School of Public Service

Minor in Social Work

The minor in Social Work provides students who are majoring in a number of related disciplines such as Psychology, Sociology, Art Therapy, Education and Health Administration with an understanding of social welfare policy, human behavior in the social and organizational environment, and the Social Work profession. Completion of this minor will help students to understand the interconnections between the helping professions, broaden their career opportunities and may help them to decide to pursue graduate study in Social Work.

The Social Work field and practice-related courses are open only to students majoring in Social Work. However, all other courses are open to non-majors. The courses contained in the Social Work Minor consist of both required and elective courses from the major. Some of the courses may qualify students for some degree of advanced standing in graduate social work programs.

The student minoring in Social Work must take the 21 credits listed below.