2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
    Oct 15, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Social Work, BA (GPS)


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This plan outlines a four-year path to graduation. You are expected to satisfy all “success marker” courses, grades, and GPAs as specified. For part-time students and students needing to complete background material, this schedule represents the order in which courses should be taken. This suggested plan to four-year graduation does not replace regular advising appointments. Some course offerings may change.

Term One


Total: 16 Credit Hours


SUCCESS MARKERS: Maintain GPA of 2.25 or better; complete ENG 1100  with C or better

Term Two


Total: 16 Credit Hours


SUCCESS MARKERS: Maintain 2.25 or better GPA; complete SW 2700  with C or better; complete at least three courses from BIO 1050  or BIO 1070 , COM 2410  , EC 2000  or EC 2900 , PLS 2000  or PLS 2120 , PSY 1010 , SW 2710 , & SW 2720 .

Term Three


Total: 16 Credit Hours


SUCCESS MARKERS: Maintain 2.25 or better GPA; complete one MTH & one language course; complete at least five courses from BIO 1050  or BIO 1070 , COM 2410  , EC 2000  or EC 2900 , PLS 2000  or PLS 2120 , PSY 1010 , SW 2710 , & SW 2720 .

Term Four


Total: 15 Credit Hours


SUCCESS MARKERS: Maintain GPA of 2.25 or better; complete ENG 2100  with C or better; complete BIO 1050  or BIO 1070 , COM 2410  , EC 2000  or EC 2900 , PLS 2000  or PLS 2120 , PSY 1010 , SW 2710 , & SW 2720 .

Term Five


Total: 16 Credit Hours


SUCCESS MARKERS: Maintain GPA of 2.25 or better; Complete SW 3000  , SW 3700  , and SW 4900  

Term Six


Total: 15 Credit Hours


SUCCESS MARKERS: Maintain GPA of 2.25 or better; complete SW 3750  , SW 3800 , and SW 4700 ; complete 20 upper-level credits.

Term Seven


Total: 15 Credit Hours


SUCCESS MARKERS: Maintain GPA of 2.25 or better; complete SW 4810 , SW 4860 , and SW 4870 .

Term Eight


Total: 15 Credit Hours


SUCCESS MARKERS: Maintain GPA of 2.25 or better; complete SW 4820 , SW 4880 , and SW 4890 .

Note(s):


*Languages include Arabic (ARA), American Sign Language (ASL), Chinese (CHI), French (FR), German (GER), Greek (GR), Latin (LAT), and Spanish (SPN).

**Research Methods courses include: SW 3000  and WGS 3000 .

Critical Thinking course is PHL 3000 .

Student must apply to the Social Work major by February 1 of their sophomore year, must earn a C or better in every SW course, and may not repeat any SW course more than twice..

Program Description


The Department of Social Work is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) at the undergraduate level. This assures that the curriculum and faculty meet established national standards. The degree in social work from an accredited educational institution is a prerequisite to apply for the Ohio social work license, effective October 1992.

The Bachelor of Arts program in social work prepares students for beginning employment in social work or for graduate study. Students considering social work as a career should be interested in people of widely varying ages, abilities, and backgrounds; they need to be disciplined, emotionally stable, and intellectually creative. Social workers typically find employment in family services, children’s services, public schools, hospitals, mental health centers, and probation and parole boards. While most social workers perform direct practice duties, others are employed as outreach workers, community organizers, and administrators in public, voluntary, and for-profit agencies. Newer fields are also opening up for social workers, such as services to the aged.

Career Opportunities


For career information, please visit Wright State University Career Services:

http://www.wright.edu/careerservices

Campus Contact Information


The Department of Social Work

270 Millett Hall
Phone: (937) 775-2751
Email: social_work@wright.edu

http://www.wright.edu/cola/Dept/social_work/index.htm

Additional Comments


Academic success resources (math, writing, tutoring): http://www.wright.edu/uc/success/

Admissions: http://www.wright.edu/admissions/

Financial Aid: http://www.wright.edu/financialaid/

Transitional Advising WebPage (TAP): http://www.wright.edu/semesters-advising

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