Social Work - B. Social Work
Ariel Tillman, Ph.D., Discipline Coordinator
The Social Work Program prepare students for professional generalist social work practitioners which requires extensive knowledge and pedagogy field experience in working with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. The Social Work Program is consistent and aligns with the overall mission and goal of the university as it prepares students to work effectively and ethically with diverse populations and communities who are often challenged by disparities in social, economic, environmental, and social justice. Students acquire knowledge in the classroom environment and through field education experience how diversity characterize and shape the human experience. The Social Work Program provides exemplary leadership as it prepares students to work and engage in a global society by helping to meet unmet needs of individuals, families, and communities.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Create a teaching and learning environment that foster a supportive and nurturing model of respect for diversity the dignity and worth of human beings, and the values and ethics of the social work profession.
- Prepare students to practice ethically and competently as generalist social work practitioners with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Prepare students to be innovative, critical thinkers and leaders of the social work profession in a global society.
- Prepare emerging generalist social work practitioners for the application of scholarly research and publications for social work practice advancements.
- Prepare students to make ethical decision-making guided by the values and principles of the social work profession,
- Prepare students for continuing professional development including future graduate study and lifelong learning.
Requirements
Students must complete 120 semester hours to ascertain a bachelor’s degree in social work. The degree can be completed in eight semesters or four years. The first two years will focus on many general education requirements. However, SW 204, SW 215, and SW 230 will be introduced to the declared majors. The student must complete 40 hours of general education, 3 hours of social research, 42 credits of required major courses and the remainder selected from major elective courses.
Required Cognate (3 Credit Hours)
- HSS 280-Methods and Statistics For Social Research
Required Major Courses (42 Credit Hours)
- SW 204 - Introduction To Social Work
- SW 215 - Interviewing and Counseling Techniques
- SW 230 - Understanding Human Diversity
- SW 255 - Social Welfare Policies and Services I
- SW 270 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment I
- SW 360 - Generalist Practice 1: Individuals, Families and Groups
- SW 378 - Social Welfare Policies and Services II
- SW 389 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment 11
- SW 399 - Social Work Research Methods
- SW 448 - Generalist Practice 11: Organizations and Communities
- SW 485 - Social Work Field Experience and Seminar I
- SW 486 - Social Work Field Experience and Seminar II
Major Elective Courses
- SW 247 - Social Work with Minorities
- SW 330 - Social Work in Mental Health
- SW 400 - Social Work Practice with Children
- SW 411 - Special Topics
- SOC 115 - Social Problems
- SOC 376 - Ethnicity and Race
Suggested Program Plan
First Year, Fall Semester
| CORE 100 | NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION SEMINAR | 1 |
| CORE 150 | COMPOSITION I | 3 |
| CORE 131 | ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICS FOR A CONTEMPORARY WORLD | 3 |
| | CORE | 3 |
| SW 204 | INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 13 |
First Year, Spring Semester
| SW 230 | UNDERSTANDING HUMAN DIVERSIRTY | 3 |
| CORE 120 | CRITICAL THINKING | 2 |
| CORE 160 | COMPOSITION II | 3 |
| SOC 100 | INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY | 3 |
| CSCI 100 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING | 3 |
| | GENERAL ELECTIVE | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 17 |
Second Year, Fall Semester
| SW 230 | UNDERSTANDING HUMAN DIVERSIRTY | 3 |
| PSCI 122 | AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS | 3 |
| | FOREIGN LANGUAGE 101 - FRENCH OR SPANISH | 3 |
| | CORE | 3 |
| | GENERAL ELECTIVE | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Second Year, Spring Semester
| SW 255 | SOCIAL WELFARE POLICIES AND SERVICES I | 3 |
| SW 270 | HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT I: INFANCY THROUGH ADOLENCENSE | 3 |
| HIS 270 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY | 3 |
| | FOREIGN LANGUAGE 102 - FRENCH OR SPANISH | 3 |
| | CORE | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Third Year, Fall Semester
| SW 360 | GENERALIST PRACTICE I: INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND GROUPS | 3 |
| SW 378 | SOCIAL WELFARE POLICIES AND SERVICES II | 3 |
| SW 389 | HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT II: ADULTHOOD | 3 |
| SOC 342 | SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| | GENERAL ELECTIVE | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Third Year, Spring Semester
| SW 399 | SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH METHODS | 3 |
| SPED 210 | INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION | 3 |
| | GENERAL ELECTIVE | 3 |
| | SOCIAL WORK ELECTIVES | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Fourth Year, Fall Semester
| SW 485 | SOCIAL WORK FIELD EXPERIENCE AND SEMINAR I | 6 |
| SOC 345 | ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE | 3 |
| | SOCIAL WORK ELECTIVES | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Fourth Year, Spring Semester
| SW 486 | SOCIAL WORK FIELD EXPERIENCE AND SEMINAR II | 6 |
| SOC 365 | MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY | 3 |
| | SOCIAL WORK ELECTIVES | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Total Credit Hours: 120