Cheapest/Fastest way to get 12 CR?

[freeloader]

If you are certain that you want to attend the social work program that is asking for these 12 credits, I would do the 12 credits at that university as a non-degree seeking student.

You are going to be hard pressed to find 12 credits of graded, RA graduate credit for less than $300/credit. I think you be better served to spend that $3,600+ on your MSW rather than credits elsewhere. 12 graduate credits is going to take you at least a semester in a non-competency based program and could easily take you 2 semesters.

If you take your 12 credits at the school from which you want to earn your MSW, will these classes count toward the MSW/count toward pre-requisites which you haven’t already met? Again, I would rather start working toward my degree/meeting prerequisites rather than collecting credits elsewhere which may or may not transfer to the MSW.

Do you have specific prerequisites that you need? If there are specific classes that you need and can earn them elsewhere rather than at the MSW school while also upping your GPA, that might make some sense.