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Social Work, B.S.
                                  

This major prepares students for beginning level social work practice requires a generalist social work practitioner.  Admission to the major requires a 2.0 GPA plus agreement with the professional and academic standards defined by the council on social work education, which is adhered to by the program as part of its accreditation.  Skills and competencies are taught to prepare the student to practice in a wide range of social service agencies.  This major requires a 400-hour field practicum, which is taken in a one-semester block.  The faculty works with a student to select a field practicum agency that meets agreed upon learning objectives.   The student must purchase professional liability insurance.  Students are expected to meet general education overlay requirements of the college.

As part of the requirements for Level II majors, all social work majors will be required to maintain a 2.500 GPA in social work courses (effective fall 2008).

A.

General Education (51 sh total)
Must take MATH107 Basic Statistics to meet math general education requirement

 

B.

Area Requirements (21 sh total)

 

 

BIOL101 Basic Biology (may not count for gen ed lab science) 3 sh

 

CISC150 Intro to Computers 3 sh

 

Marginalized/Oppressed Populations (3 sh)  

 

     GEOG210 World Regional Geography  

 

     GEOG212 Geography of the Developing World  
       ANTH102 Cultural Anthropology (may not count for gen ed)  

 

     SOCI201 Social Problems  
  Advocacy (6 sh)  
       POLI105 American National Government (may not count for gen ed)  
       POLI210 State and Local Government (may not count for gen ed)  
       POLI310 Criminal Justice  
       POLI381 Law and Society  
  Social and Economic Justice (6 sh)  
       ECON101 Principles of Economics (may not count for gen ed)  
       HIST202 History of United States 2  
       HIST318 US Women's History  
       GEOG210 World Regional Geography  
       SOCI201 Social Problems  

C.

Core Requirements (42 sh total)

 

 

SOCW102 Introduction to Social Work

  3 sh

 

SOCW201 Human Behavior & Social Environment I

  3 sh

 

SOCW202 Human Behavior and Social Environment II

3 sh

 

SOCW301 Social Work Practice I

  3 sh

  SOCW310 Social Policy and Practice

3 sh

 

SOCW302 Social Work Practice II

  3 sh

 

SOCW401 Field Instruction I

  6 sh

 

SOCW402 Field Instruction II

  6 sh

 

SOCW404 Rural Social Work

  3 sh

 

SOCW412 Applied Social Research

  3 sh

  SOCW420 Field Placement

3 sh

  SOCW425 Social Policy and Services

3 sh

D.

Electives in Social Work (6 sh total)

 

 

SOCW/SOCI360 Death and Dying

3 sh

 

SOCW/SOCI403 Social Gerontology

3 sh

 

SOCW410 Social Work with Diverse Population

  3 sh

 

SOCW411 Social Work with Aging

  3 sh

 

SOCW413 Women in Crisis

  3 sh

 

SOCW414 Family in Crisis

  3 sh

 

SOCW415 Child Welfare

  3 sh

  SOCW450 Topics in Social Work

3 sh

 

SOCW499 Independent Study

  3 sh

Updated 12/19/2009

 

 


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