Social Work, B.S.W. - Major Code 9815 (9816/9817)

General Education Requirements

A minimum of 49 hours of academic work in general education is required during the freshman and sophomore years.  For students transferring with the Associate of Arts degree or Associate of Science degree from a public institution in Oklahoma, all general education requirements will be satisfied with respect to degree requirements.  However, some majors may require other specific general education courses as program prerequisites or program requirements.  Students should consult advisors and the program’s plan of study for further information.  Students are required to complete general education requirements by the time they have completed 90 semester hours of college work.  See General Education Requirements for Bachelor’s Degrees  for more information.

Social Work Core 46 hours

• SOWK 2013 - Introduction to Social Work #
• SOC 3323 - Social Statistics # *
• SOWK 3013 - Interviewing Skills for Generalist Practice *
• SOWK 3873 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment I # *
• SOWK 3953 - Practice I *
• SOWK 4313 - Social Work Research # *
• SOWK 4613 - Human Diversity and Social Work #
• SOWK 4673 - Practice II *
• SOWK 4733 - Practice III *
• SOWK 4863 - Social Policy # *
• SOWK 4873 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment II # *
• SOWK 4643 - Case Management #
• SOWK 4962 - Senior Seminar *
• SOWK 4984 - Social Work Practicum I & Seminar *
• SOWK 4994 - Social Work Practicum II & Seminar *

• * = Prerequisites

Select General SOWK or Child Welfare Specialization

Total 57 hours

Admission to Social Work

A student qualifies to be a social work major when the following requirements are completed:

• General Education Language Arts - 9 hours
• General Social Science - 9 hours
•  2.5 Graduation/Retention GPA
• University requirements for English Proficiency
• Completion of application packet
• Approval by the social work faculty
• Obtain an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) Criminal History background check – this must also include the Sex Offender check and Violent Offender check (No more than 3 months old). Go to: www.ok.gov/osbi/Criminal_History/ 

• Completion of the following courses:

• MATH 1473 - Applied Mathematics #
• or  MATH 1513 - College Algebra #
• BIOL 1114 - General Biological Science #
• PSYC 1113 - Introduction to Psychology #
• SOWK 2013 - Introduction to Social Work # (minimum “C” grade)
• SOC 1113 - Introduction to Sociology #
• SOC 3323 - Social Statistics #

Admission to Practicum

• 88 semester hours
• 2.5 Graduation/Retention GPA
• 2.5 GPA in all Social Work courses
• Proof of Field Practicum Liability Insurance
• Approval of the Social Work Faculty 
• Obtain an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) Criminal History background check – this must also include the Sex Offender check and Violent Offender check (No more than 3 months old). Go to: www.ok.gov/osbi/Criminal_History/

Graduation Requirements

• 2.5 Graduation/Retention GPA
• 2.5 GPA in all Social Work courses
• A total of 124 credit hours must be completed for a BSW degree.  This includes a minimum of 40 hours general education and 57 hours in the major.  A maximum of 3 credit hours of independent studies and 6 credit hours of 1-hour workshops will count toward the 57 hour Social Work major.  The remaining hours to complete the 124 credit hours for graduation may be taken as free electives campus-wide. 
• At least 29 hours of advanced (3000/4000) courses are required on a Social Work major; 29 hours of this major must be earned at NSU.
• At least 40 semester credit hours are required in the Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Course Sequence - Tahlequah

Course Sequence - Broken Arrow

   BROKEN ARROW-BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK
                                    Course Sequence Worksheet

The Social Work major consists of 46 hours of required social work courses, 6 hours of social work electives, and 5 hours of upper division electives from social work, social science, psychology, or Native American Studies.  This is a total of 57 hours. To graduate, 124 hours are required, and a minimum of 60 of these hours must be from a four year school. Therefore, only 64 hours of transfer credits will be counted toward the undergraduate degree.

 Required pre-requisite courses:                                    
Intro to Sociology                                                                                Biology
Intro to Psychology                                                                             Social Statistics (SOC 3323)
Intro to Social Work                                                                            College Algebra or Math Structures

                                                                                          Junior Year
First Semester*                                                                                  Second Semester
HBSE I (3873)             3 hrs                                                                HBSE II (4873*)          3 hrs                           
Interv Skills (3013)      3 hrs                                                                Soc Policy (4863)         3 hrs                           
Soc Stats (Soc 3323)    3 hrs                                                                Practice I (3953*)       3 hrs                           
Diversity (4613)          3 hrs                                                                Case Mgmt (4643)      3 hrs                           
Electives              0-3 hrs                                                                     Electives              0-6 hrs                                
                                    Total 12-15 hrs                                                                                   Total 12-15 hrs
*Apply for admission as a SOWK major                                      *Majors only **Pre-Social Work or Majors only

                                                      Senior Year-Majors Only in All Courses
First Semester                                                                                    Second Semester
Pract I & Smnr(4984)* 4 hrs                                                               Pract II & Smnr(4994)  4 hrs                                        

Practice II (4673)       3 hrs                                                               Practice III (4733)       3 hrs                          
Research (4313)         3 hrs                                                               Senior Semr (4962)     2 hrs                          
Electives              0-6 hrs                                                                    Electives               3-7 hrs                                                                                                                              

Total 13-16 hrs                                                                                    Total 12-16 hrs

*A total of 88 hours must be completed prior
 to registering for Practicum in the senior year

Transfer Credit: HS 1113 from TCC transfers as SOWK 2013, Intro to Social Work. Also, HS 2023 from TCC transfers as SOWK 3873, HBSE I. (Note: If transferred in, these credits do not count toward the 60 hours required from a four  year school.) HSVC 2053 does NOT transfer as SOWK 4643 Case Management. On the Tahlequah campus, junior year courses are offered on Tuesday and Thursday, and senior year courses are offered on Monday and Wednesday. All required courses are offered every semester on the Tahlequah campus.  On the Broken Arrow campus, first semester courses are offered only in the fall, and second semester courses are offered only in the spring. If you begin Social Work courses on the BA campus in the spring semester, it will take five semesters to complete the required courses.      

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