Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Social Work, Minor (459)


Program Coordinator

Larry W. Owens, larry.owens@wku.edu, (270) 706-8597

Program Requirements (21 hours)

SWRK 101Foundations of Human Services3
SWRK 300Diversity and Social Welfare3
or SWRK 395 Social Welfare Policy and Issues
SWRK 301Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Human Services3
SWRK 330Human Behavior in the Social Environment3
SWRK 357Case Management3
Select two social work electives in consultation with social work advisor 16
SWRK 2XX
SWRK 3XX
SWRK 4XX
May choose one of these:
Social Work Statistics and Data Analysis
Introductory Statistics
Social Statistics
Statistics in Psychology
Biostatistics in the Health Sciences
Total Hours21
1

The SWRK electives may not include SWRK 375, 378, 379, 381, 480, 481, 482, 483.  Must be unduplicated.

Only the major prepares the student for beginning professional social work practice. Social work practice courses and the social work practicum are not available to minors.