Admission:

Progression to the major of “Social Work” will occur only after the student successfully completes the the following course with a minimum grade of “C”:

• SWRK 2010 - Introduction to Social Work**
• SWRK 2011 - Writing for Social Work
• SWRK 2911 - Soc Response to Human Need

University General Education Program (41 hours)

See Graduation from the University  for the University General Education Program requirements.

Students majoring in Social Work must take SOCI 3422  to fulfill part of the University General Education History requirement, BIOL 1010 /BIOL 1011 , BIOL 1020 /BIOL 1021  for natural science, and ANTH 1200  for Social/Behavioral Sciences.

College and Degree (B.A.) Requirements (6-9 hours)

The College and Bachelor of Arts requirements  are in addition to the University General Education Program requirements.

Note:

Successful student progression requires each student to earn a minimum grade of “C” in all required courses for social work majors. Students repeating two required classroom courses for the major or field instruction will have an academic review by department faculty in the term following the second course repetition. Students should have a minimum of 30 hours completed before entering the introductory social work courses including:

• ENGL 1020 - English Comp/Analysis**
• ANTH 1200 - Cultural Anthropology **

• Two courses from:

• SOCI 1010 - Introduction to Sociology **
• PSYC 1030 - General Psychology**
• POLS 1030 - American Government**
• ECON 2020 - Intro to Microeconomics**

The Major (39 hours in addition to University General Education Program requirements)

Completion of

• SWRK 2010 - Introduction to Social Work**
• SWRK 2011 - Writing for Social Work
• SWRK 2911 - Soc Response to Human Need
• SWRK 3902 - Human Behavior/Soc Envrnmnt
• SWRK 3903 - Social Work Practice I
• SWRK 3904 - Social Work Practice II
• SWRK 3906 - Social Work Practice III
• SWRK 3920 - Soc Welfare Policy/Programs
• SWRK 3930 - Intro Soc Work Research
• SWRK 4830 - Field Instruction Soc Work I
• SWRK 4831 - Field Instruction Soc Work II
• SWRK 4840 - Integrative Field Seminar I
• SWRK 4841 - Integrative Field Seminar II
• BIOL 1010 - Biology of Cells
• BIOL 1011 - Biology of Cells Lab **
• BIOL 1020 - Biology of Organisms**
• BIOL 1021 - Biology of Organisms Lab **
• ANTH 1200 - Cultural Anthropology ** (included in the University General Education Program requirements)

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• PHIL 1611 - Elementary Logic **

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• SOCI 3311 - Social Statistics **

Electives

Electives may be chosen to bring the total number of hours to 120.

Typical 4-Year Social Work Sequence

Total Hours: 120-121

Total Hours Required for Graduation: 120

*Must satisfy University General Education Program Requirement

For the General Education Social/Behavioral Science and Additional Social Science - Complete 2 of the following: SOCI 1010 , POLS 1030 , POLS 1030 , and ECON 2020 .