Waiver Exams
Overview
Once admitted to the MSW program, a student may requestpermissionfrom the MSW coordinator to take a waiver exam(s), but only after consulting with their academic advisor first. A qualified student may waive the following courses by successfully completing the waiver exam: SOWK 8070, SOWK 8080, and SOWK 8090.
Exam Process
A student must clearly showqualification to take the exam(s) through provision of information pertaining to similarcourses completed. If granted, awaiver examwill be scheduled at the student’s request.Each waiver exam may be attempted only once and the student must receive a score of 84% or higher in order to earn the waiver. Academic credit for life and/or previous workexperience will not be given, in whole or in part, in lieu of the field placement or coursework.
Waiver exams are administered in-person, on the UNO campus.
Click here to submit a wavier exam application.
Questions?
Contact MSW Coordinator, Ciara Warden (cwarden@unomaha.edu) for more information regarding the waiver exam process.
Ciara Warden, MSW Coordinator