Social Work - Requirements for the Major
Supporting Courses, 33-37 credits
Choose one (students are strongly encouraged to take COMM SCI 205):
- BUS ADM 215 Introduction to Business Statistics, 3 credits
- COMM SCI 205 Social Science Statistics, 4 credits
- MATH 260 Introductory Statistics, 4 credits
Required:
- COMM SCI 301 Foundations for Social Research, 3 credits
- ENG COMP 105 Expository Writing, 3 credits
- HUM BIOL 102 Introduction to Human Biology, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 210 Introduction to Human Development, 3 credits
- SOC WORK 275 American Social Welfare, 3 credits
- SOCIOL 308 Sociology of the Family, 3 credits
One of these:
- *HUM BIOL 206 Fertility, Reproduction, and Family Planning, 3 credits
- *HUM BIOL 324 The Biology of Women, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 336 Gender Development Across the Lifespan, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 343 Adulthood and Aging, 3 credits
- *PSYCH 401 Psychology of Women, 3 credits
- PSYCH 435 Abnormal Behavior, 3 credits
One of these:
- POL SCI 101 American Government and Politics, 3 credits
- POL SCI 202 Introduction to Public Policy, 3 credits
One of these:
- ECON 301 Economic and Social Security, 3 credits
- SOC C D 325 Law and Society, 3 credits
- *SOC C D 340 Women, Work and Family, 3 credits
- *SOC C D 348 Gender and the Law, 3 credits
- *SOC C D 375 Women, Politics and Social Change, 3 credits
- UR RE ST 205 Urban Social Problems, 3 credits
- UR RE ST 305 Urban Politics and Policy, 3 credits
- UR RE ST 312 Community Politics, 3 credits
- UR RE ST 341 The City and Its Regional Context, 3 credits
One of these:
- PSYCH 330 Social Psychology, 3 credits
- SOC C D 204 Freedom and Social Control, 3 credits
- *SOC C D 241 Introduction to Women's Studies, 3 credits
- SOC C D 360 Models and Social Change, 3 credits
- SOC C D 362 Power and Change in America, 3 credits
- *SOC C D 437 Feminist Theory, 3 credits
- SOCIOL 202 Introduction to Sociology, 3 credits
Women's Studies, one course required, 3 credits
- May include * courses used to meet requirements above.
Ethnic Studies
Students are strongly encouraged to take SOC WORK 380 Cross Cultural Diversity and the Helping Professions
Upper-Level Courses, 36 credits
- SOC WORK 300 Field Experience in a Human Service Agency, 1 credit
- SOC WORK 305 The Social Work Profession, 3 credits
- SOC WORK 313 Social Work Skills Lab I, 1 credit
- SOC WORK 323 Social Work Skills Lab II, 1 credit
- SOC WORK 370 Social Work Methods I, 3 credits
- SOC WORK 371 Human Behavior and the Social Environment, 3 credits
- SOC WORK 402 Field Practicum I, 5 credits
- SOC WORK 403 Field Practicum II, 5 credits
- SOC WORK 411 Social Work Methods II, 3 credits
- SOC WORK 413 Social Work Skills Lab III, 1 credit
- SOC WORK 420 Social Work Methods III, 3 credits
- SOC WORK 423 Social Work Skills Lab IV, 1 credit
- SOC WORK 430 Social Policy Analysis, 3 credits
- SOC WORK 460 Program Evaluation, 3 credits
Child Welfare Sequence, 12 credits
- HUM DEV 331 Infancy and Early Childhood, 3 credits
- HUM DEV 332 Middle Childhood and Adolescence, 3 credits
- SOC WORK 351 Child Welfare Services and Programs, 3 credits
- SOC WORK 451 Child Welfare Practice, 3 credits
In addition, for students pursuing the child welfare sequence, SOC WORK 402 and 403 involve practicum placement in an agency that serves children and families.