BSW Program Options

BSW Students work in groups.

 Course Requirements for BSW

A minimum of 122 credit hours is required for the B.S.W. degree. In addition to social work courses and electives, the following outlines the general liberal arts requirements.

General Requirements (8 courses)
•   English Composition (2 courses)
•   Modern American History

• Two courses designated as arts and humanities courses  
  from the following departments:
•     Afro-American Studies
•     Communication and Theatre
•     English (excluding the basic composition_  course)
•     Fine Arts
•     Folklore
•     Foreign Languages and Cultures
      (100 level and  above)
  
•     History
•     Latino Studies
•     Music
•     Philosophy
•     Religious Studies
•     Sign Language
•     Women’s Studies

•   Human Biology (1 course) from one of the following:

•     Biology of Sex Roles (Richmond campus)
•     Human Anatomy
•     Human Biology
•     Human Physiology
•     Psychology as a Biological Science

•   Computer Science/Mathematics/Physical Sciences
     (2  courses)

One Computer Science course (required). (On the IUPUI campus, it is strongly recommended that students take SWK S300 Computer Technology for Social Work.

For the second course, students select from the following:   

•     Astronomy
•     Chemistry
•     Geology
•     Mathematics
•     Physical Geography
•     Physics
•     Statistics (strongly recommended)

 Supportive Area Requirements (6 courses)

•   Abnormal Psychology, Theories of Personality, or any upper level Psychology course

•   American Government

•   Cultural Anthropology

•   Introduction to Sociology

•   Macro- or microeconomics (1 course)

•   Psychology as a Social Science (IUPUI); General Psychology (IUB and IUE)

Social Work Requirements (16 courses)

S100   Understanding Diversity in a Pluralistic Society (3 cr.)

S141   Introduction to Social Work (3 cr.)

S221   Human Behavior and Social Environment I: Individual 
     Functioning (3 cr.)

S231   Generalist Social Work Practice I: Theory and Skills
     (3 cr.)

S251   Emergence of Social Services (3 cr.)

S322   Human Behavior and Social Environment II: Small 
    Group  Functioning (3 cr.)

S323   Human Behavior and Social Environment III: Community
    and Organizational Functioning (3 cr.)

S332   Generalist Social Work Practice II: Theory and Skills
     (3  cr.)

S352   Social Service Delivery Systems (3 cr.)

S371   Social Work Research (3 cr.)

S381   Social Work Practicum I (4 cr.)

S400   Practicum Seminar (1 cr.)

S433   Generalist Social Work Practice III: Theory and Skills
     (3 cr.)

S442   Practice-Policy Seminar in Fields of Practice
    (2 courses, 3 cr. each)

S472   Practice Evaluation (3 cr.)

S482   Social Work Practicum II (5 cr.)