Transfer Student Information

Transfer Students who declare social work as their major are designated in Banner as pre-social work majors, also referred to as being in Lower Division. Transfer Students in Lower Division apply to and matriculate into Upper Division to complete the requirements for the BSW degree. Transfer Students admitted to Upper Division will have their major code changed in Banner to SOWK. Below is the criteria used for admission to Upper Division and an overview of the selection process. One requirement to earn a BSW degree is that the student must complete a 16 hour per week internship during the final two semesters of study (fall/spring).

Transfer Student Requirements

  • Minimum GPA: Declaring the Major (Lower Division): 2.0 GPA; Upper Division Admission: 2.5 GPA
  • Pre-Major/Prerequisite Courses: All incoming students begin as Pre-Social Work (Lower Division) and apply to Upper Division once eligible
  • Transferable Credit Hours: 24

If a student is hoping to transfer in and apply to start our BSW Upper Division program right away in the fall, they must have already completed or will have completed by August at least 60 credits and earned satisfactory grades (C or better) in BIOL 1110, BIOL 1110L, POLS 1575 (or approved alternatives), PSYC 1101, STAT 1222, SOCY 1101, SOWK 1101 or 1511, SOWK 2182 and SOWK 2183.

Undergraduate Admissions Transfer Student Information

Transfer Student Advising

Social Work majors receive academic advising through the College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) advising. Transfer students are encouraged to reach out to CHHS advisors to assist with declaring the social work Lower Division pre-major.

Transferring from another institution?

Transfer Credit Advisor Tool – check how your courses will transfer from any institution

If you are attending or plan to attend another college/university and then transfer to UNC Charlotte, please click to use the Transfer Credit Advisor Tool to check how your courses will transfer. Just input the state of the institution you would be transferring from, select the institution, and then view the transfer course equivalencies. Keep in mind that there may not be transfer course equivalencies for all courses.

  • The Transfer Credit Advisor is an online database of courses that have transferred from other colleges and universities across the country.
  • Please keep in mind that this database is comprised of courses that have transferred previously.
  • If you are transferring from a NC community college, the list of courses is comprehensive. If you are transferring from a college or university outside of NC, this may not be a comprehensive list as new courses are continuously added.

Since we have many transfer students from Central Piedmont Community College, the following courses are available for students transferring from CPCC to UNC Charlotte’s BSW Program. The following three UNC Charlotte social work prerequisite courses are equivalent with these CPCC courses.

  • UNC Charlotte’s SOWK 1511 (The Field of Social Work) is equivalent to CPCC’s HSE 110 (Introduction to Human Services)
  • UNC Charlotte’s SOWK 2182 (Human Behavior in the Social Environment 1) is equivalent to CPCC’s PSY 241 (Developmental Psychology)
  • UNC Charlotte’s SOWK 2183 (Human Behavior in the Social Environment 2) is equivalent to CPCC’s SOC 220 (Social Problems)

Upper Division Transfer Credit

The University Admissions Office initially determines which courses can be transferred from other colleges and universities. A minimum course grade of a “C” at the previous institution is a basic requirement for every transfer course. The BSW Program determines whether transferred courses may exempt students from taking courses required in the Social Work major. Social work courses are waived only when the Program Director determines that a transferred course is equivalent to a required course. All Practicum courses must be taken at UNC Charlotte.

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