2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog

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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived]

Social Work Major

(64-66 credits)

Social Work GPA and Overall GPA minimum requirement: 2.5
A grade of C or higher is required in all SOWK courses.
Please refer to the Department of Social Work website for additional information http://www.indstate.edu/socwork/

Required Courses (49-51 credits)

SOWK 130 - Introduction to the Fields of Social Welfare 3 credits
SOWK 240 - Family and Child Welfare 3 credits
SOWK 241 - Human Development and Ecological Systems 3 credits
SOWK 270 - Ethno-Cultural Issues 3 credits
SOWK 382 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment: A Synthesis 3 credits
SOWK 384 - Social Work Research 3 credits
SOWK 390 - Social Policy: Societal Response to Human Need 3 credits
SOWK 480 - Generalist Social Work Practice 3 credits
SOWK 481 - Introductory Field Practicum and Seminar 2 credits
SOWK 490 - Generalist Social Work Practice II 3 credits
SOWK 491 - Generalist Social Work Practice III 3 credits
SOWK 493 - Family and Group Practice 3 credits
SOWK 494 - Professional Seminar in Social Work 3 credits
SOWK 498 - Field Practicum and Seminar I 4 credits
SOWK 499 - Field Practicum and Seminar II 4 credits
Choose one of the following:
SOWK 300 - Topics in Social Work 3 credits
SOWK 400 - Topics in Social Work 1-6 credits
SOWK 324 - Screening, Brief Intervention, Refer to Training 1 credits
SOWK 325 - Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment with Motivational Interviewing 3 credits
SOWK 352 - Social Welfare and Social Work 3 credits
SOWK 301 - Child Welfare 3 credits
SOWK 401 - Child Welfare Practice 3 credits
SOWK 450 - International Studies 3 credits

Required Cognate Courses (15 credits)

AHS 340 - Health Biostatistics 3 credits
or
MATH 241 - Principles of Statistics 3 credits
PSCI 201 - Introduction to American Politics 3 credits
or
PSCI 305 - State and Local Government 3 credits
PSY 101 - General Psychology: Understanding Human Behavior 3 credits
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology 3 credits
PSY 368 - Introduction to Abnormal Psychology 3 credits
or
PSY 362 - Psychology of Personality 3 credits