Distinctions & Opportunities

Opportunities Outside the College

School of Social Work
For further information, call the School of Social Work Bloomington office, 1127 E. Atwater Avenue, (812) 855-4427, or visit the website (bloomington.socialwork.iu.edu/).

Note: The following four requirements apply to minors offered and transcripted by the College:

  1. any course in which the student receives a grade below C– cannot be used to fulfill a minor requirement;
  2. the grade point average of all courses taken in fulfillment of minor requirements must be at least 2.000.
  3. students must complete at least 9 credit hours in the minor on the Bloomington campus;
  4. students must complete at least 9 credit hours at the 300–400 level.
Minor in Social Welfare Advocacy (15 credit hours)

Requirements

  • SWK-S 100 Understanding Diversity in a Pluralistic Society
  • SWK-S 141 Introduction to Social Work
  • SWK-S 251 Emergence of Social Services (P: SWK-S 141)
  • SWK-S 352 Social Service Delivery Systems  (P: SWK-S 251)
  • Any SWK-S 300 non-major social work class
Labor Studies Program: Minor in Labor Studies (15 credit hours)

Requirements

6 credit hours must be selected from the following lower division courses:

  • LSTU-L 100 Unions and Collective Bargaining (3 cr.)
  • LSTU-L 101 American Labor History (3 cr.)
  • LSTU-L 105 Contemporary Labor Problems (3 cr.)
  • LSTU-L 110 Labor and Society (3 cr.)
  • LSTU-L 200 Employment Law (3 cr.)
  • LSTU-L 201 Labor Law (3 cr.)
  • LSTU-L 203 Labor and the Political System (3 cr.)
  • LSTU-L 230 Labor and the Economy (3 cr.)
In addition, 9 credit hours are required from the following:
  • LSTU-L 315 The Organization of Work (3 cr.) or SOC-S 315 Work and Occupations (3 cr.)
  • LSTU-L 375 Comparative Labor Movements (3 cr.)
  • LSTU-L 380 Theories of the Labor Movement (3 cr.)
  • LSTU-L 385 Class, Race, Gender, and Work (3 cr.)
  • LSTU-L 390 Topics in Labor Studies (3 cr.) (depending on the topic, and after consultation with faculty advisor within the College of Arts and Sciences)
  • LSTU-L 480 Senior Seminar or Readings (3 cr.) (Topics vary based on the student's area of interest in Labor Studies.)