Curriculum

For course descriptions, please refer to the Undergraduate Catalog.

Support courses:

• BIOS 1100/1120: Principles of Biology and lab
• COM 1000: Communication and Community Engagement - or
  COM 1040: Public Speaking
• ECON 2010: Microeconomics
• HSV 2650: Information Literacy in the Health Sciences
  (or pass Proficiency Exam)
• HSV 4780: U.S. Health Policy
• PSCI 2000: National Government
• PSY 1000: General Psychology
• SOC 2000: Principles of Sociology

Professional social work curriculum:

• SWRK 2100: Intro to Social Work: Advocates for Social Justice
• SWRK 3000: Social Welfare as a Social Institution
• SWRK 3200: Social Work Interviewing and Assessment
• SWRK 3330: Intro. Culture, Ethnicity and Institutionalized
  Inequality in Social Work Practice
• SWRK 3500: Human Behavior and the Social Environment
• SWRK 3510: Group, Community and Organizational Behavior *
• SWRK 4000: Social Work Practice with Individuals & Families *
• SWRK 4010: The Problem-Solving Process with Task Groups
  and Organizations *
• SWRK 4020: Social Work Policy *
• SWRK 4100: Field Experience and Seminar I *
• SWRK 4110: Field Experience and Seminar II *
• SWRK 4600: Social Work with Communities *

NOTE: Must be admitted to the major to take starred (*)
courses.

Required research component:

• STAT: Any statistics course
• SWRK 3650: Social Work Research Methods

Electives:

Course work in the following areas is recommended:
anthropology, communications, economics, history,
philosophy, political science, psychology and sociology