Curriculum Professional Social Work celebrates its 100th birthday. Social Work is the professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or communities to enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and to create societal conditions favorable to their goals.
Social workers help people increase their capacities for problem solving and coping.
This may be accomplished by helping them obtain needed resources, facilitate interactions between individuals and between people and their environments, working to assure organizations are responsible to people, and by influencing social policies. Social Work majors are required to have a minimum of 127 hours to receive the Bachelor of Social Work degree, which includes 67-69 semester hours of General Education requirements. The curriculum Checklist outlines the Social Work course of study over a traditional four year period. The department's advising system was developed to maximize contact with faculty and for students to consult with their faculty advisor to review their course of study. The above information is not intended to substitute for the University Bulletin or the department's curriculum guide and checklist which outlines the requirements for Bachelor of Social Work degree.