Criteria

• A bachelor's degree (or equivalent) from a regionally accredited college or university, with a minimum of 18 units of interdisciplinary liberal arts coursework, spanning both social and biological sciences
• A minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 (based on a 4.0 grading scale)
• Strong academic promise to perform successfully at the graduate level
• Experience in providing service to people preferred (1-2 years of social work-related or volunteer experience)
• Potential for professional competence, strong interest and motivation, and commitment to social work values such as the appreciation for cultural and ethnic diversity; belief in the dignity and freedom of every individual; promotion of social justice and equal access to resources; and institutional responsiveness to human needs and social change
• Personal qualifications such as professionalism, sensitivity and responsiveness in relationships, capacity for self-awareness, concern for the needs of others, ability for abstract reasoning, conceptual thinking and strong communication skills

Advanced standing applicants please note additional eligibility requirements.