The following areas are available:

Bachelor of Social Work

Minor in Social Work

Bachelor of Social Work
Students must have a minimum GPA of 2.5 in social work and related-area requirement courses to enter field practicum.  Candidates for this degree program must complete the core requirements including the following social work courses:

100, Introduction to Social Service
150, Social Welfare as a Social Institution
151, Social Welfare as a Social Institution Laboratory
210, Introduction to Interventive Strategies
280, Human Behavior in the Social Environment
285, Social Issues and Social Policy Development
300, Interventive Strategies for Social Work with Individuals, Families, and Groups
305, Interventive Strategies for Social Work with Organizations and Communities
320 and 321, Supervised Field Experience in Social Work I and II
320a and 321a, Integrative Field Experience Seminar I and II
A minimum of 34 hours and a maximum of 50 hours may be taken in social work. A minimum of 36 hours is required in related area departments.

Evaluation of social work transfer credits will be done by a social work adviser on an individual basis.

Related Area Requirements

The following courses, or their alternatives, are required:

Biology
1, General Biology, or
11, Introductory Biology I
and one additional biology course from the following: 
110, Human Biology
113, Human Physiology and Anatomy I
114, Human Physiology and Anatomy II
115, Human Heredity and Evolution
120, Environmental Biology
140, Female Sexuality
Econ
40, Introduction to the American Economy
PolSci
11, Introduction to American Politics
Psych
3, General Psychology
Sociology
10, Introduction to Sociology
160, Social Psychology
220, Sociological Statistics
Either
Sociology
230, Research Methods and
231, Research Methods Lab or
Social Work
330, Research Design in Social Work

At least 9 additional hours must be taken in social work, sociology, political science, psychology, women's and gender studies, anthropology, criminology and criminal justice, or economics at the 100 level or above. Hours taken in social work will apply toward the maximum of 50 hours that may be taken in social work courses.

After fulfilling the general education and specific major degree requirements, students are to take the remaining 29 hours at the university level required to complete the bachelor of social work degree in university courses from one or more of the following areas or their university-quality equivalents at other institutions: anthropology/ archaeology, art (appreciation, history, studio), astronomy, biology, chemistry, communication, criminology and criminal justice, economics, English, foreign languages/ literatures, geology, history, mathematics/computer science, music (appreciation, history, performance), philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, social work, sociology, women and gender studies, business, education, engineering, and interdisciplinary. The social work department may require students to pass a placement test to enroll in the next level course, provided this test or its equivalent is administered to all students seeking to enroll in that course.

Social work majors must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or better in all course work specifically required for the major, with satisfactory grades in practicum.

Note Taking anthropology, biological sciences, economics, and Spanish courses is strongly recommended by graduate social work schools .