2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Social Work Minor 15 credits

The minor in social work offers the student the opportunity to explore the history, foundations, and approaches to helping in the field of social work within a multicultural society. The goal of the minor is to help students understand the knowledge, values and skills critical to social work, and how they are used in making a difference on a personal, community, or global level. A total of 15 credits are required

Requirements

Required Core:

CSWRK 2101Introduction to Social Work

3

Working with Individuals and Families - Choose ONE:

CEDUC 3550Disability Studies

3

CHMSR 2301Power, Privilege & Practice

3

CHMSR 3303Micro/Macro Assessment

3

CPSYC 2421Introduction to Counseling

3

CPSYC 3422Trauma and Crisis

3

CPSYC 3427Family Interventions

3

CSOCL 3820Girlhood, Identity, and Girl Culture

6

CSWRK 3201Case Management in Social Work and Counseling

3

Racism and Oppression - Choose ONE:

CSOCL 2119Race and Ethnic Relations

3

CSOCL 3445Sociological Lens on Systemic Inequities

3

CSWRK 3301Challenging Racism

3

CSOCL 2115Politicizing Sex, Gender & Race: Transnational Perspectives

3

Policy and Advocacy - Choose ONE:

CPLCY 3552Social Policy

3

CPOLS 2401Drug Wars

3

CSOCL 3551Activism and Change in Communities

3

CSWRK 2201Social Welfare Policy and Practice

3

CSWRK 2401Allyship for Disability Justice

3

Working with Groups, Organizations, and Communities - Choose ONE:

CHMSR 2301Power, Privilege & Practice

3

CHMSR 3303Micro/Macro Assessment

3

CSWRK 3350Forensic Social Work

3

CSWRK 3550Human Behavior in the Social Environment

3

For all social work minors, one component of the student’s experiential learning requirement in their major must be in a social work setting or a setting that utilizes social work perspectives/approaches.