BASW Curriculum Overview
Students have the option to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work. To complete a BASW, students complete the following:
- UK Core Requirements
- Pre-Professional Courses
- Major Requirements
- Professional Social Work Program Coursework
- Guided Electives
- Minimum of 120 credit hours to complete a bachelor’s degree.
Pre-Professional Courses
- SW 124 Introduction to Social Work and Diverse Populations and
- SW 222 Development of Social Welfare, or
- SW 322 Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare
Major Requirements
Students are required to complete coursework in biology, psychology, sociology, political science, anthropology, math, statistics, economics, logic as part of the BASW program as well as SW 240: Career Readiness for Helping Professionals. Many of these major requirements also meet UK Core requirements.
Professional Social Work Coursework
Students must apply and be admitted to the professional social work education program to take professional coursework.
- SW 300 Social Work Practice I (4 credit hours)
- SW 350 Social Work Practice II: Survey of Groups (3 credit hours)
- SW 400 Social Work Practice III (3 credit hours)
- SW 421 Human Behavior and Social Environment I (3 credit hours)
- SW 422 Human Behavior and Social Environment II (3 credit hours)
- SW 430 Social Welfare Policy: Theory and Implementation (3 credit hours)
- SW 435 Foundations of Professional Ethics in Social Work (3 credit hours)
- SW 444 Educational Foundation Practicum I (5 credit hours)
- SW 445 Educational Practicum II (5 credit hours)
- SW 450 Social Work Research (3 credit hours)
- SW 460 Social Justice in Mental Health Practice (3 credit hours)
- SW 470 Senior Seminar (3 credit hours)
Examples of Social Work Guided Electives
- SW 325 Social Justice Foundations
- SW 521 Understanding Poverty, Inequality, and Injustice