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Social work major

Social Work Core Courses
(30 Hours Voluntary Experience)
SWK140 Introduction to Social Work 4
SWK210 Social Work Interviewing Skills 1
SWK220 Research Methods II: Practicum and Prog Evaluation 3
SWK231 Human Behavior and the Social Environment I 4
SWK232 Human Behavior and the Social Environment II 4
SWK360 Social Work Profession and Policy 3
SWK370 Theory and Practice I 4
SWK376 Theory and Practice II 4
SWK386 Theory and Practice III 4
SWK416 Fundamental Issues in Social Work 3
SWK418 Social Work Professional Seminar 2
SWK419 Social Work Practicum 10

Cognate requirements
BIO102 Human Anatomy and Physiology 4
ECO101 Survey of Economics 4
PSC201 State and Local Government 2
PSY111 General Psychology 4
PSY215 Research Methods I 4
PSY221 Developmental Psychology: Childhood 4
SOC101 Principles of Sociology 4
THE111 Public Speaking 2

TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED 74


Note: SWK418 and 419 must be taken together during the second semester of the senior year and ordinarily will constitute a full load for that semester. These courses will usually be taken at Northwestern College. SWK370, 376, 386, 416, 418, and 419 are courses open only to social work majors.

Transfer credits will be evaluated on a course-by-course basis. No academic credit will be granted for social work courses taken in programs which are not accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

No academic credit will be granted, in whole or in part, for life experience or work experience.


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Contact
Professor Mark De Ruyter
Department of Social Work
Northwestern College
101 7th St. SW
Orange City, IA 51041
712-707-7085
mderuyte@nwciowa.edu

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