The Social Work minor provides an opportunity for students interested in social work and human services to gain a basic knowledge and understanding of the concepts that underlie the helping professions.  Students will be exposed to the history of the social work profession and historical approaches to the movements that created the discipline. The required courses will provide an introduction to all of the faces of social work from community organizing and counseling to current psychotherapeutic approaches. The student field placement will cap a learning process that weds theory and practice in an interesting, exciting experience. The minor is an ideal starting point for those interested in a Masters of Social Work program.

Requirements for the minor in social work

Prerequisites

SOCI-10100 Introduction to Sociology                                3

PSYC-10400 Introduction to Developmental Psychology

or

PSYC-20400 Principles of Developmental Psychology            3

ECON-12200 Principles of Microeconomics 

(may be taken concurrently with
ECON-26200 Economics of Welfare Policies)                 3

Requirements

SOCI-30700 Social Policy                                                  3

ECON-26200 Economics of Welfare Policies                        3

SOCI-36100 Social Welfare and Social Work                       3

SOCI-34600 Methods of Social Work Practice                      3

SOCI-34700 Supervised Fieldwork 

(taken concurrently with SOCI-34600)                          3

Social work elective                                                         3

Total, minor in social work                                              27