BSW Online Courses

Prerequisite: English Placement Conversion Test min. score of 3, or English Placement Testmin. score 32, or ACT English min. score of 18, or SAT Verbal min. score of 450 or Evidence-Based Read/Write score min. 450, or min. grade of CR in ENGL 0103 or (concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1011). The essentials of composition and rhetoric.

Prerequisite: English Placement Conversion Test min. score of 4 or English Placement Test min. score of 51, or min grade of C in ENGL 1010 or HONR 1757. The essentials of composition and rhetoric, with study of research skills.

• Literature Course (3-6 credits)
• Fine Arts Course (3 credits)
• Humanities and Fine Arts Elective (3 credits)

• Physical Science Course (3 credits)
• Biological Science Course (3 credits)
• Mathematics Course (3 credits)

• History (3-6 credits)
• History, Social Science and Behavioral Science Electives (3 credits)
• University Success (3 credits)

Examines key concepts, ethics, and theories, of social work practice. Further examines areas of specialization within social work.

Students examine personal values, as well as societal values, and analyzes their interaction and interrelationship with the social work professional values. Analysis of the professions Code of Ethics and its relationship to professional social work.

Philosophical, historical, and current perspectives of social needs and the development of social welfare responses in the United States. It includes an examination of social welfare programs, policies, and issues, situated within broader economic, political, and social contexts.

Examines topics from a social work perspective. Topics announced prior to the beginning of each semester. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours of credit.

Multicultural social work practice and the importance of cultural humility. Students assess their own level of self-awareness and ability to engage in critical thinking on the issues of diversity and social justice, as well as advocate on behalf of others, particularly vulnerable populations

Focuses on stages of human development from conception to death. Examines frameworks, theories, and research addressing culturally sensitive understanding of human development and behavior in the context of individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations.

Examines group, community, and organizational dynamics in the context of human development, diversity, and social justice. Theories and major concepts concerning communities, organizations, and groups are examined with an emphasis on the interaction between the macro and mezzo environment, human behavior, and generalist social work practice.

Development of generalist practice skills with a focus on direct services to individuals and families within a person-in-environment context.

Students continue to develop generalist practice skills with a focus on direct services to and with groups within the person-in-environment context.

An overview of social policy with a focus on specific social issues and multiple diverse populations. Students will analyze current U.S. social welfare policy including development, implementation, and outcomes advocacy which inform social work practice.

The course is designed to help students develop an understanding of the use and abuse alcohol and drugs from a sociological perspective.

Focus is on the knowledge, skills and critical thinking needed to engage in advocacy in support of human rights and justice. Human rights documents; theories of human needs, rights and obligations; and, strategies designed to eliminate oppressive structural barriers are applied to ensure that civil, political, environmental, economic, social, and cultural human rights are protected. Cultural and intellectual humility is practiced to embrace diverse ways of knowing and being.

An overview of research methods while building a foundation of knowledge, skills, and ethics required for scientific inquiry. Knowledge, skills, and ethics inform evidence based practice. This course includes multiple designs in quantitative and qualitative methods, single-system designs to monitor practice, and program evaluation.

Students develop generalist practice skills with a focus on organizations and communities within the person-in-environment context.

Students will gain an overview of the role of social work in mental health including prevention, intervention, advocacy, and policy.

Provide an overview of practice with older adults through a bio-psycho-social approach including assessment, interventions, and policies/program related to aging.

Taught concurrently with SOWK 4914. Provides forum to discuss practice-related issues and the integration of social work knowledge, skills, and values and ethics; emphasizes the importance of the evaluating one’s own practice; integrates foundation content with field experience, with emphasis on generalist practice.

Agency-based learning experiences that allow the students to develop generalist practitioner skills for social work practice with diverse individuals, families, small groups, organizations and communities. Requires a minimum of 400 hours of supervised practice in a community agency.

Global overview of human cultural diversity, covering societies with varying degrees of complexity. Emphasizes diversity of cultural practices and the effects of globalization on all human societies.

This course serves as an introduction to biological principles relevant to human society. Introduction to Biology, along with BIOL 1001, satisfies a natural sciences laboratory course core. This course is designed for non-science majors and cannot be used toward credit in the biology major.

Integrated principles of biology, beginning with the structure and function of the cell following reproduction, heredity and evolution. This course, along with BIOL 1011, satisfies a 4-hour core Area III laboratory requirement. Intended for majors or to fulfill a required prerequisite need.

A survey of the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Offered every term.

A study of behavioral, emotional and social changes across the lifespan, from conception and infancy, through the childhood, juvenile, adolescent, adult and elderly years. Usually offered every term. Prerequisite PSYC 2110.

Introduces students to the key institutions and processes shaping the American political system, including the Constitution, the presidency, Congress, the judiciary, elections, parties, and the media. May be taught online or as writing-intensive course.

Examines key concepts, ethics, and theories, of social work practice. Further examines areas of specialization within social work.

You will work with your advisor to determine your elective selections.