Bachelor of Social Work Degree - Academic Core

To receive a Bachelor of Social Work degree, a student must fulfill the following course requirements:

Degree Requirements

A. Core Courses - 63 hours

Capstone

determined by major

Christian Studies - 6 hours

CSBS 1311Engaging the Old Testament

3

CSBS 1312Engaging the New Testament

3

Global Issues or Social Science - 3 hours

PSYC 3315Abnormal Psychology

3

English - 9 hours

ENGL 1321Rhetoric & Composition I

3

ENGL 1322Rhetoric & Composition II

3

ENGL Literature

3

A grade of a "C" or higher must be obtained in ENGL 1321 and ENGL 1322.

Exercise and Sport Science (2 activity courses) - 2 courses

Fine Arts - 3 hours

Foreign Language - 8 hours

in one language

NOTE: The foreign language requirement is 8 semester hours (two semesters or the equivalent) in the same language.

Information Systems – 3 hours

BCIS 1301Technological Solutions for Personal Productivity

3

Lab Science - 4 hours

BIOL 1310Zoology

3

BIOL 1110Zoology Lab

1

or

BIOL 2340Human Anatomy & Physiology I

3

BIOL 2140Human Anatomy & Physiology I Lab

1

Public Speaking - 3 hours

COMM 1320Public Speaking

3

Quantitative Reasoning - 3 hours

SOCW 2305Statistics for the Social Sciences

3

Scientific Inquiry or Natural Sciences - 3 hours

Fulfilled by Major

Social Science - 12 hours

POLS 2311State and Federal Government II

3

PSYC 1301General Psychology

3

SOCI 1311Introduction to Sociology

3

SOCI 2316Social Problems

3

Chapel - 1 to 4 credits

UMHB 1002Chapel

0

UMHB 1002: credits determined by admission classification

Fine Arts Experience - 2-8 credits

UMHB 1005Fine Arts Experience

0

UMHB 1005: credits determined by admission classification

Freshman Seminar - 1 hour

UMHB 1101Freshman Seminar

1

UMHB 1101: required for first-time freshmen with fewer than 12 semester hours of transfer credit only

World Ideas or Philosophy or Non-US History - 3 hours

PHIL 2315Introduction to Philosophy

3

PHIL 2315 is recommended

B. Social Work Major - 49 hours

C. Electives (if necessary) to bring total to - 124 hours