Bachelor Degree

Step 3: Bachelor in Social Work, 120 Credits

All courses required for the social work degree can be taken by distance from your home community.

A student must apply and be accepted into the social work program. To be admitted to the program, students need a 2.0 GPA or above. To enroll in the senior practicum, students must have a minimum 2.5 GPA. (The social work practicum is in addition to the RHS practicum.) HSV graduates can use their coursework toward a minor in Human Services.

General University Requirements

Meet core B.A. degree requirements for the B.A. degree in Communications Skills, Humanities and the Social Sciences; Perspectives on the Human Condition; Math or Computer Science and Natural Science.

Liberal Arts Courses

PSY 101 (completed in HSV)
SOC 100 X Individual, Culture and Society
ANTH 242 Native Cultures of Alaska

Program Requirements

SWK 103 Introduction to Social Work (completed in HSV)
SWK 220 Values, Ethics, and Social Work Practice
SOC/PSY 250 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
SWK 305 Social Welfare History
SWK 306 Social Welfare Policies and Issues
SWK 320 Rural Social Work Practice
SWK 341 Human Behavior in the Social Environment I
SWK 342O Human Behavior in the Social Environment II
SWK 460 Social Work Practice I
SWK 461 Practicum ion Social Work I
SWK 463 Social Work Practice II
SWK 464 Practicum II
SOC/SWK 473 Research
 

Electives in the major - six credits chosen from a selected list of courses on social problems and policy.