SOCIAL WORK MINOR
The Social Work Minor provides students with foundational knowledge of the social work profession and its commitment to social justice, human rights, and advocacy. Students explore the history, values, and ethics of social work while developing essential helping skills, cultural humility, and advocacy strategies for working with diverse populations. The curriculum examines how social policies impact vulnerable communities and emphasizes advocacy approaches for promoting systemic change at individual, community, and policy levels. Through coursework in social work practice, policy analysis, advocacy methods, and anti-oppressive frameworks, students gain practical advocacy skills applicable across various human service fields. The minor prepares students for graduate study in social work or careers in mental health, community services, policy advocacy, mental health advocacy, victim advocacy, housing advocacy, disability advocacy, legislative advocacy, nonprofit program coordination, case management, community organizing, and other helping professions where advocacy is essential.
Social Work Minor Learning Outcomes
1. Analyze the social work profession and its role in addressing social problems.
2. Evaluate how social policies and systems impact diverse populations
3. Apply frameworks for understanding diversity, oppression, and social justice
4. Demonstrate foundational helping skills and professional communication
5. Explain advocacy strategies and identify specific methods for advocating for vulnerable
populations and promoting systemic change
Students can earn a minor in Social Work by completing 15 credits; four required courses (12 credits), one elective choice (3 credit). Internship is an elective option, provided that the internship is closely related to social work.
Requirements for the minor: | Credits |
|---|---|
Required Courses: | |
SOC 1000 Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
SWK 2310 Introduction to Social Work | 3 |
SWK 2520 Serving Diverse Populations and Advancing Social Justice | 3 |
SWK 2550 Social Welfare Policy | 3 |
Students must choose one course (3 credits) from the following:
CJ/SOC 2402 Domestic Violence | 3 |
SOC/SWK 3390 Crisis Intervention | |
SOC/SWK 3450 Internship and Internship Seminar (has pre-requisites) | |
15 |