• Describe a recent occasion when you experienced conflict in your life. This can be a conflict with another person or perhaps when you have had a long-cherished or accepted belief challenged. 你认为在这种情况下你处理得很好吗? 你希望自己有什么不同的做法? 你对自己有什么了解?
• 在社会工作项目中, each three-credit course you take requires at least six hours of out-of-class work per week. Social work classes will examine emotionally challenging topics such as suicide assessment, oppression, child abuse, neglect, and grief & loss. 课程内容需要持续的批判性自我反思. Additionally, the BSSW Program requires 400+ hours of agency-based work across the upper division coursework. Please share how will you manage the rigorous demands of the BSSW Program and take care of yourself on this journey.