Undergraduate Programs
Social Work Degree Program
Education Requirements for B.S.W.
A total of 122 credit hours is required for the B.S.W. degree. In addition to School of Social Work requirements and electives, the following are general liberal arts requirements:General Requirements (8 courses)
English Composition (2 courses)
- ENG W131 Elementary Composition I
- ENG W231 Professional Writing Skills
Modern American History
- HIST H106 American History II
Two courses designated arts and humanities from the following departments:
- Afro-American Studies
- American Sign Language
- Communications and Theatre
- English (excluding the basic composition
- course)
- Fine Arts
- Folklore
- Foreign Languages and Cultures (100 level
- and above)
- History
- Music (non–performance courses)
- Philosophy
- Religious Studies
- Women’s Studies
Human Biology (1 course)
- One course in human biological sciences
Mathematics and Physical Sciences (2 courses)
- Computer Science. (On the IUPUI campus, it is strongly recommended that students take SWK S300 Computer Technology for Social Work.)
Select one course from the following departments:
- Astronomy
- Chemistry
- Geology
- Mathematics (110 or higher)
- Physical Geography
- Physics
- Statistics (strongly recommended)
Supportive Area Requirements
(6 courses)- ANTH A104 Cultural Anthropology
- ECON E101 Survey of Current Economic Issues and Problems, E201 Introduction to Microeconomics, or E202 Introduction to Macroeconomics
- POLS Y103 Introduction to American Politics
- PSY 300-level psychology course
- PSY B104 Psychology as a Social Science
- SOC R100 Introduction to Sociology
Social Work Requirements (17 courses)
- S100 Understanding Diversity in a Pluralistic Society (3 cr.)
- S141 Introduction to Social Work (3 cr.)
- S221 Human Behavior and Social Environment I: Individual Functioning (3 cr.)
- S231 Generalist Social Work Practice I: Theory and Skills (3 cr.)
- S251 Emergence of Social Services (3 cr.)
- S322 Human Behavior and Social Environment II: Small Group Functioning (3 cr.)
- S323 Organization Behavior and Practice within a Generalist Perspective (3 cr.)
- S332 Generalist Social Work Practice II: Theory and Skills (3 cr.)
- S352 Social Service Delivery Systems (3 cr.)
- S371 Social Work Research (3 cr.)
- S381 Social Work Practicum I (4 cr.)
- S400 Practicum Seminar (1 cr.)
- S433 Community Behavior and Practice within a Generalist Perspective (3 cr.)
- S442 Practice-Policy Seminar in Fields of Practice (2 courses, 3 cr. each)
- S472 Practice Evaluation (3 cr.)
- S482 Social Work Practicum II (5 cr.)