BSW Social Work at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Programme overview

Undergraduates in the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work receive a liberal arts education in the social and behavioral sciences and their application to human problems that prepares them to be informed citizens involved in human services or social welfare problems and policies. Students take courses in a variety of social sciences to enable them to view social welfare in its broad social, economic, and political contexts. The Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree prepares students as beginning-level professional social workers.

Faculty: College of Letters & Science | Department: Social Work | Duration: 120 credits | Study mode: full-time | Location: Madison, WI, United States

What you will study

The degree requires 120 credits in total. Courses listed in the requirements include SOC WORK 205 Introduction to the Field of Social Work; SOC WORK 206 Introduction to Social Policy; SOC WORK 457 Human Behavior and the Environment; SOC WORK 612 Psychopathology in Generalist Social Work Practice; SOC WORK 640 Diversity, Oppression, and Social Justice in Social Work; STAT 301 Introduction to Statistical Methods.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applies to College of Letters & Science, not specific to this major: Application required. Meeting the requirements listed below does not guarantee admission. ( https://socwork.wisc.edu/admissions/bsw-application /) Courses required to get in Students are required to complete SOC WORK 205 and SOC WORK 206 prior to applying to the program. Students must have completed or be enrolled in a course that satisfied the BSW's Statistics requirement to be eligible to apply to the program. Visit the "Statistics and Research" section of the Requirements page for a list of approved courses. GPA requirements to get in Minimum 2.500 University GPA, computed on at least 12 credits in-residence at UW–Madison. Credits required to get in At least: 71 total degree credits completed, and 12 credits completed in-residence at UW–Madison.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

First-year entry terms: Fall (Early Action and Regular Decision) and Spring. Transfer entry terms: Fall (Priority and Regular Decision) and Spring.

First-year Fall Early Action: application deadline November 1, materials deadline November 9, decision on or before January 31. Fall Regular Decision: application deadline January 15, materials deadline January 22, decision on or before March 31. Spring Regular Decision: application deadline October 1, materials deadline October 15, decision on or before December 31. First-year fall and spring applications open August 1. Early Action is non-binding.

Transfer Fall Priority: application deadline February 1, materials deadline February 16, decision on or before March 31. Fall Regular: application deadline March 1, materials deadline March 15, decision on or before April 30. Spring Regular: application deadline October 1, materials deadline October 15, decision on or before December 31. Fall transfer applications open December 1; spring transfer applications open August 1.

Apply via the Common Application or the Universities of Wisconsin Application. The application fee is $80 US and is non-refundable; fee waivers are available for applicants with financial hardship. ACT and SAT scores are optional for students applying for admission through the spring 2028 term (application deadline October 1, 2027).

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