2024-2025 Samford University Graduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 06, 2024  
2024-2025 Samford University Graduate Catalog

Fast-Track Master of Social Work (B.A. or B.S./M.S.W.)


Undergraduate Program: 128 min credits


Years 1-3


Complete the required undergraduate courses:

  • General Education: University Core Curriculum
  • General Education: Distribution Requirements
  • Major Courses
  • Required Minor or Cognate (if applicable)
  • Concentration (if applicable)
  • General Electives**

For one of the following majors:

  • Christian and Religious Studies
  • Culinary and Wellness Nutrition Management
  • Global Studies
  • Health Sciences
  • Human Development and Family Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Year 3, Spring


  • Request approval from chair/director of undergraduate major program and from M.S.W. director to participate in Fast-Track program during Year 4.

Social Work: Foundation Sequence: 30 Credits


Total Required Credits: 60


*All Field Placement courses include a Field Seminar, which meets 1 hour/week.
**General Elective credits vary depending on the major. The 30 credits of foundational social work courses can apply towards and help fulfill the General Electives requirement of the student’s undergraduate degree. However, substitution of M.S.W. courses for required undergraduate courses must be pre-approved by the student’s advisor/department.