Course Credit and Transfer @ School of Social Work | University of Missouri

Graduate course work from another institution may be allowed as transfer credit toward he MSW degree if the course work meets specified criteria:

1. The transferred course will be less than eight (8) years at the time the MSW degree is granted.
2. If the course is to substitute for a Foundation course, it must have equivalent content. This is determined by your advisor and/or the MSW Program Director.
3. If the course is to be used as an elective, it must be related to the student’s chosen concentration.
4. No course transfers are permitted for required second year concentration courses.
5. A maximum of twelve (12) hours of transfer credit will be considered for the sixty (60) hour program, nine (9) credit hours for the Lincoln Articulation program, and a maximum of six (6) hours of transfer credit will be considered for the thirty-nine (39) hour advanced standing program.
6. To submit materials for review, please first read the definitions and course descriptions for free, policy & diversity electives (page 7 of this handbook). Decide which, if any, of your prior graduate courses you believe may qualify for transfer. Locate or obtain a copy of the syllabus for the course you took from your former institution(s). Then, on the top of the syllabus write (in red ink) the number of the SW course that you believe is a good fit for transfer credit and submit a syllabus and an Application for Transfer Course Review form for each course you would like reviewed. The MSW Program Director, or your advisor, will review the syllabus and decide if it is acceptable for transfer credit. We encourage you to submit your requests for transfer as early as possible. You may submit syllabi for transfer credit review anytime but please know that the reviews are conducted at the discretion of the Director and your advisor. If you submit your materials prior to orientation, a decision may be ready by the time you begin the MSW program.