 Undergraduate Program
Curriculum Requirements The bachelor's degree in social work requires completion of a minimum of 128 credits, 46 of which should be under the social work major. No credit is awarded for life experience or for prior work experience.
Students wishing to major in social work must request an intercollege transfer to the College of Fine and Applied Arts, School of Social Work, from their current college. A 2.3 grade point average is required for admission to the School. Once admitted to the School, a separate admissions packet must be filed with the School in order to be admitted as a social work major in good standing.
The social work major is built on the liberal arts base which is contained within the General Education Program of The University. The following 8 courses comprise the liberal arts base for the social work major:
| course number |
course title |
| 3750:100 |
Introduction to Psychology |
| 3100:103 |
Natural Science Biology |
| 3850:100 |
Introduction to Sociology |
| 7750:276 |
Introduction to Social Welfare |
| 7750:270 |
Poverty and Minority Issues |
| 7750:427 |
Human Behavior and Social Environment I |
| 3250:100 |
Introduction to Economics
OR |
| 3250:200 |
Principles of Microeconomics
OR |
| 2040:247 |
Survey of Basic Economics |
| 3700:100 |
Government and Politics in the U.S. |
Admission to the Social Work Major Requirements for admission to the social work major include:
- Acceptance into the College of Fine & Applied Arts
- A minimum GPA 2.3 for all courses
- Completion of all General Education requirements for the four year degree, including math (exception: Humanities and Area studies requirements, to be taken later)
- Completion of eight courses comprising the liberal arts base for the social work major (see courses listed immediately above)
- Completion of 500 word, typed, double spaced autobiographical statement explaining the student's interest in social work
- Three recommendation forms completed and submitted (from college advisor, previous professors, employers, and the like)
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