Cheapest/Fastest way to get 12 CR?

[Stonybeach]

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.

I agree with Freeloader. Many schools admit students to their programs on a contingency basis, and after passing two to four courses, fully accept the student into the program. Does this school allow you to take the first four courses of the MSW program as a non-matriculated student, completing the coursework with a B grade or better? I was accepted to my master's in nursing program as a "Grad non-matriculated provisional nursing plan." After passing the first few courses, which were part of the degree program, I was fully matriculated and continued studies with my classmates. Completely uneventful! The only issue is that it indicates my non-matriculated status on my official transcript for the first semester of studies.... which is ridiculous but accurate.