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Step 4 - BACHELORS IN SOCIAL WORK -
120 credits -
http://www.uaf.edu/socwork/  (adobe pdf)


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.)
HUMS 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 HUMS)
SOC 100 X Individual, Culture and Society
ANTH 242 Native Cultures of Alaska
Program Requirements
SWK 103 Introduction to Social Work (completed in HUMS)
SWK 220 Values, Ethics, and Social Work Practice
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
SWK 375 Research Methods

6 social work elective credits
*a limited number of HUMS (HSV) and PSYCH courses are accepted as alternatives to SWK electives

 

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