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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Social Work, Minor

Sponsoring departments: Public Health, Psychology and Sociology
Faculty Advisors: Martha Livingston (Public Health), B. Runi Mukherji (Psychology), Rachel Kalish (Sociology)

The interdisciplinary minor in Social Work is designed to provide a concentration for students in all academic majors who have an interest in Social Work. The minor is particularly useful to students planning a career in Social Work. The minor offers students an opportunity to study selected areas of social work. The minor requires five courses (20 credits) distributed in five clusters.

Requirements

Note: A minimum of 16 credits must be taken outside the student’s major. No more than one course may be transferred from another institution.

Students minoring in Social Work are required to complete five courses (20 credits), distributed as follows:

A. Required Course: 4 Credits

B. Human Behavior and Social Environment: 4 Credits

C. Social and Cross‑Cultural: 4 Credits

D. Planning and Policy: 4 Credits

E. Research and Internship: 4 Credits