Social Work Major (BA)
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This major is administered by the Department of Sociology and Social Work.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE DISCLOSURE (NC-SARA)
The United States Department of Education requires institutions that provide distance education to disclose information for programs leading to professional certification or licensure about whether each program meets state educational requirements for initial licensure or certification. Following is this disclosure information for this program:
This program meets the certification/licensure requirements in the following states/territories:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
This program does not meet the certification/licensure requirements in the following states/territories or the following states/territories do not license or otherwise credential social workers at the bachelor’s level:
American Samoa, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Federated States of Micronesia, Florida, Georgia, New York, Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington;
Consists of a minimum of 67 credits in core social work, required supporting courses, and electives. Note: Course credit will not be granted for life experience or previous work experience.
Note: Depending on your math placement score, additional courses may be required. The following required courses below have Math prerequisites: SOC 351 and PSYC 300.
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SW 494 should be taken for 8 credits total
You may repeat SW 495 each time you are in SW 494
Complete a two-semester sequence of university entry-level world language courses (101, 102). The requirement may be fulfilled through equivalent coursework or other language acquisition as demonstrated through a test-out policy (including Native American languages and American Sign Language). If your native language is not English and you can document formal high school or university study of your native language, you may use ENGL 101 and ENGL 202, or ENGL 150 as a means of fulfilling this world language requirement. Please see the Department of World Languages and Literatures for details.