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2009-2010 Undergraduate Academic Catalog | Expires Aug. 2016

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Social Work Major (B.S.W.)

Students must complete a disciplinary minor or the Interdisciplinary Major Requirement.

Interdisciplinary Prerequisites (16-18 credits required)

One course from:

Social Work Prerequisite Requirements (6 credits required)

Major Required Courses (51 credits)

Professional Foundation Requirements (45 credits required)

Human Behavior in the Social Environment Sequence (6 credits required)

Social Welfare Policy Sequence (6 credits required)

Social Work Practice Research Methods (3 credits required)

In addition to SW 329, it is recommended that students planning to attend graduate school take a course in statistics such as SOC 225.

SW 329 - Research Methods and Social Work Practice 3 cr

Social Work Practice Sequence (9 credits required)

Social Work Field Instruction Sequence (12 credits required)

Integrative Social Work Senior Seminar (3 credits required)

SW 485 - Senior Seminar 3 cr

Social Work Electives (6 credits required)

Students must take 6 credits of elective courses in Social Work that are not listed in the required courses above.

Interdisciplinary Major Requirement

12 credits from the following courses are required for an interdisciplinary major. These courses are not required for a student with a minor. Students must take courses from at least two departments.

A social work minor is not available.

CJ 301 - Criminal Justice System in the U.S.A. 3 cr
ENGL 300 - Writing in the Professions 3 cr
HIST 319 - African-American History 3 cr
HIST 320 - U.S. Women’s History 3 cr
HIST 326 - The Black Freedom Struggle 1941-Present 3 cr
PHIL 331 - Law, Liberty and Morality 3 cr
PS 260 - Understanding and Managing the Bureaucracy 3 cr
PSYC 310 - Child Psychology 3 cr
PSYC 312 - Exceptional Child 3 cr
PSYC 315 - Adolescent Psychology 3 cr
PSYC 370 - Theories of Personality 3 cr
PSYC 372 - Abnormal Psychology 3 cr
PSYC 385 - Psychology of Sex, Gender & Sexuality 4 cr
SOC 310 - Hispanic People in U.S. Society 3 cr
SOC 315 - Cross-Cultural Aging 3 cr
SOC 328 - Group Dynamics 3 cr
SOC 333 - Sociology of Gender 3 cr
SOC 340 - Black Women in America 3 cr
SOC 345 - Urban Sociology 3 cr
SOC 346 - Juvenile Delinquency 3 cr
SOC 350 - The Family 3 cr
SOC 360 - Religions 3 cr
SOC 370 - The Family Cross-Culturally 3 cr
YS 300 - Child Welfare Policies & Procedures 3 cr
YS 330 - Child Abuse & Neglect 3 cr
YS 347 - Problems of American Youth 3 cr
YS 349 - Group Work with Youth 3 cr
YS 405 - Group Facilitation 3 cr
YS 490 - Selected Topics (1-4) cr
Students may also choose-

One course from:

CJ 410 - Criminology 3 cr
SOC 410 - Criminology 3 cr