Social Work, B.A.

The Social Work program prepares students to be leaders in service to the community through generalist practice. A career in Social Work offers a wide range of opportunities, including direct practice in social work with families, individuals or community-based organizations, as well as jobs in research, public relations, human services, probation and criminal justice, social welfare, counseling, or health care administration.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the program in Social Work will be able to:

Demonstrate understanding of integrated body of knowledge required of a general practitioner as defined by the Council on Social Work Education.
Demonstrate a command of the professional values and ethics required of a general practitioner.
Demonstrate competence in the concrete practice of professional skills, especially those skills required by the Council on Social Work Education of a general practitioner.
Demonstrate an awareness of the influence of Christian and Wesleyan perspectives on social work practice.
Demonstrate preparation to transition to careers and/or graduate education in social work.

Lower-Division Requirements

BIO 1001 - Human Biology and Bioethics (GE) (3)
BIO 1001L - Human Biology and Bioethics Laboratory (GE) (1)
ECO 1000 - Survey of Economics (GE) (3) or
ECO 1002 - Principles of Microeconomics (GE) (3)
PSY 1003 - General Psychology (GE) (3)
SOC 2050 - Sociology of the Family (3)
SWF 1000 - Living Justly in Contemporary Society (GE) (3)

Total: 16 Units

Upper-Division Requirements

SWF 3006 - Research Basics (3)
SWF 3015 - Health and Well-Being (GE) (2)
SWK 3003 - Introduction to Social Work (3)
SWK 3030 - Social Welfare Policy (3)
SWK 3040 - Child Welfare (3) OR
SOC 3016 - Sociology of Aging (3)
SOC 3060 - Race and Ethnicity (3)
SWK 3065 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment (3)
SWK 3070 - Social Work Practice I (3)
SWK 3071 - Social Work Practice II (3)
SWK 4070 - Social Work Practicum (2-5)
SWK 4071 - Social Work Practicum (2-5)
SWK 4072 - Seminar in Social Work I (2)
SWK 4073 - Seminar in Social Work II (2)

Total: 38 Units

Recommended Electives

SOC 3005 - Social Stratification (3)
SOC 3030 - The Development of Feminist Thought (WS) (4)
CHD 1050 - Human Development (3)
PSY 3021 - Abnormal Psychology (3)
PSY 3000 - Personality and Adult Development (4)

Total: 54 Units

Note(s):

Accepting Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT)