BASW Advising: Program Standards

The following standards apply to all students in the BASW Program. These standards may be in addition to other academic standards at the University of Washington, Tacoma. In order to maintain satisfactory progress in the Social Welfare program, an admitted BASW student must meet the following four critieria:

• Maintain a 2.5 cumulative GPA in required Social Welfare courses and a 2.0 cumulative UWT GPA.
• A student whose Social Welfare cumulative GPA falls below a 2.5 in any quarter will be placed on academic probation.
• Once on departmental probation, the student must contract with the Social Work Program Director to formulate an action plan for improving his or her GPA and attain at least a 2.75 for each succeeding quarter until the Social Welfare GPA is raised to 2.5. Students who continue on probation will be reviewed by the Director and may be suspended from the program for low scholarship.
• A student is removed from probation at the end of the quarter in which a Social Welfare GPA of 2.5 or better is reached and the UWT cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better is reached, and any conditions for reinstatement and satisfactory progress have been met.

• Earn a minimum 2.0 grade (or credit in courses taken C/NC) in each required Social Welfare course.
• Required Social Welfare courses are TSOCWF 300, 310, 311, 312, 320, 390, 402, 403, 404, 405, and 415.
• A student who earns less than a 2.0 in any required Social Welfare course will be placed on academic probation for one or more quarters. A student placed on probation may be asked to retake a required course the following year. This may delay the student's practicum by one year. With the approval of the program offering the course, a student may repeat a course once. According to UW policy, if a department course is retaken, the grades of the two courses are averaged and credit for the course will be given only once. Veterans receiving benefits must receive approval from the veteran's coordinator in the Office of Enrollment Services before a course is repeated.

• Satisfactorily complete the first-year required courses before proceeding into the practicum and practicum seminar. (Social Welfare students are guaranteed access into first- and second-year TSOCWF required courses.)

• In order to begin the practicum (TSOCWF 415), the student's TSOCWF 311 instructor must recommend that the student is ready for placement.

• Complete the program within four years after admission.

• A student who does not complete the program within four years of admission will be removed from the program and placed in pre-major status in General Education.

• A student who begins the program and then withdraws from UWT for more than a year will have to re-apply to the program to be re-admitted. If re-admitted, the student must meet the Program Adviser to prepare a revised program of study. The adviser (in consultation with the director) will determine which courses may or may not be applicable to the current curriculum and which courses must be completed for the degree.

Notes:

1. Exceptions to the satisfactory progress and low scholarship policy or reinstatement to the program must be approved in writing by the Social Work Program Director.
2. The Program Director may consult with the Social Work Review Committee on decisions for suspension from the Social Work Program based on a student's failure to meet the criteria listed under "Academic Performance and Conduct Which May Result in a Review and Possible Dismissal from the Social Work Program".

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