Social Work, BSW

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II and Level III)

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II and III may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

# Scientific Reasoning General Education category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

Courses in Major (54 credits total)

Electives (6 credits total)

• SWK ____ Social Work Elective (3 credits)
• SWK ____ Social Work Elective (3 credits)

♥ Required Support Courses (22 credits total)

• SOC 110 Introduction to Sociology
• SOC ____  Elective (3 credits)
• PSY 101 General Psychology
• *PSY ____ Elective (3 credits)
• POL  ____ Elective or
• ♫ECO ____  Elective (3 credits)
• PHL  ____  Elective (3 credits)
• ►BIO ____  Lab Science (4 credits)

 

Free Electives (9 credits total)

May be necessary to take additional credits to attain the minimum 120 credits required for graduation depending on choices made for general education or minor selection.

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Additional Information and Notes

♥        Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣        Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#         These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡         Level II and Level III Written Communications Courses may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  The credits are counted only in one area. 

†           Required for program continuation and to enter SWK305: a 2.7 average SWK101 , 102 , 200 , (or 510 )  261 , and 270 .

¶         A 2.7 average is required in SWK101 , 102 , 200 , 261 ,  270 , 301  and 302  in order to enter SWK401 / 404  /405 . 

*          Recommended courses PSY212  or 215 .

►       Recommended courses BIO121 , 122 , or 124 .

♠        These two courses will satisfy the Written Communications Levels II (SWK361 ) and III (SWK401 ) requirements.

Total credits for graduation: 120