Summer 2023 MSW Enrollment Guide

Tuition, Billing & Financial Aid

The next step in your GSSW educational journey is to accept the offer of admission and submit your tuition deposit, if you haven’t already.

• Tuition Deposit Instructions

  For the incoming summer 2023 classes, submit your $300 deposit within 10 days of receiving your decision letter to hold your spot in the Denver Campus Advanced-Standing MSW Program.

  The deposit is non-refundable, but the full amount will be credited to your first tuition payment. 

  1. Accept Offer of Admission: To accept our offer of admission, visit your application status page. There, scroll to the “Forms” section and click the “Reply to Admission Offer” link to select “I ACCEPT your admission offer.”
  2. Submit your Tuition Deposit: Once you have accepted your offer, you will have the opportunity to pay your tuition deposit by clicking the “Enrollment Deposit—Submit Payment” link that appears on your application status page. This link will take you to a webpage where you can pay your deposit with a credit card.
• Tuition & Billing

  Tuition for each quarter is due the first day of that quarter. More information about tuition, fees and payment are available at the Bursar’s Office. 

• Financial Aid

  To apply for state or federal financial assistance, you must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form as soon as possible. This application is required to determine eligibility for grants, loans and student employment.

  If you have questions regarding FAFSA, Federal loans or the GradPLUS loan, please email finaid@du.edu. 

  If you have questions regarding a merit-based scholarship, graduate assistantship, deposit deadline or scholarship disbursement, contact gsswadmission@du.edu or call 303-871-2841.

Stipends & Research Assistantships

If you are interested in pursuing a research assistantship, view our active research project page to identify a project that fits your interest. From there, reach out to the affiliated faculty member directly for position availability. For general questions about research assistantships, please reach out to Associate Professor Ramona Beltran. 

Academic Planning

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  Explore your curriculum plan and your first-quarter requirements.

  You selected your curriculum plan during the application process. Check out your application status page if you forgot! If you need to change your curriculum plan, email gsswadmission@du.edu.   

  • Want to learn more about your courses? Check out the course descriptions.  

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  Check out your concentration and certificate requirements.

  Review the student resource portal for more information about your concentration and certificate requirements. 

  • Advanced Standing: You start your MSW program in your concentration year and will need to be clear about concentration-specific requirements as you begin course planning.  

  You chose your concentration during the application process. If you'd like to change your concentration, please reach out to gsswadmission@du.edu at least one month before orientation. 

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  Prepare for registration!

  Find registration FAQs on the Registration Toolkit page. Your curriculum plan outlines the courses you will take in your first term. 

  • View your course registration dates.  

  • Are you a planner? Check out the Course Planning Tools.  

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  Register for an Academic Q&A information session.

  For any questions about the registration process, course options, and your academic path prior to your arrival at orientation, you can register for an Academic Q&A Info Session. Academic Q&A slide deck. 

  • Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. MDT

   

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  Attend Orientation.

  Approximately one month before your scheduled start date, you will receive an invitation for the mandatory virtual orientation. Learn more. 

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  Start your first term!

  You will meet with your faculty advisor during your first quarter to plan out your future terms.

MSW Curriculum Plans

Denver Campus Advanced-Standing MSW Program

Start Date	Curriculum Plans
Summer 2023	4-Quarter Curriculum Plan

 

Registration

Please review the GSSW Registration Resources located in the GSSW Denver Campus Registration Toolkit. Before you register, you must check and resolve any holds on your account. You will be unable to register until all holds are resolved.

Start Date	Registration Begins
Summer 2023	Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Course Planning

For incoming summer 2023 Advanced-Standing MSW student, follow the course planning tips listed below.

1. You must register for classes according to your 4-Quarter Advanced-Standing Curriculum Plan. The summer curriculum is intensive. It consists of the following course formats:

• Classes run from Wednesday, July 12, 2023, to Friday, August 18, 2023.
  A 5-week intensive course plan most classes meet twice weekly for 3 hours of live sessions with at least 1 hour of asynchronous work (i.e. work is done on your own time). Create time on your calendar to study in between the sessions and reserve a portion of the weekend for larger papers and projects.
• Weekend intensives (two Fridays/Saturdays, please check the schedule for specific weekend dates).

2. Prior cohorts of Advanced Standing students have encouraged us to recommend students only register for 9 credits (3 classes). Advanced Standing students are required to take the following in the summer quarter:

• SOWK 4299 Advanced Standing Seminar (3 credits)
• SOWK 4132 Power Privilege and Oppression (3 credits)
• SOWK 4201 Evidence Based Practice (3 credits)
• You may decide to add an additional Elective/Concentration Course (3 credits)—some students like to push through 4 classes so that during another quarter there is some relief. This is an individual choice, and please note the recommendation is for 3 classes only.

To find detailed information on concentrations, certificates, and/or stipend options, please use the GSSW Denver Campus Student Resource Portal Course Planning Tools.

3. The process for securing your field internship can be found on the GSSW Student Resource Portal Field Education page under “Internship Search Documents for Denver Campus Only.” For any questions regarding the field placement process, email field@du.edu. You will not register for field during the summer quarter. Once you secure your internship you will receive instructions from the Field Team about how to register for field in the fall quarter.

4. If you have any questions about the registration process, course options, and your academic path prior to your arrival at orientation, register for an Academic Q&A session.

Field Education

With field internships, you can begin practicing your social work skills right away. With more than 700+ GSSW field agencies in Denver—from hospitals and hospices to child welfare agencies, policy nonprofits and animal sanctuaries—you’ll find an internship that fits your specific needs and interests. Email gsswadmission@du.edu with any questions. 

Please review the internship search process below. NOTE: You will receive information in February 2022 about starting the internship search process. 

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  Attend a Field Information Session

  Sign-up instructions will be emailed after you submit your deposit.

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  Complete the Internship Search Form

  Information about the internship search form will be sent via email after the information session.

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  Schedule an Appointment with a Field Advisor

  After you complete the internship search form, you will set up a one-on-one meeting with a field advisor, who will work with you to identify GSSW-approved field agencies for your interview and selection process. Learn more about our field advisors and some of our current field placements online.

New Student Orientation

Required for all incoming advanced-standing, orientation will introduce community resources, expectations and opportunities as you begin your journey at GSSW. (Note: the first day of classes date may differ from DU's academic calendar)

Start Date	Orientation	First Day of  Classes
Summer 2023	July 5–7, 2023	Wednesday, July 12, 2023

All dates are subject to change. 

Summer Advanced Standing Orientation Resources

Orientation is required for all incoming Advanced Standing students and is designed to familiarize incoming students with community resources, expectations, and opportunities as you begin your journey with us.

Summer Orientation will be a combination of virtual and in-person sessions to increase accessibility and to support various learning styles. We want to keep you as informed as possible regarding New Student Orientation, so we have updated the GSSW Admitted Student Resource Portal with helpful information.

If you have any additional questions, please contact us at gssw.studentengage@du.edu 

• Orientation Schedule: Review the Advanced Standing Summer 2023 schedule of events.

• Summer Support: While faculty advisors will not be assigned until after orientation, you may reach out to GSSW Clinical Assistant Professor Amity Good for academic assistance. Please note responses will be delayed between June 8-15, 2023 when GSSW commencement and graduation celebrations are ongoing.

Asynchronous Materials: The asynchronous pre-orientation work lives on DU’s Learning Management System (LMS), Canvas. You can access the asynchronous work by logging into Canvas with your DU credentials at canvas.du.edu. 

You will need your DU ID number and password to register and access DU systems. 

• Your DU ID is 87####### 
• If you haven’t logged in to MyDU, your birthdate, MMDDYY, is your preset password 
• If you have any access issues, you may contact DU IT or GSSW.StudentEngage@du.edu 

Orientation Location:

Orientation activities will take place on Zoom with the exception of the resource fair and lunch on Friday, July 7 which are in person. Please see the orientation schedule above for the designated Zoom links for each orientation activity. Create your DU Zoom account using your DU email address and Pioneer Web password. If you have questions about your DU email address, please visit the DU IT Student Resources page. Log out of personal email and zoom accounts before logging into DU email and DU Zoom account. 

Access to Campus - DU ID

You will need campus access to attend the in-person portions of orientation. Please be sure to request your DU ID card 2-4 weeks prior to orientation to ensure it is mailed to you early enough. In order to obtain a DU ID card (which is required to access campus buildings, including classes), you must submit an online photo. If done 2 weeks prior to returning to campus, you may elect to have your DU ID card mailed to a preferred address by emailing pcard@du.edu. Please include your full name, mailing address, DU ID number, date of birth in the email request. Otherwise, you can collect your card from the DU ID Card office at the beginning of your first quarter, once you are cleared to be on campus. 

Access to Campus - Public Health Info 

Vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals must follow separate requirements to access campus

All full- and part-time students who intend to participate in on campus activities, including in person learning must receive a COVID vaccine and upload vaccination documentation by July 1, 2023.

• Medical exemptions require a letter from your doctor and religious exemptions require a certificate of exemption form. Learn more on the Health and Counseling Center COVID-19 webpage. 
• To upload your vaccination record, schedule a medical appointment or get information about COVID testing, visit MyHealth.du.edu.
• For more information about where to submit your COVID vaccination documentation, please go to DU's Health and Wellness Vaccinations section.

Summer Orientation Checklist

Academic Calendars

• Academic Year Calendar 2022-2023
• Academic Year Calendar 2023-2024
• GSSW Admitted Student Portal

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