Department of Social Work

This Course Sequence is only applicable to students entering Shepherd University and the Social Work Program prior to Fall 2011. Students entering the program after this date should view the updated Sequence of Courses.

In order to graduate from Shepherd University with a major in Social Work a minimum of 128 semester hours must be completed. This entails 47 hours under general liberal arts requirements and 69 hours under the Social Work Curriculum, which includes 9 hours of Social Work Related Electives. In addition, 12 semester hours of free electives must be selected from any university-wide course offerings. The 47 general liberal arts requirements are to be completed during the freshman and sophomore years.

Since the social work curriculum is designed to build on a liberal arts base and is sequenced to provide continuity and integration in the core curriculum, the format recommended below should be followed closely. While it is recognized that students will not always be able to adhere to this sequence exactly as presented, failure to do so may result in difficulty in handling course content and in scheduling required courses in your major. STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW THIS SEQUENCE. SHOULD REQUIRED COURSES NOT BE COMPLETED, ENTRY INTO THE SENIOR FIELD PLACEMENT AND GRADUATION ARE LIKELY TO BE DELAYED.

FRESHMAN YEAR

Credit Hrs	First Semester	Second Semester	Credit Hrs

3	Written English ENGL 101	*Written English 103 or 102	3
4	General Biology BIOL 101	General Biology BIOL 102	4
3	History of Civilization	History of Civilization	3
	HIST 101, 102, 103	HIST 101, 102, 103
	(choose any 2 courses) - May not satisfy the requirement with both 100 and 101	(choose any 2 courses)- May not satisfy the requirement with both 100 and 101
2	Fitness for Life (either sem)	Fitness for Life (either sem)	2
	GSPE 210	GSPE 210

2	Intro to Visual Arts	Music Appreciation	2
	ART 103 (either sem.)	MUSC 111 (either sem.)
3	**General Studies Math Course	General Sociology SOCI 203	3
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17 or 15			17 or 15

* Recommended-ENG 103 "Writing for the Social Sciences"

**Math 314, Statistics, fulfills the general studies math requirement. Students must complete one additional elective if they do not take a lower level math course. If a student chooses to complete the statistics requirement by taking BADM 224 Statistics or PSYCH 250 Statistics for Social Sciences, they must take a general studies math course. Finite Mathematics is the prerequisite for MATH 314.

SOPHOMORE YEAR

Credit Hrs	First Semester	Second Semester	Credit Hrs

3	Survey of Amer. Literature	Survey of World Literature	3
	ENGL 204 (either sem.)	ENGL 208/209 (either sem.) OR PHIL 208 Survey of Philosophy
3	Politics & Govt. PSCI 100	Social Problems SOCI 205	3
	Or Amer. Fed. Govt. PSCI 101
3	Psychology PSYC 101	Intro to Social Work	3
		SOWK 201 (either Sem.)

		Community Service Learning	3
3	Fundamentals of Speech	SWOK 300 (either Sem.)
	COMM 202 (either sem.)
3	Contemporary Economics	Elective Course	3
	ECON 123


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15			15

JUNIOR YEAR

Credit Hrs	First Semester	Second Semester	Credit Hrs

1	Information Literacy for the Social Sciences LBSC 103	Human Behavior in the Social	3
3	Human Behavior in the Social Environment I SOWK 305 (Fall Only	Environment II SOWK 306 (Spring Only)
3	Social Work Methods I	Social Work Methods II	3
	SOWK 311 (Fall only)	SOWK 312 (Spring only)
3	Social Welfare as a Social	** Statistics MATH 314	3
	Institution SOWK 301	OR BADM 224
	(Fall only)	OR PSYC 250
3	The Family	Orientation to Field	1
	SOCI 303	Practicum SOWK 325
3	Elective Course	Elective Courses	6

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16			16

SENIOR YEAR

Credit Hrs	First Semester	Second Semester	Credit Hrs

3	Field Experience in Social	Social Work Capstone	3
	Work I SOWK 407	SOWK 404 (Spring Only)
2	Field Experience Social Work II	Field Experience Seminar II	2
	SOWK 408	SOWK 410
3	Field Experience Seminar I	Field Experience III	3
	SOWK 409	SOWK 411
3	Social Work Methods III	Field Experience IV	3
	SOWK 313	SOWK 412
6	Elective Courses	Research Methods SOCI 405	3
		(Spring only)

		Elective Course	3
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17			17

REQUIRED SOCIAL WORK ELECTIVE At least one of the following must be selected:
SOWK 320 - Child Welfare Services
SOWK 402 - Social Gerontology
SOWK 417 - Sex and Gender

SOCIAL WORK RELATED ELECTIVES Two courses, six credits, are to be taken from the following:
FACS 304 - Child Development or PSYC 341 - Infant/Child Development
PSCI 411 - Politics of Poverty
PSYC 340 - Life Span Development
SOCI 410 - Social Theory
SOCI 403 - Ethnic Relations

Additionally, one may choose any Women's Studies course, any Sociology course, any foreign language (including sign language) a study abroad course, co-op course(s), or advisor approved elective in extraordinary circumstances.

Credits required for graduation:

University-wide electives = 12

General Ed. requirements = 47

Social Work Curriculum = 69

128

REMEMBER: You not only need a minimum of 128 credit hours, you need to have them in all the right places!

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