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Getting Started With Your BSW Application

Notice to Students Regarding Licensing -

Effective September 1, 2017, HB 1508 created new laws that require entities that provide educational programs leading to an occupational license to notify all applicants an enrollees of the implications of a felony conviction which may make you ineligible for a license upon program completion. The law requires that this information be provided to all persons who are enrolled or apply in a teaching program without regard to whether the person has been convicted of a criminal offense.

You may review current guidelines used by the Texas Education Agency to determine the eligibility of the person to be licensed on the TEA’s website at https://tea.texas.gov/Texas_Educators/Investigations/National_Criminal_History_Checks-FAQs/. You also have a right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from TEA and the process and form available online at https://tea.texas.gov/Texas_Educators/Investigations/Preliminary_Criminal_History_Evaluation-FAQs/.

Program Admission

Students must make application and be formally admitted into the Social Work program at UNT. This typically occurs late in the student's sophomore year or early in their junior year. Applications into the program are reviewed each spring and fall semesters for admission to the following term. Please note that the UNT Social Work program may receive more qualified applicants than it can accept. Therefore, admission may be competitive and because of faculty-to-student ratio requirements associated with accreditation guidelines, the number of students who may be admitted into the program each semester varies.

Application Deadlines for the Upcoming Academic Year:

Application Deadline Admission Notification Program Entry
Fall 2026 -  Due October 2, 2026 at NOON
Approximately 30 Days later
Spring 2027
 
 
Fall 2027 Info Coming Soon!

Admission Requirements

In order to be considered for admission, students must meet the following requirements:

  1. Have successfully completed (C or higher) or will complete the following Social Work prerequisite courses at UNT, or the equivalents at another university or community college (by the semester of application):
    • SOWK 1450 – Introduction to Social Work
    • SOWK 2430 – Policies, Issues, and Programs in Social Welfare
    • SOWK 3000 – Foundations of Interviewing 
  2. Have an overall GPA of 2.5 or higher​
  3. Submit all required documents for application consideration within required deadlines

Flow Chart of How Social Work Majors Move Through UNT's Social Work Program

Application to Social Work Program

Directions on How to Apply

Link for the PDF Application: BSW APPLICATION 

Or upload your documents and application information directly.

Admissions Process

Current UNT students MUST complete the steps in the admissions process as follows:

  1. Read the directions on how to apply and complete your one-page application form (see above).
  2. Complete your Degree Audit at Online Degree Audit | University of North Texas and attach the full audit as a PDF to your application email. Save as 'Your Name_Degree Audit'.
  3. Complete your typed personal statement and attach as a PDF to your application. Save as 'Your Name_Personal Statement'.
Personal Statement Instructions:
Students should be aware that both the content (completeness, depth of thought, clarity of expression) and the format (grammar, punctuation, spelling, neatness) of their responses will be taken into consideration. Students should use this as an opportunity to demonstrate competent writing skills and professionalism.
Address all components of the following questions:
        1. Please explain your desire to enter the social work field. Why do you want to become a social worker?
        2. What personal qualities do you have that equip you for the social work profession?
        3. What personal challenges might you face as a future social worker? How will you address those challenges?
        4. What significant relationships and life experiences (personal and/or professional) have you had in giving or receiving help that have motivated you to enter the field of social work?
        5. What social problem most concerns you? What have you done in the past to support this interest and/or how do you plan to use your social work education to address this issue?
  1. Submit your application email with 3 attachments (One-page Application PDF, Degree Audit PDF, and Personal Statement PDF) to BSWApplications@unt.edu by 12 noon October 2, 2026.

(Transfer students will need to contact the Advising Office or Social Work Department for instructions)

Where to Submit?

Deadline:

Please note - The Deadline for Spring 2027 Admission is: October 2, 2026, at NOON

Admissions Notification

Applicants will be formally notified regarding decisions of their applications to the UNT Social Work program via students’ official UNT email account or for transfer students, the student’s mailing address.