Social work majors are required to take the following Social Work courses (35 credits):
SWRK 100 Intro to Social Welfare & Social Work
SWRK 200 Interpersonal Communication Skills
SWRK 300/310 Human Behavior and the Social Environment I & II
SWRK 301 Junior Internship (50 hours)
SWRK 320/400 Social Work Practice Theory I & II +Lab
SWRK 410/420 Basic & Advanced Field Instruction (400 hours)
SWRK 430 Social Work Research
SWRK 440 Social Welfare Policy and Services
SWRK 491 Child Abuse, Neglect & Maltreatment - a mandated reporting Workshop
Social work majors also must take the following College Support Courses (21 credits):
PSCY 100 General Psychology
PSCY 229 Abnormal Psychology
SOCI 101 General Sociology
POSC 100 or 205 Intro to American Politics or State & Local Government
ECON 101 or 102 Principles of Economics (micro) or (macro)
ATDV 110 Statistics for the Social Sciences
BIOL 025 Human Biology
Students can also choose from a variety of Social Work Electives:
SWRK 452 Social Work Practice: Drugs and Alcohol
SWRK 453 Social Work Practice: Grief, Loss, Death, and the Dying Process
SWRK 466 Special Topics in Social Work
(for example: Domestic Violence; The Native American Experience; Men’s Health; Troubled Teens & Juvenile Justice)
SWRK 499 Independent Study
See the Siena College Catalogue for course descriptions of the above.
