Program: Social Work, B.A. - University of Kentucky

Apr 08, 2025

2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin

Degree Requirements

The College of Social Work requires students to earn a minimum of 120 hours for the B.A. in Social Work with a minimum grade-point average of 2.5. In addition, students must earn a grade of C or better in all professional social work core classes. Students may take additional hours in accordance with stated University policy.

In addition to fulfilling UK Core requirements, students must complete the program requirements listed below.

UK Core Requirements

See the UK Core section of this Bulletin for the complete UK Core requirements . The courses listed below are (a) recommended by the college, or (b) required courses that also fulfill UK Core areas. Students should work closely with their advisor to complete the UK Core requirements.

X. Global Dynamics

ANT 160 - CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE MODERN WORLD Credit(s): 3
OR
other ANT Global Dynamics Course Credit(s): 3

UK Core Hours: 30

Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR)

SW 470 - SENIOR SEMINAR Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement hours (GCCR): 3

Premajor Requirements

PSY 100 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Credit(s): 4
ECO 101 - CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC ISSUES Credit(s): 3
OR
ECO 201 - PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS I Credit(s): 3
ANT course Credit(s): 3
MA 109 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA Credit(s): 3
OR
MA 111 - INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS Credit(s): 3 - 4 (Variable)
PHI 120 - THE ART OF THINKING: AN INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC Credit(s): 3
SOC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
STA 210 - MAKING SENSE OF UNCERTAINTY: AN INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL REASONING Credit(s): 3
BIO 103 - BASIC IDEAS OF BIOLOGY Credit(s): 3

one of the following PS courses:

PS 101 - AMERICAN GOVERNMENT Credit(s): 3
PS 240 - INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THEORY Credit(s): 3
PS 372 - INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3
PS 458 - AMERICAN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: Premajor Hours: 28-29

Premajor Social Work Courses

*Students who take SW 124 and SW 222 would not take SW 322 ; students who take SW 322 do so in lieu of SW 124 and SW 222 to meet this premajor requirement.

SW 124 - INTRO TO SW AND DIV POPULATIONS Credit(s): 3 * AND
SW 222 - DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY Credit(s): 3 *
OR
SW 322 - SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WELFARE Credit(s): 4 *

Subtotal: Premajor SW Hours: 4-6

Professional Social Work Major Courses

NOTE: Students must earn a grade of C or better in all Major Requirements courses.

SW 300 - SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE I Credit(s): 4
SW 350 - SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE II: SURVEY OF GROUPS Credit(s): 3
SW 400 - SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE III Credit(s): 4
SW 421 - HUMAN BEHAVIOR AN DTHE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT I Credit(s): 3
SW 422 - HUMAN BEHAVIOR & THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT II Credit(s): 3
SW 430 - SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY: THEORY AND IMPLEMENTATION Credit(s): 3
SW 435 - FOUNDATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN SOCIAL WORK Credit(s): 3
SW 444 - EDUCATIONAL PRACTICUM I Credit(s): 5
SW 445 - EDUCATIONAL PRACTICUM II Credit(s): 5
SW 450 - SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH Credit(s): 4
SW 460 - UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIOR FROM A SOCIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE: THEORIES OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY Credit(s): 4
SW 470 - SENIOR SEMINAR Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: Professional Social Work Major Hours: 44

Social Science Electives

Students will select 12 hours of social science electives at the 300-level or above.

Subtotal: Social Science Electives: 12

Electives

Free electives may be at any level and must be sufficient to bring the total number of credits to 120 or above.

Social Work, B.A.

Degree Requirements

UK Core Requirements

I. Intellectual Inquiry in Arts and Creativity

II. Intellectual Inquiry in the Humanities

III. Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences

IV. Intellectual Inquiry in the Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences

V. Composition and Communication I

VI. Composition and Communication II

VII. Quantitative Foundations

VIII. Statistical Inferential Reasoning

IX. Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA