Major Requirements
This is a general guideline of courses that students will take to fulfill major requirements. This does not include all general education requirements. UMBC at Shady Grove requires each student to meet with his or her advisor prior to registering for classes every semester to ensure successful academic progress.
B.A. in Social Work
Course Requirements to be taken with UMBC @ Shady Grove
SOWK 240 Information Technology in Social Work
SOWK
260 Introduction to Social Welfare, Social Policy, and Social Work
I
SOWK 360 Social Welfare, Social Policy, and Social Work II
SOWK
388 Human Behavior and the Social Environment I
SOWK 389 Human
Behavior II
SOWK 397 Social Work Methods: Introduction
to Practice
SOWK 470
Social Work Research
* Equivalent courses AFAM 301, SOCY
300, PSYC 332, POLI 400
SOWK
480 Field Experience
SOWK 481 Social Work Methods II: A Generalist
Approach to Practice
SOWK
482 Field Instruction II
SOWK 483 Social Work Methods III:
Selected Intervention Strategies, Research and Evaluation
SOWK 3XX Upper Level Social Work elective
or 4XX
Course Requirements not offered at Shady Grove
PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology (4)
SOCY 101 Basic Concepts in Sociology
ECON XXX Economics course OR
POLI XXX Political Science course
STAT XXX Statistics course - STAT 121 or approved equivalent
BIO XXX Human Biology Course - HAPP 200, BIO 100,106, 107, 108,
123, 251 or approved equivalent
*** For information on course equivalencies at the community colleges, please go to the ARTSYS web site. http://artweb.usmd.edu/index.html