Fall Registration

Newly Admitted Students for Fall 2025 who have paid their $300 non-refundable deposit may begin online registration on June 23, 2025 12:15 PM Eastern. Online registration takes place using SURFS and log in requires using your UMID account information.

SSW Course Schedules and important dates are located here. It is strongly recommended that students register for classes as early as possible to secure a seat. You can also view all SSW courses day/times in the SURFS by clicking Class Schedule. Please be advised that the class schedule will not be final until two weeks before the start of registration.  

If you are unable to obtain a seat in a desired course please submit a Waitlist Request Form.  The SSW Office of Records and Registration monitors available seats and will notify students at their @umaryland.edu email when a seat is available.  Please ensure that sswregistration@ssw.umaryland.edu is added to your trusted email list/contacts.

All students are eligible to enroll in online courses, however, only students accepted into the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) may register for courses offered at this location.

ALL FOUNDATION STUDENTS

Full-Time Foundation Students admitted in the Fall enroll in 15 credits.

Part-Time Foundation Students admitted for the Fall enroll in 6 credits. 

Required courses are listed below under Baltimore Foundation Students and USG Foundation Students.

ALL Foundation Students admitted for Fall 2025 must submit a Field Placement Application within two weeks of paying their $300 non-refundable deposit and no later than June 15th.  Your Field Placement Application is submitted via your Electronic Field Notebook (EFN).

BALTIMORE FOUNDATION STUDENTS

FULL-TIME Baltimore Foundation Students register for the following courses in their first term:

  • SOWK 610 Structural Oppression and its Implications for Social Work (3 credits)
  • SOWK 630 Practice with Individuals (3 credits)
  • SOWK 631 Practice with Communities and Organizations (3 credits)
  • SOWK 635 Foundation Field Practicum (2.5 credits)
  • SOWK 637 Foundation Field Seminar (0.5 credits)
  • SOWK 645 Human Behavior and the Social Environment (3 credits)

NOTE: In SURFS you must simultaneously enroll in SOWK 630, SOWK 631, SOWK 635 and SOWK 637. These three courses are co-requisites and you will receive an error if you attempt to enroll in only one or two of them.

 

PART-TIME Baltimore Foundation Students register for the following courses in their first term:

  • SOWK 610 Structural Oppression and its Implications for Social Work (3 credits)
  • SOWK 645 Human Behavior and the Social Environment (3 credits)
USG FOUNDATION STUDENTS

FULL-TIME USG Foundation Students register for the following courses in their first term:

  • SOWK 610 Structural Oppression and its Implications for Social Work (3 credits)
  • SOWK 630 Practice with Individuals (3 credits)
  • SOWK 631 Practice with Communities and Organizations (3 credits)
  • SOWK 635 Foundation Field Practicum (2.5 credits)
  • SOWK 637 Foundation Field Seminar (0.5 credits)
  • SOWK 645 Human Behavior and the Social Environment (3 credits)

NOTE: In SURFS you must simultaneously enroll in SOWK 630, SOWK 631, SOWK 635 and SOWK 637. These three courses are co-requisites and you will receive an error if you attempt to enroll in only one or two of them.

 

PART-TIME USG Foundation Students register for the following courses in their first term:

  • SOWK 610 Structural Oppression and its Implications for Social Work (3 credits)
  • SOWK 645 Human Behavior and the Social Environment (3 credits)
ADVANCED STANDING STUDENTS

Advanced Standing Students are required to receive mandatory advising assistance from Alex Cosentino-Tich, Academic Advisor.  Please contact Alex at sswadvising@ssw.umaryland.edu. 

  • NOTE: mandatory advising does not replace New Student Orientation.

Advanced Standing Students begin their Advanced Field Placement in Fall 2025. Students must submit a Field Placement Application within two weeks of paying their $300 non-refundable deposit and no later than June 15th.  Your Field Placement Application is submitted via your Electronic Field Notebook (EFN).

TRANSFER STUDENTS

Students who received a letter from the Office of Records and Registration granting transfer credits from another MSW program should refer to that letter when selecting courses for enrollment.

Please contact Alex Cosentino-Tich, Academic Advisor at sswadvising@ssw.umaryland.edu for advising assistance.

Please contact Jamila Savage, Associate Director of Records and Registration at sswregistration@ssw.umaryland.edu for transfer credit assistance.

HELPFUL LINKS

Below are links to information that you may find helpful as you prepare for registration:

Academic Advising

Office of Records and Registration

Calendars and Schedules

Concentrations

Curriculum Overviews

Exemption Exams

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