Possible to take Graduate Courses while completing a Bachelor's Degree?

[Ninjadude]

Transfer credit at the graduate level is typically pretty different than at the bachelor's level. It may be even more so for an MSW, because the programmatic accreditor for social work programs (CSWE) sets a very high standard that the graduate program must adhere to.

Each individual MSW program is likely to have different standards on which (if any) transfer credits they might accept, and the department may have more stringent requirements than the registrar.  So if you are planning on transferring any graduate credit, and are making a decision on which school to attend, I would want to make sure you get a commitment to accept your transfer credits in writing before accepting an admission offer.

One interesting possibility that I have been intrigued about, but have not actually done anything to try, is the graduate courses offered by LawShelf.com, which is run by the same people as Coopersmith.  They have some inexpensive masters level courses, and are approved by NCCRS for graduate credit equivalency.  So if the school you are considering accepts NCCRS credits for transfer, you *might* be able to get a course or two from LawShelf accepted as an elective.  But keep in mind... none of those courses are going to be particularly useful for a clinically focused degree, and in an MSW program, you are generally only going to have about 9 elective credits, so you might want to save those for a clinical focus.

Gotcha, sounds like it's a lost cause and that there's no real way to get relevant alternate credots for MSW.

Thanks.