Dual Undergraduate/Graduate Degree

This dual degree option allows highly qualified University of Denver students to combine a Bachelor’s degree in any field with an Master of Social Work (MSW) degree, graduating with both degrees in five years. This allows students to earn the MSW one year sooner than would be possible if the two degrees were earned consecutively, thus resulting in substantial savings of both time and money. The student’s undergraduate financial aid may be applied throughout the five-year program, another significant financial advantage.

Students in this dual undergraduate/graduate degree program complete their University of Denver undergraduate requirements, as well as their major and minor requirements, during their first three academic years.  During the fourth year of study, students begin the MSW curriculum. Students should work closely with both their undergraduate and GSSW advisers to ensure that all requirements for both degrees are met. 

Ordinarily, it would require a total of 273 credit hours for a student to earn a Bachelor’s degree (183 credit hours), followed by an MSW degree (90 credit hours). However, students enrolled in this program may count up to 30 credit hours of their MSW graduate level course work toward completion of their undergraduate degree. This reduces the total number of required credit hours for both degrees to 243.

Although University of Denver students will not begin the program until their fourth year of undergraduate study, it is recommended that they obtain detailed information from the GSSW admission office as early as possible to ensure that they complete all necessary undergraduate course requirements.