Social Work Curriculum

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.