2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Social Work Major

CIP Code

44.0701

The major in Social Work requires the completion of 50 major credits plus 18 credits of required supporting courses in psychology, biology, math, political science, and sociology.

The student is required to maintain an overall GPA of 2.65 or higher and a GPA of 2.65 or higher in required major courses and earn a C+ or better in major and supporting courses.

Students interested in the major in Social Work are required to meet with the BSW Program Director before declaring this major to discuss the professional requirements of the degree, based on the Program's external accreditation by the Council on Social Work Education.

Program Requirements

Required Courses

SW 101Introduction to Social Work

3

SW 224Human Diversity & Social Justice

3

SW 265Social Welfare Policy I

3

SW 266Social Welfare Policy II

3

SW 267Human Behavior & the Social Environment I

3

SW 268Human Behavior & the Social Environment II

3

SW 275Social Work Practice I

3

SW 276Social Work Pre-Practicum

2

SW 278Junior Practicum

4

SW 279Junior Seminar

2

SW 375Social Work Practice II

3

SW 378Senior Practicum I

4

SW 379Senior Seminar I

2

SW 380Senior Practicum II

4 Credits

SW 381Senior Seminar II

2

SW 390Research Methods for Social Work

3

SW 391Research Practicum and Seminar

3

Required Supporting Courses

BI 101The Nature of Life

3

or

BI 103The Human Body

3

 

MA 131Elementary Statistics

3

PO 121American Government and Politics

3

PS 110Introduction to Psychology

3

SO 110Sociological Imagination

3

SO 254Society & Economic Change

3