Social Work Major

Social Work Requirements:

Students majoring in social work must earn at least a C or better in all of the following courses:  

• SWK 200 - Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare
• SWK 227 - Diversity in a Global Society
• SWK 335 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment I
• SWK 336 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment II
• SWK 352 - Contemporary Social Welfare Programs
• SWK 353 - Social Welfare Policy Analysis
• SWK 370 - Practice I: Micro-Practice
• SWK 460 - Social Work Practice - II: Mezzo-Practice
• SWK 461 - Social Work Practice III: Macro-Practice
• SWK 462 - Senior Field Instruction - I
• SWK 463 - Senior Field Seminar - I
• SWK 464 - Senior Field Instruction - II
• SWK 465 - Senior Field Seminar - II
• SOSCI 210 - Social Science Statistics (or equivalent statistic course)
• SOSCI 220 - Social Science Research Methods
• PSYCH 120 - Introduction to Psychology
• SOC 115 - Principles of Sociology

• Electives:

• SWK 345 - Psychosocial Aspects of Aging
• SWK 491 - Individual Study

Signature Learning Requirements for Social Work Major:

• First Year Seminar
• Reading and Writing 
• Oral Communication
• Ethics
• Quantitative Reasoning (Requirement fulfilled with Major, SOSCI 210 )
• Fine Arts *
• Social Science - (Requirement fulfilled with Major)
• Religion
• Cultural Pluralism -  (Requirement fulfilled with Major, SWK 227 )
• Natural Science - (Students must take six (6) credit hours of Natural Science, (Natural Science & Society requirement and the Natural Science with Laboratory requirement)*
• Humanities 
• Global Systems 

* See Signature Learning  Pathways for a complete listing of applicable cognate courses.