PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
The following courses are required for the BSW degree and include University Core Curriculum requirements as well as the state’s general education requirements. Students must complete the foreign language (FL) requirement. (See “Core Curriculum/General Election Requirements” in this catalog.)
| Courses | Hours |
| Two of the following courses1 | 6 |
| ANT 100, ANT 102, ANT 103, ANT 270, EC 110, EC 111, GY 105, | |
| GY 110, PSC 101, PSC 103, PSC 211, or a freshman seminar, | |
| with advisor’s approval | |
| Statistics (BER 345, CJ 381, PY 211, or ST 260) | 3 |
| BSC 108 or BSC 109 with lab (N) | 4 |
| COM 123 (H) | 3 |
| EN 101 and EN 102, or EN 101 and EN 103 (FC) | 6 |
| HY 101 or HY 102 (HI)2 | 3 |
| PY 101 (SB) | 3 |
| PY 358 | 3 |
| SOC 101 (SB) | 3 |
| SOC 205 or PY 372 | 3 |
| SW 100 | 3 |
| SW 200 | 3 |
| SW 351 | 3 |
| SW 401 (W) | 3 |
| SW 410 | 3 |
| SW 411 | 3 |
| SW 420 | 3 |
| SW 440 (W), SW 441, and SW 442 | 9 |
| SW 443 | 3 |
| SW 490 | 9 |
| Fine arts (FA) | 3 |
| Foreign language (FL) | 4–8 |
| Free electives | 11–15 |
| Humanities (HU) or fine arts (FA) or literature electives (L)2 | 3 |
| Literature (L)2 | 3 |
| Mathematics (MA)3 | 3 |
| Natural science with lab (N) | 4 |
| Social work electives (two courses) | 6 |
| ___ | |
| Total: 120 | |
2Students must have a two-course sequence in either HI or L.
3Math courses have prerequisites that must be met.
A student may choose to vary the sequence of courses outside the School of Social Work and take some electives in the freshman and sophomore years. However, EN 101 and EN 102, the freshman composition courses, must be taken in the freshman year. A student may be able to take fewer hours than the 15–16 hours per semester by going to summer session.
| Sample Course Sequence | |
| FRESHMAN YEAR | |
| First Semester | |
| Courses | Hours |
| EN 101 | 3 |
| PY 101 | 3 |
| SW 100 | 3 |
| Foreign language | 3–4 |
| Mathematics above MATH 100 | 3 |
| ___ | |
| 15–16 | |
| Second Semester | |
| Courses | Hours |
| Freshman seminar (elective) | 3 |
| EN 102 or EN 103 | 3 |
| SOC 101 | 3 |
| Fine arts (FA) | 3 |
| Foreign language | 3–4 |
| ___ | |
| 15–16 | |
| SOPHOMORE YEAR | |
| First Semester | |
| Courses | Hours |
| BSC 109 with lab | 4 |
| EC 110 or PSC 101 | 3 |
| HY 101 or HY 102 | 3 |
| SW 200 | 3 |
| Literature (L) course | 3 |
| ___ | |
| 16 | |
| Second Semester | |
| Courses | Hours |
| SOC 205 or PY 372 | 3 |
| (HI) or (L) course | 3 |
| SW 351 | 3 |
| Social work elective | 3 |
| ___ | |
| 15 | |
| JUNIOR YEAR | |
| First Semester | |
| Courses | Hours |
| Statistics | 3 |
| PY 358* | 3 |
| SW 410 | 3 |
| Natural science with lab | 4 |
| SW 440 | 3 |
| ___ | |
| 16 | |
| Second Semester | |
| Courses | Hours |
| SW 401 | 3 |
| SW 411 | 3 |
| SW 441 | 3 |
| SW 442 | 3 |
| GY 110 or ANT 102 | 3 |
| ___ | |
| 15 | |
| SENIOR YEAR | |
| First Semester | |
| Courses | Hours |
| SW 490 | 9 |
| SW 443 | 3 |
| SW 420 | 3 |
| ___ | |
| 15 | |
| Second Semester | |
| Courses | Hours |
| Free elective or | |
| (HU)/(FA)/(L) course | 3 |
| Free electives | 5–7 |
| Social work elective | 3 |
| ___ | |
| 11–13 | |
Social work electives. Enrollment in social work electives is open to all University students. Electives vary with semester and year. Some may be offered during Interim session. The following courses are among those typically offered during a two-year period.
SW 208 Juvenile Delinquency: Causes, Control, and Services
SW 210 Family and Child Welfare
SW 212 Death, Dying, and Bereavement
SW 300 Special Topics
SW 345 Traumatic Stress in Social Work: Education, Practice, Policy, and Research
SW 414 Chemical Dependency
SW 419 International Social Development
SW 437 Forensic Social Work
SW 498 Independent Study