Transfer students, including 2+2 students, who wish to enter the social work major must contact WVU’s Office of Admissions and the BSW Program Director no later than the semester before you intend to matriculate to WVU.
For entry to the BSW program, students must meet all requirements that apply to major status. Students who plan to matriculate to WVU in the fall semester at the professional social work major level should contact WVU’s Office of Admissions the prior December and complete the petition to the BSW program for admission at the professional social work major level in January.
Transferring Social Work Courses
The lower-division social work courses taught on 2+2 campuses have received approval via the formal agreement with the program.
Upper-division social work courses taken at other institutions do not automatically transfer to WVU and meet the program’s requirements. To gain approval for these courses students must have earned a B or better in the course(s) and must submit course syllabi and other appropriate course materials to the BSW Program Director. Courses that are not approved count as electives.
Social work courses transferred from other institutions that may count as transferred credit are reviewed by the BSW Program Director to determine equivalence to courses taught in the WVU BSW Program (Academic Catalog). The student is responsible for providing the BSW Program Director will all relevant information on which to base a decision. Any credits awarded for upper division social work coursework completed at another institution must have been taken in a social work program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
When a decision is made, the student and the Office of Admissions and Records are informed and WVU’s official transcript is adjusted to reflect the proper social work course number for which transfer credit has been granted, or leaves the course as an open-credit social work course if credit for a WVU social work course has not been granted. Open-credit social work courses count toward fulfilling the requirement for free electives. The program is committed to avoiding redundancy in the social work foundation areas while protecting the integrity of the WVU BSW curriculum.
Field Experience courses may not be transferred to WVU from an unaccredited social work program.
Transferring Other Courses
Based on information provided by other institutions, the Transfer Section of Undergraduate Admissions makes course equivalence decisions on all coursework without a social work prefix that is transferred into the WVU system.