Prerequisites and Core Restrictions

Pre-Admission Social Work Courses

Effective with the 2022 Admission Cycle

These courses must be completed with a GPA of 2.75 and a grade no lower than C in each class before admission to the social work program will be granted. At least two of the courses must have an official grade at the time an application is submitted.

• SOCW 221: Introduction to Social Work
• SOCW 222: Social Welfare: Emergence of the Social Services
• SOCW 241: Social Work Intervention

Core 39 Restrictions

Students entering the University during the fall 2014 semester or later will be required to complete Core 39. Students must complete 30 hours of Core 39 courses before admission to the social work program. The following courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C:

Composition

• ENG 101: Rhetoric and Composition I: Literacy and the Self

Natural Science with Lab

• BIOL 105: Biology of Human Concern
• Optional for admission:  BIOL 251:  Environmental Conservation* 

Social Science/Diversity

• PSY 201: Introduction to Psychology
• SOC 121: Principles of Sociology
• Optional for admission:  POLS 102: Introduction to American Politics* 

Mathematics

• Mathematics – MATH 111, MATH 114, MATH 215, or MATH 230

*required for degree completion, but not required for program admission

Pre-Admission Social Work Courses

For students admitted to the BSW program prior to 2022

These courses must be completed with a GPA of 2.75 and a grade no lower than C in each class before admission to the social work program will be granted. At least two of the courses must have an official grade at the time an application is submitted.

• SOCW 221: Introduction to Social Work
• SOCW 222: Social Welfare: Emergence of the Social Services
• SOCW 239: Human Behavior and the Social Environment
• SOCW 241: Social Work Intervention

Core 39 Restrictions

Students entering the University during the fall 2014 semester or later will be required to complete Core 39. Students must complete 30 hours of Core 39 courses before admission to the social work program. The following courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C:

Composition

• ENG 101: Rhetoric and Composition I: Literacy and the Self

Natural Science with Lab

• BIOL 105: Biology of Human Concern

Social Science/Diversity

• PSY 201: Introduction to Psychology
• PSY 261: Lifespan Developmental Psychology
• SOC 121: Principles of Sociology
• POLS 102: Introduction to American Politics 

Mathematics

• Mathematics – MATH 111, MATH 114, MATH 215, or MATH 230