SOCIAL WORK MINOR
Social workers mentor and empower clients from diverse ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds while building meaningful professional relationships. Students will learn the importance of advocacy and become more aware and sensitive to people struggling with a variety of individual, family, and community/societal issues A semester long internship which will enhance their education by completing a practical field experience is required of all students.
Students can earn a minor in Social Work by completing 18 credits; three required courses (9 credits), one (3 credit) internship, and two elective courses (6 credits). One elective course will be selected from the Working with Individuals and Families category, and one course selected from the Social Welfare Systems category.
Requirements for the minor: | Credits |
|---|---|
Required Courses: | |
SWK 2310 Introduction to Social Work | 3 |
SWK 2410 Working with Individuals | 3 |
SWK 3000 Advocacy in Social Work Practice: Community Organization, Management and Policy Evaluation | 3 |
SWK/SOC 3450 Internship and Internship Seminar | 3 |
| 12 |
Students must choose two electives; one from each category listed below for a total of six (6) additional credits
Students must pick one course (3 credits) from the following Working with Individuals and Families category:
SOC/PSY 2220 Death, Dying and Bereavement |
SOC 2402 Domestic Violence |
SOC 2620 Diversity in Families |
SOC/SWK 3390 Crisis Intervention |
Students must pick one course (3 credits) from the following Social Welfare Systems category:
CJ/SOC 2120 Restorative Justice: Community and Incarceration |
CJ/SOC 2125 Resiliency Rising: Restorative Justice |
SOC/SWK 2420 Working with Groups and Communities |
SOC 2760 Wealth, Poverty and Social Class |
SOC 3300 Sociology of Medicine and the Body |
SOC 3600 Chocolate Cities |