Social Work (BS)
The Social Work Program, accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, prepares students for the beginning level of professional social work practice and for graduate school.
HEGIS CODE 2104
The curriculum provides students with a solid liberal arts foundation and a generalist social work education, including professionally supervised training in agencies. Two admission procedures are required in order to advance to the upper division (SCWK 360 and above) and to the fieldwork portion of the Social Work Program: admission to the Social Work Program; and admission to Social Work Field Education. Students also must satisfy retention criteria.
Social Work Degree Requirements
In addition to the General Education requirements, the Social Work Program requires students to complete the following courses that are elaborated in the table below:
- 32 credits of support courses in the natural, social and computer sciences
- 6 credits of human diversity courses
- 42 credits of required social work courses
Major Requirements |
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|
|---|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
Credits
|
Support Courses
|
32
|
|
| AC 101 | Introduction to Microcomputers |
1 |
| ANTH 101 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology |
3 |
| BIO 130 |
Biology of the Brain and Behavior |
3 |
| ENG 125 | Introduction to College Writing |
3 |
| HE 312 | Health and Disease |
4 |
| POL 103 | Politics and Government in the United States |
3 |
| PSY 102 | Introductory Psychology |
3 |
| PSY 215 | Human Development I |
3 |
| PSY 216 | Human Development II |
3 |
| SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology |
3 |
| WRIT 303 |
Research and Writing for Professional Purposes |
3 |
Human Diversity Requirement
|
6
|
|
| ANTH 243 |
The Caribbean |
3
|
| AAS 341 |
The Black Experience in the Caribbean |
3 |
| PSY 333 |
Black Revolutionary Thought |
3
|
| SOC 235 |
Ethnicity |
3
|
| SOC 333 |
Social Stratification |
3
|
Social Work Courses
|
42 |
|
| SCWK 101 | Introduction to Social Work |
3 |
| SCWK 203 |
Social Welfare Programs and Policies |
3 |
| SCWK 293 |
Social Work Practicum |
3 |
| SCWK 300 | Social Work Generalist Practice I |
3 |
| SCWK 350 |
Social Research I | 3 |
| SCWK 360 |
Human Behavior in the Social Environment |
3 |
| SCWK 370 | Social Work Generalist Practice II |
3 |
| SCWK 400 | Social Work Generalist Practice III |
3 |
| SCWK 410 |
Field Placement and Seminar I |
6 |
| SCWK 470 |
Social Research II |
3 |
| SCWK 480 | Social Welfare Policy |
3 |
| SCWK 492 |
Field Placement and Seminar II |
6 |
|
* 19 credits of support courses can be used to fulfill General Education requirements. |
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