Dual Degree in Social Work & HDFS

You must be admitted to NDSU with a declared major of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS)

Apply to Minot State

• Select "Freshmen & Transfer"
• Select "Sign up" and create your application account
• Begin the application
• When asked "What type of student are you?" select "Transfer Student"
• When asked "Intended Program" select "Social Work"
• When asked if you are applying to the dual degree program select "Yes"

If you have attended any college or university outside of the North Dakota University System, please request your final official transcript be sent to:

Minot State University
Enrollment Services
500 University Ave W
Minot, ND 58707

You will get two different degrees from two different universities:

• NDSU: Transcript & Diploma in either the HDFS Family Science Option or Adult Development and Aging Option.
• MiSU: Transcript & Diploma in Social Work (B.S.W.)

All required Social Work courses are delivered by Minot State University Social Work faculty in either a face-to-face, online, or Web-Based modality. The dual-degree program is NOT online.

The dual degree program is designed to be completed in four years with 127 credit hours for those students who choose this option when they enter college. Students who change majors and have not had the dual degree as their four-year plan may need one or more additional semesters to complete the program.

Yes: Students completing the BSW program will be eligible to be licensed to practice Social Work in North Dakota. Licensure requirements can be found on the NDBSWE website.

Once you declare the dual degree as your major, you will be assigned an advisor in HDFS and an advisor in Social Work.

Kali Heyen, MSW, LMSW
Assistant Professor | Social Work
NDSU Program Location
EML 283
701-231-7174
kali.heyen@minotstateu.edu

No: The MiSU Social Work degree on the NDSU campus is only offered if a student also completes the NDSU HDFS degree.

No: Students must register for at least one NDSU credit each fall, spring, or summer session that they are enrolled in the program.

Note: Students enrolled in MSU SWK 490: Field Education, are automatically enrolled in one HDFS Field Education credit. This allows NDSU students to have access to NDSU services while completing their internships with MiSU. This process is done automatically, and students do not have to pay for this credit.

During the semesters you are only taking NDSU courses (generally freshman year), you will pay full time NDSU tuition and fees.

Once you start MiSU courses, you will begin paying the per-credit-hour tuition and fee rate at each institution depending on how many credits you are taking at each school.

Per credit tuition and fee information can be found at:

• NDSU Estimated Costs of Attendance
• MiSU Business Office Student Information (click on Tuition & Fees)

You will register for NDSU courses through Campus Connection. Create your HDFS schedule first.

To register for MiSU courses:

1. Make an appointment with your social work advisor to plan your course schedule.
2. You will then complete the Collaborative Registration Form which will be sent to MiSU to register you for Social Work courses.
   1. Login to Campus Connection and click on the eForms tile
   2. Click on Registration and Records
   3. Click on Collaborative Request
   4. Use the dropdown box to find NDSU
   5. Click Next
   6. Provider Institution Information is Minot State University
   7. Click on the appropriate semester
   8. The Enroll Action is Add
   9. Input the class number
   10. If it is a special topics or multi-credit class, input the amount of credits for the class
   11. Click on Submit
   12. Watch your campus email for confirmation that your form has been finally approved, recycled, or denied. If it is finally approved, that means you have been registered. If it is recycled or denied, you have not been enrolled and the email comments will explain.

You will pay tuition for all four years through the NDSU Business office. NDSU will take care of reimbursing the MiSU portion of your tuition & fees to Minot State.

Yes. Federal financial aid will work as it normally does. However, you should check with NDSU Student Financial Services as to whether particular scholarships and tuition waivers will cover both the MiSU and NDSU tuition and fee charges.

Students are required to submit an application for admission to the MiSU Social Work program that is separate from the University admissions application. Please review the Undergraduate Catalog for Social Work program admission requirements.

Transfers to NDSU, or HDFS students who have completed many of the Adult Development and Aging or Family Science requirements, may still wish to add the Social Work option. In this instance, the student should bring a transcript to EML 277 and meet with Joel Hektner (HDFS) to create a plan for their progression through the dual degree curriculum.

The NDSU and MiSU Registrars Offices have the final authority to decide on all general education requirements, waivers, and exceptions. In cases where particular dual degree requirements also serve to meet general education requirements, they are listed on the Suggested Curriculum Rotation. Students are also encouraged to ask advisors about general education classes that might be of particular interest to them.

Students enrolled in the dual degree program MUST take all the courses listed on the suggested curriculum rotation in order to meet the requirements for the dual degree. Transfer students can petition to have different courses approved through the course substitution process (discuss course substitutions with your advisor). The MiSU Social Work Program Director and the Behavioral Sciences and Criminal Justice Chair will make the final decision on all social work and related area requirement exceptions.

First, you must graduate from a program that is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). The MiSU social work program is accredited by CSWE. Graduates will apply for licensure by going to the North Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners’ website at www.ndbswe.com. Once you download an application packet from the NDBSWE website, you will complete and submit the application and fee. The application must be signed in the presence of a Notary Public which you can find at most banks and at the NDSU “One Stop.” As part of the application process, MiSU will verify that all Social Work degree requirements have been met. You may have to submit fingerprints, as well as sign permission for an FBI and Bureau of Criminal Investigation background check, as well as a background check from the North Dakota Department of Human Services. There is a charge for getting your fingerprints taken, and a charge for the BCI/FBI check.

Having something on your background check does not automatically make you ineligible for licensure; but if you have offenses, you will be asked to provide information on the offense, as well as the outcome of your court experience.

Once you have submitted the required information, you will be allowed to register to take the ASWB exam. There is a fee for the exam. After you pass the exam, getting the actual license from the NDBSWE will cost an additional fee. (All fee information can be found atwww.ndbswe.com)