Social Work

Student Handbook

 

BACCCALAUREATE SOCIAL WORK DEGREE (BSW)

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA

 

Introduction

 The primary purpose of this handbook is to provide a manual that contains the policies, procedures, and descriptions of the Social Work Program at Bloomsburg University.  The handbook is to be used as a tool by faculty, students, and agency/organization supervisors and staff to create a teaching/learning environment for generalist social work practice, which encourages an atmosphere of ongoing student participation in the learning process.

The handbook presents the philosophy of the Social Work Program at Bloomsburg University, which acknowledges the existence of a changing society and the need for social work to be responsive and involved in change that confronts the complexity of current social problems.

The materials used in this handbook have been compiled by the social work faculty and students with feedback from agency practicum practice supervisors. 

Bloomsburg University Mission Statement

Bloomsburg University, as one of the 14 institutes in the State System of Higher Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, embraces the general mission of the system to assure excellence in higher education at an affordable cost. The campus is accessible and attractive, located in the Town of Bloomsburg near the Susquehanna River and Interstate 80.

Bloomsburg is a coeducation institution serving students of diverse backgrounds from Pennsylvania, its surrounding states, and foreign countries. To its community and region, the university is an artistic and educational resource that serves a broad range of community needs in education, health care, business-related services, library resources, and cultural activities. It offers undergraduate programs as well as graduate programs in select areas of strength. There is an emphasis on a strong liberal arts preparation. The university is committed to a program of affirmative action in order to provide equal educational opportunity to all persons.

It is a goal of the university to integrate academic programs, cultural activities, and interpersonal relations to promote intellectual growth and social responsibility among students. The university seeks to promote intellectual growth and social responsibility among students. The university seeks to extend the academic environment from the classroom into other student activities. **It strives to foster openness in communication and involvement in decision making through a participatory governance structure. In this atmosphere, faculty, administration, staff and students attain a genuine respect for one another, a concern for the enrichment of their experience, and the achievement of their common purpose. The university community is committed to the principle of personal and academic freedom within the framework of ethical responsibilities.

By emphasizing the assimilation, synthesis, and integration of information, it is a goal of the university to develop in its students the characteristics of mental resourcefulness and responsible self-expression as well as the abilities to think critically, clarify values, and demonstrate problem-solving skills. While maintaining programs for which Bloomsburg has been traditionally recognized, such as those in business and education, the university has identified strategic directions that include programs in health-related fields; programs that promote student-faculty interaction in teaching, learning and research; programs that emphasize regional, national, international, and environmental concerns; and programs that incorporate the application of technology into instruction.

Social Work Program Mission Statement

The mission of the Social Work Program at Bloomsburg University is to prepare students for baccalaureate level generalist social work practice with a liberal arts foundation and a focus on critical thinking.   Opportunities are provided for the student to gain social work knowledge, values, ethics, and skills to work with client systems of all types and sizes. An emphasis is placed on an appreciation for human diversity and a strong commitment to social and economic justice.   Students are prepared through courses to engage in the social change process through interface with the regional community.

Definition of Generalist Social Work Practice

Generalist social work practice involves the problem solving process (problem definition, assessment, interventions, and evaluation of self and practice).  The problem solving process is based on a liberal arts foundation that is integrated into the social work professional core and guided by systems and ecological theories, the social work code of ethics, an appreciation of human diversity, and a commitment to social and economic justice.  A generalist social worker has the ability to intervene in all sizes of client systems with varied practice roles as determined by the practice situation or practice settings.

Program Goals

 

Prepare graduates for competent generalist social work practice with individuals, diverse family types, groups of various sizes, organizations, and communities using a problem solving model and ecological systems theory. 

  

Enhance the effectiveness of students in generalist social work practice with diverse populations.

  

Prepare students with an understanding of human development and behavior in the social environment that focuses on both human diversity variables and the interrelationships of individuals, family, groups, organizations, and communities for assessment of strengths and needs in practice situations.  

                         

Integrate social work values and ethics throughout the curriculum providing the student with ongoing opportunities for discussion of ethical dilemmas and the development of a conceptual/applied understanding of the NASW Code of Ethics. 

 

Motivate and prepare students for practice with an understanding of the importance of continued self-reflection and professional development throughout their social work career.

 

Program Objectives

Graduates demonstrate the ability to:

1. Apply critical thinking skills within the context of professional social work practice.

2. Understand the value base of the profession and its ethical standards and principles, and practice accordingly.

3. Practice without discrimination and with respect, knowledge, and skills related to clients’ age, class, color, culture, disability, ethnicity, family structure, gender, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation.

4. Understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination and apply strategies of advocacy and social change that advance social and economic justice.

5. Understand and interpret the history of the social work profession and its contemporary structures and issues.

6. Apply the knowledge and skills of generalist social work practice with systems of all sizes.

7. Use theoretical frameworks supported by empirical evidence to understand individual development and behavior across the life span and the interactions among individuals and between individuals and families, groups, organizations, and communities.

8. Analyze, formulate, and influence social policies.

9. Evaluate research studies, apply research findings to practice, and evaluate their own practice interventions.

10. Use communication skills differentially across client populations, colleagues, and communities.

11. Use supervision and consultation appropriate to social work practice.

12. Function within the structure of organizations and service delivery systems and seek necessary organizational change.

History of the Social Work Program and the Social Work Degree

The Social Work Program was granted initial accreditation with the Council on Social Work Education in 1988 and is designed to prepare students for the beginning level of professional generalist social work practice.  There are presently 100 majors enrolled in the program.  The curriculum is built on a liberal arts base and provides a core of knowledge essential for beginning professional generalist social work practice.  The degree granted is a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW).  For the BSW degree 120 credits are required.

Graduates go into beginning employment in a variety of agencies and settings, such as child welfare, mental health/mental retardation, medical hospitals, probation service and correctional institutions, neighborhood and community centers, national voluntary agencies, services for the aged, day care centers, and family service.

Graduates with a degree in social work are eligible for the second level (Caseworker) examination under Pennsylvania Civil Service regulations as well as the beginning level (Caseworker Trainee) examination.  Also, Pennsylvania law requires nursing homes of more than 120 beds to hire social workers with degrees accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.  Students are also eligible for membership in the National Association of Social Workers and graduates can attain the Pennsylvania Provisional Licensed Social Worker credential.  Some students enter graduate schools of social work immediately after graduation; others work for a year or two and then go to graduate school.  A number of graduate schools of social work give as much as one full year’s advanced standing toward the Master of Social Work degree to graduates of programs which are accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.  This means that the MSW can be acquired in about one year or a year and a summer, rather than the customary two years.

Admission to Program

Rationale for Admission, Retention, and Termination Policies

Social work is unique among majors in the College of Liberal Arts.  It represents professional and personal preparation to work in a field that demonstrates a caring and concern for others through practice based on knowledge, values, ethics, and skills that define social work.  The faculty has a responsibility to prepare and motivate students to become competent entry-level generalist social work practitioners.  During the admission and retention process students are expected to identify areas of self and academic growth necessary to successfully complete the mission, goals, and objectives of the program.

The goals of the admission and retention process are to have students and faculty identify the values and ethics that are necessary to be considered a generalist social work professional at the undergraduate level.  The faculty has the responsibility for the monitoring of the student’s motivation, commitment, capacity, and limitations for social work practice.  The intent of the monitoring process is to preserve the mission, goals, and objectives of the social work program.

The screening, selection, and retention process is designed with the objective of having students and faculty mutually assess the student’s readiness and commitment to be a social work major.  This process acknowledges the importance of producing graduates who are able to meet the challenges within the profession.  In addition, this process supports the commitment of the student to ongoing self-reflection and professional development.

Bloomsburg University Social Work Program Screening and Selection Procedures

The following are admission criteria for all students entering the social work program: 

·        Student demonstrates commitment, motivation, and capacity to successfully complete social work program requirements.  This is assessed through successful completion (C or above) of the courses, Introduction to Social Work (49.133) and Introductory Practice Experience in Social Work (49.297), in addition to the Program’s application process.

·        Student has a minimum overall 2.2 grade point average.

·        Student has submitted the required written application (available from social work program director) including the written rationale for selecting the social work major.

·        Student has had a formal interview with the director of the program to discuss personal and professional ethics and values that are the foundation of the social work profession.  This interview will include a review of program policies and procedures outlined in the Student Handbook.

·        Students accepted into the social work program are notified in writing by the social work program director.  Students complete a permission form allowing the social work program director to transfer them into the social work program.

Students who are not accepted into the social work program may re-apply after interviewing with the program director. Due to the program’s enrollment cap of 100 there is limited space available to interested students.  When all other admission criteria are equal, students with the greatest number of earned credits will be admitted first.  

Admission of Transfer Students

Students who transfer from other colleges or from other majors at Bloomsburg may be formally accepted into the social work program by following the Screening and Selection Policy and its procedures.  The student transcripts will be evaluated by the social work program director.  Preserving the integrity of the program’s mission, goals, and objective is of primary importance in assessing the student’s transcript.  Every effort will be made not to duplicate coursework.

Fulfillment of Academic Internship Practicum Credits           

All students must fulfill all academic and internship requirements of the Bloomsburg University Social Work Program.  Other related fieldwork/internship and or life experiences will not be substituted for the required 400 hours of internship.  

Procedures for Terminating Enrollment in the Social Work Program and Student Progress Review Process

Accreditation standards mandate that social work programs have policies and practices for “terminating a student’s enrollment…. for reasons of academic and nonacademic performance.  This implies “performance as social work practitioners” (CSWE, 1994).  Handbook of Accreditation Standards and Procedures, 89 & 127.

Bloomsburg University Social Work Program prepares students for generalist social work practice.  The faculty is charged with integrating the standards of the profession throughout the program.  Students and the client systems that they serve will benefit from the faculty purposefully teaching and evaluating performance, conduct/behavior, self-awareness, and the communication skills of the students.

The purpose of the Student Progress Review Process (SPRP) is to assist students who have difficulty with the personal/professional integration of the standards of the profession, knowledge and skills of social work, values and ethics as identified in the NASW Code of Ethics.  

Program Professional and Personal Evaluative Standards

The following professional and personal standards and indicators are the bases on which the student is evaluated.

Performance Standards:

·        Plans and organizes work effectively.

·        Consistently turns in assignments complete and on time.

·        Makes arrangements for his/her special needs.

·        Attends class regularly.

Indicators of Concern:

·        Poor organizational skills.

·        Repeated requests for extensions on assignments and exams.

·        Turning in assignments late or incomplete.

·        Multiple absences from class beyond guidelines in class syllabus.

·        Multiple absences from field placement.

Conduct/Behavior Standards:

·        Demonstrates ability to work cooperatively with others.

·        Actively participates in class discussion groups/role plays.

·        Shows respect for others’ opinions.

·        Is open to feedback from peers/faculty.

·        Demonstrates a willingness to understand diversity in people regarding race,                             color, gender, age, creed, ethnic, or national origin, disability, political                              orientation, sexual orientation, and populations at risk.

·        Conducts him/herself according to the NASW Code of Ethics.  (Inclusive of                             relationships with clients, colleagues, practice instructor, internship                          director, faculty, and peers)

Indicators of Concern:

·        Appears to create conflict in class, which impedes learning and/or building effective relationships.

·        Uncooperative/unwilling to participate in class activities.

·        Consistently late for class, or leaves class early.

·        Consistently late for field placement.

·        Disrupts class process with inappropriate behavior.

·        Uses derogatory language or demeaning remarks.

·        Appears unwilling/unable to accept feedback.

·        Monopolizes class discussions.

·        Consistently complains about class workload to the point of impeding class process.

·        Unwilling/unable to develop an understanding of people different from oneself.

·        Discriminatory behavior or harassment towards others on the basis of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, and disability.

·        Physical acting out directed at clients, faculty, staff or fellow students.

·        Unethical professional behavior. (Based on NASW Code of Ethics)

·        Academic misconduct based on university policy.

Emotional Self-Control and Self-Understanding Standards:

(Unresolved personal issues that may interfere with the student’s ability to effectively work with client systems.)

·        Appears to be able to handle discussion of uncomfortable topics.

·        Deals appropriately in class with issues, which arouse emotions.

·        Demonstrates an awareness of one’s own personal limits.

·        Understands the effect of one’s behavior on others.

Indicators of Concern:

·        When engaged in self-disclosure, the student appears to be working through unresolved personal issues that interfere with client interaction.           

·        Appears unable/unwilling to control emotional reactions.

·        Demonstrated alcohol/drug abuse, and or mental health issues in the class and or field placement.

·        Verbal threats directed at clients, faculty, staff, or students.

·        Demonstrates impaired judgment, decision-making, or problem-solving skills.

·        Consistent failure to demonstrate ability to form       effective                                                                                                     client/social worker relationship (e.g., shows judgmental                                                 attitude).

Communication Skills Standards:

             Written:

·        Shows consistency in written communication.  Written assignments demonstrate: good spelling, appropriate use of punctuation, clear structure, paragraphing, good organization, follows logical sequence.

·        Demonstrates ability to write effectively in records.

·        Shows command of the English language.

·        Abides by University standards.

·        Demonstrates use of critical thinking skills.

            Verbal:

·        Is able to clearly articulate ideas, thoughts, concepts, etc.

·        Has the ability to communicate clearly.

·        Has working proficiency of the English language even when English is not the student’s primary language.

Indicators of Concern:

·      Written works are frequently vague, shows difficulty in                                           expressing ideas clearly and concisely.

 

·      Student has many errors in the area of spelling, punctuation,                                     structure, etc., and does not make effort to show improvement.      

 

·        Plagiarized the work of others.

 

·       Appears to have difficulty expressing him/herself when                                            speaking.

 

·       Difficulty communicating so that others can hear or understand.

 

·       Lacks a working proficiency of the English language when                                         communicating.

Student Progress Review Process

The program’s Student Progress Review Process (SPRP) is designed to ensure personal and professional behavior congruent with Bloomsburg University’s Social Work Program Mission, Goals, and Objectives.  Each semester after mid term grades are distributed faculty meets to discuss any student concerns related to grades and classroom/out of class behavior.  Any student in the program for whom a faculty member has identified professional developmental concerns, the procedures listed below will be followed:

§          Conference between the faculty member and the student is held.  The faculty member will notify student of procedures including notice about the presentation of concerns to other faculty and the student’s right to attend, participate, and bring an advocate to the SPRP session or to submit a written response to be considered in the discussion.  After the review of the information by the faculty committee, the student and the student’s advocate may be asked to leave the room during deliberations.  Written minutes which identify the faculty course of action will be completed and recorded.

§          Recommendations of the faculty will identify the following possible directives:           

  1.  Written contract, which designates the criteria for needed personal and/or professional change.  Student’s faculty advisor will facilitate this process.

  2.     Faculty group will prepare a rationale for dismissal.  A typed mailed copy will be sent to the student within five working days.  The mailing address will be provided by the student or taken from the most current listing available.  The student’s advisor will coordinate this process.

3.  Concerns may be unfounded; student will be notified immediately (in writing) of this decision.

Appeal Process

A student can appeal with a written statement to the social work program director within 10 days of the letter of notification from the committee.  The statement must specify reasons for disagreement with the committee’s decision and rationale for considering a different decision.  The committee will then convene within 10 days of receipt of the statement to review the appeal.  The student initiating the appeal will be invited to address the committee with the option of being accompanied by an advocate.  The committee will render, in writing, a follow up decision or continuation of the original decision.  If the student believes the committee’s appeal decision was made in error, a written statement of appeal may be submitted to the department chairperson.  The student may also appeal the department decision with the Dean of Liberal Arts.

This appeal process uses the framework of the University’s grievance procedure as its model.  (Student Non-Academic Grievance Policy PRP 4862)

Academic and Career Advising

All Social Work majors are assigned to a member of the full-time Social Work faculty at the time of entry into the Program.  The Social Work faculty represents a diverse educational and practice background and demonstrates a strong commitment to student advising and career planning.  The Social Work faculty is concerned about the individual personal and educational needs of each student.  

Career Planning and Employment Services

In addition to the advisement support of the Social Work faculty, Bloomsburg University has a Career Development and Placement Center that provides extensive services to students.

The Social Work faculty, through contacts with alumni, professional associations, and agencies utilized as part of our field placement program, has developed an informal job listing service.  Notices of agency openings as well as information relative to Civil Service positions are posted on the bulletin board on the second floor of the McCormick Center for Human services.

CWEB (Child Welfare Education for Baccalaureates)
Dale Sultzbaugh, Social Work Field Education Coordinator
CONTACT: 389-4637

Requirements:

        1. Pennsylvania resident and non-resident students are accepted for CWEB on a "first come" basis.  There is a cap of 7 students per year.
        2. 45.236 Child Welfare, offered only in the fall semester, is required.
        3. Students complete 400-480 hrs. of internship in nay of the 67 county children and youth services agencies in Pennsylvania and take the Pennsylvania State Civil Service Test for Social Case Worker 1 and 2, 7 months before graduation.

OR

Students complete 975 hrs. in a county children and youth services agency in Pennsylvania and are not required to take the Pennsylvania State Civil Service Test.
        4. Within 60 days of graduation the student needs to obtain employment in one of the 67 Pennsylvania county children and youth agencies.
        5. The student needs to complete 1 year employment with a county children and youth services agency.
        6. The student signs a legal contract that requires repayment of all financial reimbursements if he/she does not fulfill the above stated CWEB requirements.

Financial Reimbursements:

        1. Senior year tuition and fees.
        2. $5,440 additional stipend.
        3. $1.560 additional bonus for completing 975 hours of agency placement.
        4. A maximum of $85 for books, pens, notebooks, computer discs for the Child Welfare course. You need to save all receipts for Child Welfare course supplies.

Social Work Club

Under the policy of the University, as well as the Department, students have the right to organize in their own interests.  The Bloomsburg University Joint Statement on Rights, Freedoms and Responsibilities of Students, Article IV, A, provides the policy for official recognition of student organizations on campus.

The Social Work Club is an officially recognized student organization, which was initiated in 1991.  Membership is open to any interested student.  The Club has its own constitution, policy for the election of officers, and establishes its own committees and meeting schedule.  It is the main channel through which students participate in the affairs of the Department.  Club members are elected as student representatives to meetings of the Department, ad hoc search and screen, and career day committees.  The organization and members have been active in supporting area human service agencies and presenting guest speakers on various social work topics.

Phi Alpha Honor Society

In 1960, undergraduate social work students at Michigan State University became interested in a national social work honor society and discovered other schools that had their own social work honor societies.  With these schools, they created Phi Alpha, a national social work honor society.  In 1995, social work students formed a chapter at Bloomsburg University.  The honor society functions as a way to recognize those students in the major who have achieved academic excellence and holds an annual banquet to induct and recognize new members.

Below you will find the criteria for membership as well as the national purpose of Phi Alpha.  Each year the social work faculty reviews student records to assess qualification.  Qualified students are then notified and invited to join.  National dues are $8.00 and give the student a lifetime membership to Phi Alpha. 

Purpose:  “Through Knowledge – the challenge to serve”

The purposes of Phi Alpha Honor Society are to provide a closer bond among students of social work and promote humanitarian goals and ideals.  Phi Alpha fosters high standards of education for social workers and invites into membership those who have attained excellence in scholarship and achievement in social work.  (From national pamphlet)

Criteria:

1.      Junior status (65+ credits)

2.      Eighteen (18) credits completed from required social work courses which include:

49.133 Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare

49.297 Introductory Practice Experience in Social Work

49.221 Human Behavior in the Social Environment

49.250 Research Methods for Generalist Social Work Practice

49.334 Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families

49.450 Social Work Practice with Groups and Groups at Risk

49.452 Social Work Practice with Organizations and Communities

49.453 Social Welfare Policy and Services

49.497 Social Work Field Education

49.498 Integrative Senior Seminar in Social Work

48.210 Life-Span Psychology

Statistics

3.      Overall GPA of 3.0

4.      Social Work GPA (in above courses) of 3.25

 

Other Opportunities for Student Involvement

Students are involved in program policy through their impact on the program’s policy formulation and change.  This takes place through individuals or groups of students who offer recommendations on present policy or proposed policy changes as they pertain to student affairs.  Student representatives are invited to attend Social Work faculty meetings with the exception of meetings held for the purpose of student performance review.  Students also attend informal “teas” with faculty to discuss issues and concerns.  Additional student rights include evaluating present agencies used for internship placement and the pre-professional introductory practice experience, and recommending other agencies for future use in this capacity.  Students are invited to participate in the interviewing of faculty candidates.

Combining Majors, Minors, and Concentrations

It is possible to combine the Social Work major with another major, minor, and/or concentration within the University curriculum.  Many Social Work majors take Gerontology, and/or Family, Children and Youth concentrations.  Because of the diversity of the University’s curriculum, it is possible to individualize the student’s academic program.  New minors in ethnic studies and women’s studies are now available and encouraged by Social Work faculty.

Graduate School Catalogs

A collection of updated graduate school social work (MSW) information and catalogs is available on the bulletin board, second floor of the McCormick Center for Human Services, and in the Office of the Director of the Program.  Andruss Library also maintains a collection of graduate school catalogs.

Social Work Bulletin Board

The bulletin board on the second floor of the McCormick Center for Human Services contains Civil Service announcements, job openings, current affairs concerning social workers, and other Department and University Program announcements, along with MSW information.

Curriculum Design

The Social Work major at Bloomsburg University operates from the premise that a social worker needs a well integrated liberal arts foundation; background knowledge from the natural, social, and behavioral sciences; professional social work content; and opportunity for the exploration of special interests.

This curriculum prepares students for the beginning level of professional generalist social work practice by helping them acquire the essential social work knowledge, values, ethics, and skills.  It is designed to integrate and apply the required liberal arts foundation content with the content on values and ethics, diversity, populations-at-risk and social and economic justice, human behavior and the social environment, social welfare policy and services, social work practice, research, and field education.  The curriculum is organized around objectives related to the practice theories, concepts and skills of problem solving within individuals, families, small groups, large groups, organizations and communities.  The focus is on systems and their interaction as students develop engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation skills for problem solving in a variety of social work practice settings.

In the introductory practice experience in social work course, the problem solving approach to practice, systems concepts, and the social worker as a beginning professional generalist practitioner are introduced and studied.  As the students advance in the sequence, critical issues (social, psychological, and political/economic/organizational issues relevant to practice) are examined in terms of their impact on practice.  Content focuses on the value base of the profession and is integrated throughout the practice sequence as is content regarding the need for ongoing self-evaluation.

Each practice course has an experiential component and a journal that are designed to demonstrate the presence of supporting knowledge and educational resources, including opportunities for the field practicum.  Prior to practicum, students have had opportunities to develop certain skills in interviewing, problem and resource assessment, relationship building, assessment and evaluation of self, recording, functioning as part of a task group, and carrying out a community project.  Therefore, the internship is part of the process in which students test out their skills and knowledge.

A faculty assessment of the student’s readiness to enter the internship experience is conducted after the completion of the practice component. 

Internship Component of Practice

All of the twelve (12) program educational objectives of the program are integrated into both the practice and practicum components since the practice component is conceptual and analytical in nature and the internship component focuses on implementation and intervention tasks.  Both types of practice tasks have their bases in appropriate knowledge developed in foundation content areas.  Their application in practice situations is guided by the values and ethics of the profession (see the NASW Code of Ethics). 

 

Social Work Advisement Checklist

 

 

 

 

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY      REVISED 3/06

WORKSHEET FOR SOCIAL WORK MAJORS

 

NOTE:  You must complete proper paperwork such as a Prior Approval Form before taking any credits at another institution to transfer back to Bloomsburg University.

Name___________________________  S.S.#___________________  Advisor___________________

                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

GENERAL EDUCATION The general education program includes specific course requirements, distribution requirements, and a diversity requirement of two courses. Note that most Developmental Instruction courses do not count towards graduation. It is your responsibility to ensure that you reach the 120 credits required for graduation. Please refer to the official university catalog online to be sure that you have the latest information. Go to   ----                                                                                                                  http://www.bloomu.edu/catalog/gened_intro.php

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Specific Course Requirements  –   Go to   ----              http://www.bloomu.edu/catalog/gened_specific.php

 Communication (9 credits)                                                               

20.101 Composition 1 and an additional six credits                    20.101    _Composition 1__________

                ______   _______________________

                                ______   _______________________

 

Quantitative-Analytical Reasoning (3 credits)                                                                                                                                              

(See the information about statistics on reverse.)                                         ______   _______________________

 

Values, Ethics and Responsible Decision Making (3 credits)                      ______   _______________________

 

Fitness and Recreational Skills (2 credits)                                                       ______   _______________________

 

Cultural Diversity -  Each student must successfully complete two courses from this list of diversity focused courses. However, two of the required major courses for Social Work are designated as diversity courses – 49.221 and 49.450 – so additional courses are not required. (Do not count these credits here.)

Total of Specific Credits      _______

 

Distribution Requirements (36 credits)

Thirty-six semester hours are required with 12 semester hours required from each of the three general academic areas of humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences and mathematics. Courses selected to fulfill the distribution requirements must be from at least three different departments within each of the three groups with two or more credits required from each department selected. One course which a student uses to satisfy the specific course requirements in the categories of communication, quantitative/analytical reasoning, and values/ethics may be used to satisfy the distribution requirements.

IMPORTANT! See the website for additional courses allowed and courses that are excluded. Go to   ----                                                                                                       http://www.bloomu.edu/catalog/gened_distrib.php

 

Group A - Humanities and the Arts – (30,31,32)Art,  (25)Comm. Studies, (20)English, (42)History,

(10-18)Lang. & Cult., (27)Mass. Comm., (35)Music, (28)Phil., (26)Theatre Arts

________   ________________________(   )                                     ________   ________________________(   )

________   ________________________(   )                                     ________   ________________________(   )

 

Group B - Social & Behav. Sciences –  the following are required for Social Work majors and will fulfill Group B.

45-211     Principles of Sociology  ___      (   )                                         48-101     General Psychology _______    (   )

44-120     U.S. Government        ___         (   )                                         48-210      Life Span Psychology_______  (   )

 

Group C - Natural Science and Mathematics – (50)Bio. & Allied Health Sci., (52)Chem., (53)Math. (but not comp sci), (51)Geo. & Geosci., (54)Physics   (See the information about statistics that follows.)

50-101       Human Biology              _        (   )                                         ________   ________________________(   )

________   _________________________(   )                                ________   ________________________(   )

                                                                                                                                               

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Total Distribution Credits      _______