University Catalog

Curriculum in Social Work
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts

(see footnotes at bottom)

 

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

SOC 1014,G	Introductory Sociology	3	hours
††SW 1014	Introduction to Social Work, Fields of Practice	3	hours
ENGL 1014,G	Freshman Composition	3	hours
GBIO 1064,G	Introduction to Biological Principles I	3	hours
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success a Southeastern	2	hours
LS 102	Introduction to Information Research	1	hour
	Total:	15	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
MATH 105 or MATH 107/108 or MATH 161G	Finite Mathematics Applied Algebra College Algebra	3-5	hours
PSYC 1014	General Psychology I	3	hours
HIST 202G	American History since 1877	3	hours
	Total:	15-17	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

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
††Social Work Elective		3	hours
ENGL1024,G	Critical Reading and Writing	3	hours
	Total:	15	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 229 or ENGL 230 or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232 or ENGL 233G	Introduction to Gender and Sexuality in Literature World Literature English Literature American Literature Introduction to African American Literature	3	hours
Math 241G	Elementary Statistics	3	hours
††Social Work Elective		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

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
ENGL 322	Introduction to the Profession of Technical Writing	3	hours
MUSIC, DANCE, VISUAL ARTS, OR THEATREG		3	hours
POLI 201G	American Politics	3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

Second Semester

††SW 304	Generalist Social Work Practice: Micro  Practice Skills	3	hours
††SW 361	Methods of Analysis and Dissemination	3	hours
††SW 425/525	Mental Health across the Lifespan and Populations	3	hours
COMM 211G	Introduction to Public Speaking	3	hours
Elective1		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

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 366	Writing and Documentation in Social Services	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

^††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 Child Life 400-level courses.
³Students may not schedule SW 497 and SW 498 until completion of all curricula requirements and prior social work courses have been completed. 
⁴ Students who submit application for professional standing will be admitted without delay when they meet the following requirements and there is no waiting list:

^{(a) Achievement of a degree GPA of 2.50 or higher.} 

^{(b)  Completion of an acceptable criminal background check.}

^{(c) Successful review of the Application for Admission to Professional Status by the Social Work faculty.} 

^{(d) Earning a grade of "C" or higher in English 102, and all Social Work courses undertaken.} 

^{(e) Submission of formal documentation and completed volunteer form demonstrating 20 service/ volunteer hours (See the Social Work Handbook for a list of approved types of service/ volunteer hours and the required form).}

^{(f) Submission of certificate of attendance for the mandatory Social Work Program Orientation.}