Social Work Degrees

The Bachelor of Science in Social Work (BSSW) degree is available. Social work is also available as a double major on the BS degree and as a minor on most degrees.

Requirements for the BS with a major in social work total 124 semester hours and include:

  • Three hours of human biology: BIOL 10003 Contemporary Issues in Human Biology (may be applied to the core curriculum).
  • Three hours of statistics: MATH 10043 (may be applied to the core curriculum).
  • Three hours of psychology: PSYC 10213 General Psychology.

The following 12 hours are considered foundation courses and should be taken according to course prerequisites and requirements:

Foundation Courses—12 semester hours, including:

SOWO 10833

Introduction to Social Work

SOWO 20813

Professional Communication for Social Work

SOWO 20863

Issues in Social Welfare Policy

SOCI 20213

Introduction to Sociology or SOCI 20223 Social Problems

Social Work Courses—45 semester hours:

SOWO 30813

Research Methods in Social Work

SOWO 30823

Ethics in Social Work Practice

SOWO 30843

Human Behavior and the Social Environment I

SOWO 30853

Human Behavior and the Social Environment II

SOWO 30883

Generalist Practice with Individuals

SOWO 30893

Generalist Practice with Communities

SOWO 40873

Capstone: Professional Identity Development

SOWO 40883

Generalist Practice with Groups and Families

SOWO 40893

Generalist Practice with Diverse Populations

SOWO 40886

Field Education I

SOWO 40896

Field Education II

Six hours chosen from SOWO electives:

SOWO 10533

Freshman Seminar in Social Work

SOWO 30003

Honors Tutorial in Social Work

SOWO 30523

Addictions

SOWO 30533

Counseling Skills and Crisis Intervention in the Criminal Justice System

SOWO 30543

Family Health

SOWO 30553

Social Work with Adolescents

SOWO 30563

Social Work and the Media

SOWO 30573

Child Welfare

SOWO 30580

International Study in Social Work

SOWO 30583

Issues in Diversity

SOWO 40003

Senior Honors Research Project

SOWO 40510

Directed Study in Social Work

SOWO 40513

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Healthy Aging

SOWO 40520

Contemporary Topics in Social Work

SOWO 40523

Law and Social Work

SOWO 40543

Social Work with Older Adults

SOWO 40563

Death and Dying

The following courses are to be taken sequentially for all social work majors:

SOWO 30883

Generalist Practice with Individuals

SOWO 40883

Generalist Practice with Diverse Populations

SOWO 30813

Research Methods in Social Work

SOWO 30893

Generalist Practice with Communities and Organizations

SOWO 40893

Generalist Practice with Groups and Families

The following courses are to be taken concurrently following successful completion of junior evaluation and acceptance into the major:

SOWO 40873

Capstone: Professional Identity Development

SOWO 40886

Field Education I

SOWO 40896

Field Education II





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