Pre-entry electives highly recommended include courses in social work, sociology, history, Spanish, psychology, family life and child development, English, philosophy, anthropology, computer science, government, and economics. Consult department head or adviser for recommended electives. Electives must be sufficient to bring total credits to 128, including 55 upper-division. The courses are also designed to be completed in two years by full-time students. Students are requested to contact the department for advisement as early as possible during the freshman year.
Student makes formal application to department during spring semester, sophomore year.
Student must be accepted into program in order to take junior or senior year courses. A grade of C or better is required for all social work courses. The branches are local community colleges operated by New Mexico State University. The branches provide lower division courses of the same quality and kind as are given on the Las Cruces campus. A student attending a branch of NMSU is enrolled as a New Mexico State University student and may change campuses without completing additional admission procedures.