Careers can relate to particular population groups, such as the aged, youth, or various ethnic or racial minorities. Among the many human service organizations which maintain career opportunities for social workers are those in the area of children's services, community planning, corrections and criminal justice, family services, health services, community mental health, mental retardation, public assistance, rehabilitation, and education. All freshman applicants are considered within a competitive admission process for Summer, Autumn, and Winter quarters for the Columbus campus. Upon admission to the university and completion of 91 credit hours and required pre-social work courses, students can apply to the College of Social Work. The GEC is a body of courses designed to ensure that each student becomes acquainted with the basic areas of academic study.
Some majors also require completion of a foreign language requirement.
The College of Social Work is very proud of its Social Work Library, the only one of its kind, located on the fourth floor of Stillman Hall. The library houses a collection of approximately 40,000 volumes. Current journal subscriptions number around 300. An extensive pamphlet collection is filed by subject areas which correspond roughly to methods and areas of practice in social work. Featured on the walls of the reading room of the Social Work Library are 10 murals painted in 1939 by Emerson Burkhart, a noted Columbus artist.