Social Work, BSW

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Major Requirements

Students interested in majoring in Social Work must apply to the major. Application materials are available from faculty members of the Social Work program and are also available on the social work program’s homepage on the Internet.

The following core courses must be completed with a grade of “C-” or better and a 2.75 average must be maintained in the major.

PSY 150 - Introduction to Psychology 4 credit(s)
SOCWK 201 - Principles of Social Work 4 credit(s)
SOCWK 310W - Social Work Research Methods 4 credit(s)
SOCWK 300 - Micro Social Work Practice 4 credit(s)
SOCWK 301 - Macro Social Work Practice 4 credit(s)
SOCWK 320 - Human Behavior in Social Environment 4 credit(s)
SOCWK 325 - Counseling & Interviewing Techniques 4 credit(s)
SOCWK 351 - Social Policy & Social Justice 4 credit(s)
SOCWK 480 - Pre-Practicum Seminar 1 credit(s)
SOCWK 481 - Social Work Practicum 6 credit(s) 12 credits required

Choose One Course From the Following:

SOC 110 - Understanding the Apocalypse 4 credit(s)
SOC 120 - Images, Society, and Identity 4 credit(s)
SOC 130 - Stump the Sociologist 4 credit(s)
SOC 150 - Special Topics in Introductory Sociology 4 credit(s)

Choose One Course From the Following:

SOC 301 - Social Statistics 4 credit(s)
PSY 350 - Behavioral Statistics 4 credit(s)
MATH 207 - General Elementary Statistics 4 credit(s)
SOC 302W - Quantitative Research 4 credit(s)

Eight Credits From:

Additional elective courses will be considered with approval from the Social Work Program Director.

ANTH 101 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 4 credit(s)
ANTH 311 - Medicine, Body and Culture 4 credit(s)
CJLS 300 - Criminal Justice 4 credit(s)
DS 204 - Working w/People w/Disability 4 credit(s)
GSS 200 - Introduction to Queer Studies 4 credit(s)
GSS 201 - Introduction to Gender & Sexlty Studies 4 credit(s)
MT 190 - Introduction to Music Therapy 2 credit(s)
PH 330 - Promoting Community Health 4 credit(s)
POLS 321 - Protest, Dissent, & Social Change 4 credit(s)
PSY 202 - Health Psychology 4 credit(s)
PSY 208 - Addictions and Society 4 credit(s)
PSY 211 - Abnormal Psychology 4 credit(s)
PSY 240 - Child Development 4 credit(s)
PSY 361 - Psychology of Gender 4 credit(s)
PSY 445 - Children and Violence 4 credit(s)
SOC 304 - Criminology 4 credit(s)
SOC 305 - Racism & Ethnicity in Hawaii 2 or 4 credit(s)
SOC 309 - Families 4 credit(s)
SOC 312 - Social Interaction 4 credit(s)
SOC 315 - Gender and Sexuality
SOC 318 - Racism & Ethnicity Hawaii-Travel 2 credit(s)
SOC 319 - Sociology of Medicine 4 credit(s)
SOC 333 - Drugs & Society
SOC 347 - Global Cap Neo-Colonial Inequalities 4 credit(s)
SOC 360 - Critical Race Theory 4 credit(s)
SOC 366 - Deviance 4 credit(s)
SOCWK 215 - Conflict Resolution 2 credit(s)
SOCWK 216 - Basic Mediation
SOCWK 355 - New Topics credit(s)

Total: 61 Credits

The Social Work Program does not give academic credit for life or previous work experience.