Social Work General Program (BSW)

A. Pre-Professional Block (23 credits)

• SWR 100 - Introduction to Social Welfare and Social Work (3)
• SWR 121 - Social Work Focused Writing and Values Clarification (1).
• SWR 230 - Foundations in Social Welfare Policies, Programs and Human Services (3).
• SWR 250 - Social Justice and Diversity (3).
• SWR 270 - Introduction to Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis (4)
• SWR 300 - Policy Practice, Advocacy and Community Organizing for Social Change (3)
• SWR 301 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment I: Micro Systems (3)
• SWR 302 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment II: Macro Systems (3).

B. Fields of Practice and Complementary Studies (21 credits)

• At least 6 credits in fields of practice, from:

• SWR 304 - The Urban Context (3).
• SWR 320 - Death, Dying and Bereavement (3)
• SWR 321 - Social Work Practice with Veterans (3).
• SWR 325 - Patterns of Domestic Violence (3)
• SWR 327 - Introduction to Corrections (3).
• SWR 330 - Protective Services (3)
• SWR 335 - Social Services in the School (3)
• SWR 336 - Mental Illness and Social Work Practice (3)
• SWR 338 - Social Work with the Aged (3)

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• The remaining credits in complementary studies, selected in consultation with a social work departmental advisor, from:

• AFA 359 - The Black Family (3)

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• SOC 359 - The Black Family (3)

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• WGS 359 - The Black Family (3)

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• ANT 340 - Urban Anthropology (3).

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• ANT 378 - Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3).

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• WGS 378 - Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3).

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• CDR 330 - Crisis Intervention (3).
• CRJ 185 - Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (3)
• HCR 362 - Cultural Competence in Health Care (3)

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• PHL 167 - Race, Gender and Sexuality (3)

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• WGS 167 - Race, Gender and Sexuality (3)

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• PSY 315 - Survey of Social Psychology (3)
• SAT 202 - Problems of Substance Abuse (3)
• SOC 220 - Social Psychology (3).
• SOC 270 - Race and Ethnic Relations (3)
• SOC 325 - Culture, Personality, and Beyond (3).
• SOC 340 - Urban Sociology (3).
• SOC 354 - Sociology of Families (3).

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• SOC 376 - Sex, Work and International Capital (3).

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• ANT 376 - Sex, Work, and International Capital (3).

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• INT 376 - Sex, Work and International Capital (3).

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• WGS 376 - Sex, Work and International Capital (3).

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• SOC 474 - Gender and Society (3).

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• WGS 474 - Gender and Society (3).

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• WGS 100 - Introduction to Women’s Studies (3)

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• WGS 216 - Afro/Latino/Caribbean Women Writers (3)

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• AFA 216 - Afro/Latino/Caribbean Women Writers (3)

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• WGS 318 - Women Writers of African World (3)

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• AFA 318 - Women Writers of the African World (3)

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• CPL 318 - Women Writers of the African World (3)

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• WGS 380 - Women in the African Experience (3)

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• AFA 380 - Women in the African Experience (3)

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  Students may use social work independent study and special topics courses as part of their complementary studies electives.

C. Professional Block (33 credits)

It is strongly recommended that 300-level courses in social work be taken in the junior year, and that 400-level courses in social work be taken in the senior year. Students must sequence social work course in order to begin the professional block as follows:

• SWR 340 - Introduction to Social Work Practice Techniques (4).
• SWR 350 - Social Work Practice with Groups and Families (3).
• SWR 360 - Integrated Field Seminar (1-3).
• SWR 440 - Social Work Methods III: Micro Application (3).
• SWR 441 - Social Work Methods IV: Macro Application (3).
• SWR 460 - Field Instruction I (6).
• SWR 461 - Field Instruction II (6).
• SWR 470 - Advanced Approaches to Social Work Research (3).
• SWR 490 - Integrative Seminar in Social Work, Global Justice and Diversity (3-4).

D. Additional Requirements

• Grades of C (2.0) or better in all prerequisite, social work and complementary studies courses and overall UM-Flint and SWR GPAs of 2.4 or higher.
• All UM-Flint graduation requirements, including the School of Education and Human Services General Education requirements .

Year 1 (30 credits)

Year 2 (30 credits)

Year 3 (39 credits)

Year 4 (25 credits)