Getting my MSW

Graduate School
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<p>So it's pretty early to be asking this but I'm currently a rising sophmore majoring in what my school calls CLEG (it's an interdisciplinary major consisting of communications, law, economics and government) with a double major in Spanish.</p>

<p>I want to go into social work when I graduate but I want to get my MSW first.</p>

<p>From what I'm reading I'm getting the feeling that it doesn't matter what my bachelors degree is in when applying to an MSW program as long as I take some social science courses. Is this true? </p>

<p>If it is true, would it be advisable to switch my major to something like sociology? Or would a minor in sociology suffice for that requirement?</p>

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<p>It doesn’t matter what your undergraduate major is. Most MSW programs will want you to have taken some social science courses, but you don’t have to change your major or even minor in sociology. First of all, economics, communications and government are all social sciences anyway. But you can just take a few classes in sociology and psychology to satisfy that recommendation.</p>

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<p>Your college major does not matter. I do recommend taking several social science courses (sociology, psychology and American government) plus a course in human genetics.</p>