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 |
| 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 | 3 |
| 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 | |
| ¹At least one course must hold the SB designation, and the two courses selected must not be from the same department. ²Students must have a two-course sequence in either HI or L. ³Math courses have prerequisites that must be met. |
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| Sample Course Sequence | |
| 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. | |
| FRESHMAN YEAR | |
| First Semester | |
| Courses | Hours |
| EN 101 | 3 |
| PY 101 | 3 |
| SW 100 | 3 |
| Foreign language | 3–4 |
| Freshman seminar (elective) | 3 |
| ___ | |
| 15–16 | |
| Second Semester | |
| Courses | Hours |
| Mathematics above MATH 100 | 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 |
| COM 123 | 3 |
| 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 majors are permitted to take PY 358 without having completed the usual 6 hours of prerequisites. | |
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 206 Growing Old in America
- 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