Program: Social Work 4-Year Plan - University of Kentucky

Apr 05, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

The Bachelor of Arts in Social Work requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

Suggested Four-Year Plan

CIS 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3
OR
WRD 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3
ANT 160 - GLOBAL CULTURAL DIVERSITY Credit(s): 3 (fulfills UK Core - Global Dynamics)
MA 109 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA Credit(s): 3 - 5 (Variable)
OR
MA 111 - INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS Credit(s): 3 - 4 (Variable) (either math course fulfills UK Core - Quantitative Foundations)
SW 124 - INTRO TO SW AND DIV POPULATIONS Credit(s): 3
UK 101 - ACADEMIC ORIENTATION Credit(s): 1 - 2 (Variable)
(select section for pre-social work majors)
UK Core - Humanities Credit(s): 3

CIS 111 - COMPOSITION & COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3
OR
WRD 111 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3
BIO 103 - BASIC IDEAS OF BIOLOGY Credit(s): 3 (fulfills UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences)
PSY 100 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Credit(s): 4
SW 222 - DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE Credit(s): 3
Free Elective Credit(s): 3

ECO 101 - CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC ISSUES Credit(s): 3
OR
ECO 201 - PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS I Credit(s): 3
PS 101 - AMERICAN GOVERNMENT Credit(s): 3 (fulfills UK Core - Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA)
SOC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY Credit(s): 3 (fulfills UK Core - Social Sciences)
SW Social Science Elective 300-500 level Credit(s): 3
Free Elective Credit(s): 3