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Apr 19, 2024
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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Social Work Major, B.S.W.
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General Program Information
B.S.W. Program Competencies
As a result of the B.S.W. experience, graduates will be able to:
- identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly;
- apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice;
- apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments;
- engage diversity and difference in practice;
- advance human rights and social and economic justice;
- engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research;
- apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment;
- engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver effective social work services;
- respond to contexts that shape practice;
- engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Social work majors must take 41 credit hours to fulfill the General Education Core Requirements, 48 credit hours of social work courses, 6 credit hours of cognates, and the remainder of credit hours in academic proficiencies and electives, for a total of 120 credit hours required for graduation. Social work majors must complete 12 credit hours in social and behavioral sciences. Six credit hours in the social and behavioral sciences, SOCI 1020 and PSYC 1310 are taken as part of the General Education Core Requirements. The remaining six hours are required cognates, PSCI 1120 and HDAL 2310 . As part of the General Education Core Requirements, social work majors must complete 8 credit hours in the sciences, with 4 of those credits in human biology chosen from the following list: BIOL 1010 /BIOL 1011 , BIOL 1110 /BIOL 1111 , or HSCI 2010 /HSCI 2011 . The remaining 4 credit hours of science can be fulfilled by any of the other core science courses. MATH 1530 is required to fulfill the General Education Core Requirement in math.
All social work majors are required to complete the curriculum outlined within the program. All students who enroll in social work courses must comply with course sequencing and course prerequisites. Academic credit for life experience and previous work experience shall not be given in whole or in part, in lieu of the field practicum or any other required social work course.
School Social Work Licensure–Licensure by the Tennessee Department of Education is available to social work majors who successfully complete the requirements for a B.S.W. degree plus the following three courses:
Information about licensure exams is available from the Certification Analyst in the College of Education. ETSU Academic Proficiency Requirements
Writing: Students must complete a minimum of four writing-intensive courses. At least two of these courses must be in the major field of study. At least two of the four courses must be at the 3000-4000 level.
Oral Communication: Students must complete a minimum of two oral communication-intensive courses. At least one of these courses must be in the major field of study.
Using Information Technology: Students must pass the information technology proficiency exam or successfully complete CSCI 1100 - Using Information Technology during their first calendar year or prior to accumulating 33 semester credits at ETSU. In addition, students must complete at least one using information technology-intensive course in the major field of study.
Transfer students may be subject to reduced number of intensives.
See ETSU Academic Proficiency Requirements for details. Social Work Major
Forty-eight credit hours in social work plus PSCI
1120 and HDAL 2310 . A grade of C- or below will not be accepted in the required SOWK courses offered by the program and in English composition. A minor is not required for social work majors. TBR General Education Requirements: 41 Credit Hours
Social Work Major Requirements: 48 Credit Hours
Cognate Requirements in Social and Behavioral Sciences: 6 Credit Hours
Electives: 25 Credit Hours **
** If two writing-intensive courses are not taken as part of fulfilling core requirements, and if student does not test out of CSCI 1100 , the number of credit hours available for use as electives is reduced accordingly. Total Hours Required for Degree: 120 Credit Hours
Additional Information
Click here to view the Social Work Major Suggested Course Sequence
Transfer Students
Course Sequencing and Suggested Schedule
The plan below for entry to ETSU assumes that SOWK 1010 (Intro), PSYC 1310 (Intro), SOCI 1020 (Intro), MATH 1530 , CSCI 1100 (or test out), and one human biology course (BIOL 1010 /BIOL 1011 , BIOL 1020 /BIOL 1021 , BIOL 1110 /BIOL 1111 , or HSCI 2010 /HSCI 2011 ) have been taken prior to ETSU matriculation. Other courses on the ETSU social work degree plan that have not been taken at another institution can be used to fill in each semester’s schedule. Requests to receive credit for transfer courses in social work must be submitted to the B.S.W. Program Director who, along with other faculty, will determine course equivalency using submitted documentation such as copies of the catalog course description, course syllabus, and the name of the course text. Credit for SOWK courses numbered 2000 and above must be from a program accredited by CSWE.
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