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Course Sequence Guide

Several 400 level social work courses (23 units) are required for the major. Students are advised to be aware that all of the courses are not offered every semester. In addition, SW 489A and SW 489B is considered a year-long field experience. Students that do not complete the year-long field experience in the same academic year will need to repeat the full year-long field experience.

 
When offered?
 
Fall
Spring
SWORK 483A Generalist Social Work Practice I. (3)
Yes
No
SWORK 489A Field Experience in Social Work I (4)
Yes
No
SWORK 483B Generalist Social Work Practice II (3)
No
Yes
SWORK 489B Field Experience in Social Work II (4)
No
Yes
SWORK 491 Methods of Social Work Research
Yes
Yes
Select three Electives from the list below*. (Note, at least two electives must be in the Social Work department. The other elective may be selected from the list of courses from other departments presented below.)    

 

SWORK 400 Social Work Practice: Child Welfare
No
Yes
  SWORK 410 Social Work Practice: Family Issues
Yes
No
  SWORK 420 Aging and the Social Services
Yes
No
  SWORK 430 Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention and Intervention
Yes
Yes
  SWORK 496 Experimental Topics (e.g., Alcohol and substance preventive services)
No
Yes
  SWORK 497 Investigation and Report (Approval of instructor required)
Yes
Yes

 

Acceptable courses from other departments in the University which may be selected to meet a part of this requirement. (Note: Courses with an * may also be used to meet a General Education requirement.)

Africana Studies

  • 321 Black Political Participation in America
  • 325 Public Policy and Afro-American Community
  • 330 Black Child Development
  • 331 The Black Family
  • 332 Black Women: Myth and Reality
  • 341 Cultural Patterns and African American Identity
  • 360 Communications and Community Action
  • 380 Blacks in the American Justice System
  • 448 Black and Non-Black Interpersonal Relations
  • 452 Race Relations Strategies
  • 453 Issues in Mental Health: A Multicultural Perspective
  • 471 A Black History, 1492-1877
  • 471 B Twentieth Century Black History

American Indian Studies

  • 303 American Indian Women in American Society
  • 320 American Indians in Contemporary Society
  • 420 Indian Peoples of California

Asian Studies

  • 459 Modern Asian Cultures
  • 460 Contemporary Issues in Filipino-American Communities*

Biology

  • 307 Biology of Sex
  • 336 Principles of Human Physiology
  • 339 Sociobiology
  • 341 The Human Body

Child and Family Development

  • 335 Interaction in Families
  • 370 Research, Assessment, and Evaluation of Children & Families*
  • 371 Human Development Middle Childhood and Adolescence
  • 536 Divorce and Remarriage*
  • 570 Infant/Toddler Development*
  • 578 Parent-Child Relationships Across the Life Span*

Community Health Education

  • 331 Crisis Management
  • 574 Habit-forming Substances

Criminal Justice Administration

  • 301 Social Control, Social Policy, and the Administration of Justices
  • 310 Law Enforcement Administration*
  • 321 Juvenile Justice Administration*
  • 531 Probation and Parole*

General Studies

  • 321 Gay and Lesbian Identities in the Modern World*
  • 340 Confronting AIDS
  • 420 Disability and Society

Gerontology

  • 350 Social Policy and Aging
  • 360 Minority and Ethnic Aging
  • 370 Images of Aging in Contemporary Society
  • 402 The Aging Network*
  • 520 Analysis of Programs for the Aging*

Chicana and Chicano Studies

  • 301 Political Economy of the Chicano People
  • 303 Mexican American Community Studies
  • 306 Mexican Immigration*
  • 320 Mexican American Lifestyles
  • 355 The United States-Mexico International Border
  • 375 US/Mexico Border History
  • 376 Mexican American Culture and Thought
  • 480 The Mexican American and the Schools

Psychology

  • 321 Organizational Psychology
  • 331/332/333 Developmental Psychology
  • 340 Social Psychology
  • 350 Abnormal Psychology
  • 351 Psychology of Personality
  • 355 Psychology of Human Sexual Behavior
  • 365 Drugs and Behavior
  • 456 Psychology of Death and Bereavement
  • 564 Seminar in Psychopharmacology and Behavioral Disorders*

Sociology

  • 320 Sex/Gender Roles in American Society
  • 355 Minority Group Relations*
  • 420 Sexuality in Modern Society
  • 421 The American Family and Its' Alternatives
  • 433 Wealth, Status, and Power
  • 436 Sociology of Health and Illness
  • 441 Sociology of Mental Illness
  • 443 Crime and Society
  • 444 Juvenile Delinquency
  • 445 Sociology of Deviance
  • 481 Community Poverty Workshop*
  • 527 Aging and Society
  • 555 Immigrants and Refuges in Contemporary American Society

Women's Studies

  • 320 Socialization of Women
  • 325 Psychology of Women
  • 360 Women's Sexuality
  • 370 Women and the Law
  • 521 Life Cycles of Women
  • 522 Women: Madness and Sanity
  • 535 Lesbian Lives and Cultures
  • 572 Women and Violence*
  • 580 Women and International Development*

* Students that have completed SW 130 as of spring 2005 may use this course to meet a 3-unit elective requirement.

 

 
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