Students who have received a baccalaureate degree in social work from an undergraduate program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) may be eligible for admission into the advanced instruction phase of the MSW program. The advanced standing program requires that a minimum of 33 hours be completed on the LSU campus. Students begin this program in the summer term. Advanced Standing students are required to complete Differential Diagnosis (3 hours) prior to beginning fall coursework. To be eligible for advanced standing admissions, course work for the undergraduate social work degree must have been taken within five years of proposed enrollment at LSU. Admission is also contingent upon the students having completed equivalent courses with a "B" or better as part of their undergraduate social work degree. Equivalent courses with a "C" or lower must be repeated, and a grade of "B" or better must be obtained before the student is admitted.

Equivalent courses are:

• Human Behavior and the Social Environment I & II
• Social Work Practice I & II (Micro, Mezzo, Macro)
• Social Work Research
• Social Work History
• Social Work Policy
• Human Diversity & Oppression
• Field Internship