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Bachelor of Science in Social Work


This degree is built upon a strong liberal arts base that includes courses from several disciplines.

Because the credit hours for the core curriculum and the prerequisites total more than 60 hours, social work is considered a comprehensive major. No minor is required, but some students cluster their electives in a discipline that supports their area of interest in social work practice.

The required social work major courses must be taken in the specified sequence. To assure completion of the program in four years, a student interested in the social work major should meet with a social work faculty advisor in the spring of his or her freshman year.

Course Number and Title

Hrs.

Prerequisites

SOCWK 221 Intro. to Social Work

3

SOC 111 or PSYC 101

SOCWK 230 Global Human Rights

3

None

SOCWK 250 Found. Of Social Welfare

3

None

SOCWK 304 Human Behavior Across Lifespan

3

SOCWK 221 or soph. status

SOCWK 306 Social Environment & Human Behavior

3

SOC 301 or co-requisite

SOCWK 310 Social Work Practice I

3

SOCWK 221 or Dept. Perm.

SOCWK 312 Social Work Practice II

3

SOCWK 304, 310

SOCWK 360 Res. Meth. In Soc. Sci.

3

MATH 108 or co-req, SOC 111

SOCWK 408 Soc. Policy Devel./Anal.

3

SOCWK 221, 250

SOCWK 412 Soc. Work Com. Practice

3

SOCWK 306, 312, SOC 225

SOCWK 417 Pre-Practicum Seminar

1

SOCWK 306, 312; 408 & 412 pre or co-requisites

SOCWK 418 Field Instruction

12

All SOCWK Academic Courses; 419 co-requisites

SOCWK 419 Field Seminar

3

SOCWK 419, 418 co-req.

BIO 100 Human Biology

4

None

MATH 108 Introductory Statistics

3

MATH 100 or ACT 18 or SAT 480

PSYC 101 General Psychology I

3

None

SOC 111 Principles of Sociology

3

None

SOC 225 Contemp. Social Problems

3

SOC 111

SOC 301 Race, Ethnic, & Minority Issues

3

None

Electives (choose 3 courses below):*

9

 

SOCWK 265 Parent-Child Relationships

(3)

None

SOCWK 305 Family Violence

(3)

None

SOCWK 320 Topics (may be repeated for credit as topics vary)

(3)

None

SOCWK 323 Later Adulthood in the Family Context

(3)

None

SOCWK 324 Working with Older Adults

(3)

None

SOCWK 330 International Perspectives on Women

(3)

None

SOCWK 350 Death and Dying

(3)

None

Total Hours

74 hrs.

 

Institutional Core Requirements:

Communication Course

3

Critical Cultural Inquiry (CCI) 

3

Math/Logic course

3

Religion course

3

Historical Reasoning course

3

Composition

6

Natural Science

6

Humanities

6

Social Sciences

6

Aesthetics

6

Total Core Hours

45 hrs.

*Other options exist for elective credit. See your advisor

**To earn an Bachelor's degree through Ashland University, a student must earn at least 120 hours.

Courses and Descriptions

See List of Institutional Core Courses

See BIO Courses

See MATH Courses

See PSYC Courses

See SOC Courses

See SOCWK Courses