University Catalog

Curriculum in Social Work

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts

(see footnotes at bottom)

 

FIRST YEAR

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First Semester

SOC 1014	Introductory Sociology	3	hours
††SW 1014	Introduction to Social Work, Fields of Practice	3	hours
ENGL 1014,G,H	Freshman Composition	3	hours
GBIO 1064,G	Introduction to Biological Principles I	3	hours
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success a Southeastern	2	hours
	Total:	14	hours

 

Second Semester

††SW 2014	History and Philosophy of Social Welfare and Social Work	3	hours
GBIO 1074,G	Introduction to Biological Principles II	3	hours
††ENGL 1024,G,H	Critical Reading and Writing	3	hours
MATH 105 or MATH 151/161G	Finite Mathematics College Algebra with Fundamentals / College Algebra	3	hours
PSYC 1014	General Psychology I	3	hours
LS 102	Introduction to Information Research	1	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

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First Semester

††SW 2024	Child Welfare Services	3	hours
††SW 2034	Human Behavior in the Social Environment I	3	hours
SOC 2124	Marriage and Family Life	3	hours
HIST 201G,H	American History to 1877	3	hours
ENGL 230, or ENGL 231, or ENGL 232G,H	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3	hours
MATH 241G	Elementary Statistics	3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

Second Semester

††SW 2044	Human Behavior in the Social Environment II	3	hours
††SW 2054	Understanding Human Diversity and Populations at Risk	3	hours
ENGL 322	Introduction to the Profession of Technical Writing	3	hours
HIST 202H	American History since 1877	3	hours
POLI 201G	American Politics	3	hours
CMPS 110	Computer Literacy	3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

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First Semester

††SW 360	Social Work Research Methods and Designs	3	hours
††SW 402	Social Welfare Policy, A Framework for Analysis	3	hours
††SW 303	Crisis Intervention	3	hours
MUS 151, or THEA 131, or ART 105, or ART 106G,H	Introduction to Music Introduction to the Theatre Survey of World Art History I Survey of World Art History II	3	hours
	Total:	12	hours

 

Second Semester

††SW 304	Generalist Social Work Practice: Micro  Practice Skills	3	hours
††SW 361	Methods of Analysis and Dissemination	3	hours
ECON 102 or ECON 201 or ECON 202G	Elements of Economics Principles of Economics (Microeconomics) Principles of Economics (Macroeconomics)	3	hours
COMM 211G,H	Introduction to Public Speaking	3	hours
Elective1		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

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First Semester

††SW 305	Generalist Social Work Practice: Mezzo Practice Skills	3	hours
††SW 406	Generalist Social Work Practice: Macro Practice Skills	3	hours
††SW 308	Generalist Social Work Practice: Case Management Skills	3	hours
Physical ScienceG		3	hours
Social Work/ Social Science/FCS  Elective2		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

Second Semester

††SW 4973	Integrative Field Seminar	3	hours
††SW 4983	Internship	9	hours
	Total:	12	hours

 

Total semester hours required 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of electives.

All courses with a Social Work prefix (required or electives) are used in the calculation of the major field average.

^GGeneral Education Courses
^HHonors students to take Honors course option:
ENGL 101 or 121H or 123H
ENGL 102 or 122H or 124H
ENGL 230 or 231 or 232 or 210H or 291H or 292H
HIST 101 or 102 or 201 or 202 or 101H or 102H or 201H or 202H
COMM 211 or 211H
GBIO 106 or 151H
GBIO 151 or 151H
Art Elective or HONR 191 

^††Major course; grade of "C" or better required.
¹Students may utilize electives for Child Welfare grant requirements.
²Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, Criminal Justice, Anthropology, Geography except 309, and Family and Consumer Science.
³Students may not schedule SW 497 and SW 498 until completion of all curricula requirements and prior social work courses have been completed. They must also have a minimum adjusted grade point average of 2.5.
⁴Courses needed prior to acceptance into Professional Standing. Social Work 203 and Social Work 204, Social Work 204 and Sociology 212, Social Work 203 and GBIO 107, and Social Work 204 and GBIO 107 may be concurrent registration.