BASW Curriculum

BASW Curriculum

From the 2008-2009 Bulletin of Courses, California State University, San Bernardino

B.A. in Social Work
Requirements (74 units)
Total units required for graduation: 180

The Department of Social Work offers courses leading to the Bachelor of Arts in Social Work. This degree prepared baccalaureate students for generalist social work practice and equips them to work in agency settings with individuals, families, groups and communities who are encountering problems related to personal or social circumstance. The program is accredited the Council on Social Work Education, the national accrediting body for social work programs. The program is intensive and exciting and applies to a wide variety of social work client populations.

Students must apply to the Department of Social Work for admission into the B.A. in Social Work.

Admission Requirements

1.	Completion of application packet including personal statement of commitment to the social work profession, two references, and transcripts; (Contact the Department of Social Work for more information.)
2.	Completion of all lower division General Education requirements with an overall grade point average of 2.0 ("C") or better;
3.	Completion of additional lower division requirements with a grade of "C" or better.

CSUSB General Education Requirements

Basic Skills in Written Communication (A1)
1. One of the following:
	ENG 101	Freshman Composition
	HON 103	Language and Meaning

Basic Skills in Oral Communication (A2)
1. One of the following:
	COMM 120	Oral Communication
	HON 103	Language and Meaning

Basic Skills in Mathematics (A3)
1. One of the following:
	MATH 110	College Algebra
	MATH 115	The Ideas of Mathematics
	MATH 120	Pre-Calculus Mathematics
	MATH 192	Methods of Calculus
	MATH 211	Basic Concepts of Calculus

Basic Skills in Critical Thinking (A4)
1. One of the following:
	PSYC 105	Critical Thinking Through Problem Analysis
	SOC 180	Critical Thinking About Social Problems

Natural Sciences Breadth Area (B2)
1.	BIOL 100	Topics in Biology

Humanities Breadth Area (C3)
1.	SPAN 150	Intermediate Spanish

Social and Behavioral Sciences Breadth Area (D4)
1.	PSYC 100	Introduction to Psychology
2.	SOC 100	The Study of Society

Additional Lower Division Requirements to enter the B.A. in Social Work
1.	SW 200	Introduction to Social Work
2. One of the following:
	ECON 250	Statistics for Economists
	PSYC 210	Psychological Statistics
	SCM 210	Applied Business Statistics
3.	CJUS 101	Introduction to the Criminal Justice System

Department Regulations
1.	Students must attain grades of "C" or better in all courses required for the major from the department in order to progress in the program.

Requirements for the B.A. in Social Work:
Upper-division requirements (66 units)
1.	Four units chosen from the following (which also meets the Multicultural/Gender Requirements (G1)
	HUM 325	Perspectives on Gender (4)
	NSCI 325	Perspectives on Gender (4)
	SSCI 316	Race and Racism (4)
	SSCI 325	Perspectives on Gender (4)
	SSCI 350	Roots of Modern Racism in America (4)
2.	Four units chosen from:
	PSYC 390	Abnormal Psychology (4)
	PSYC 391	Psychopathology of Children (4)
3.	Four units chosen from:
	PSYC 382	Psychology of Social Behavior (4)
	SOC 339	Socialization (4)
	SOC 360	Social Psychology (4)
4.	Four units chosen from:
	PSCI 380	Introduction to Public Administration (4)
	PA 380	Introduction to Public Administration (4)
5.	SW 300A	Social Welfare Policy I (4)
6.	SW 300B	Social Welfare Policy II (4)
7.	SW 301	Social Work Research (6)
8.	SW 302A	Human Behavior and the Social Environment I (4)
9.	SW 302B	Human Behavior and the Social Environment II (4)
10.	SW 400A	Social Work Practice: Individuals (4)
11.	SW 400B	Social Work Practice: Groups (4)
12.	SW 400C	Social Work Practice: Organizations and Communities (4)
13.	SW 401A	Field Work I (4)
14.	SW 401B	Field Work II (4)
15.	SW 401C	Field Work III (4)
16.	SW 590	Special Topics (4)

Discipline requirements (8 units)
Courses taken to satisfy upper-division requirements cannot count toward the eight units for the discipline requirement.
1.	Eight units in one of the following disciplines:
	Criminal Justice
	CJUS 370	Law and the Courts (4)
	CJUS 460	Alcohol, Drugs and the Criminal Justice System (4)
	CJUS 462	Domestic Violence and the Criminal Justice System (4)
	CJUS 465	Hate Crime Law and Policy (4)

	Economics
	ECON 333	Political Economy of Women: Money, Sex and Power (4)
	ECON 352	Political Economy of Poverty and Discrimination (4)
	ECON 357	Political Economy of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered People (4)
	ECON 445	Political Economy (4)
	ECON 520	Social Economics (4)

	Human Development
	HD 305	Multicultural Child Development (4)
	HD 324	Developmental Psychobiology (4)
	HD 372	Psychology of Death and Dying (4)

	Political Science
	PSCI 330	State and Local Politics (4)
	PSCI 428	Formulation of Public Policy (4)

	Psychology
	PSYC 303	Parenting and Family Relations (4)
	PSYC 320	Psychology of Middle Childhood (4)
	PSYC 328	Psychology of Adolescent Development (4)
	PSYC 329	Psychology of Adulthood and Aging (4)
	PSYC 351	Behavior Modification: Principles and Applications (4)
	PSYC 386	Introduction to Psychotherapy (4)
	PSYC 387	Community Psychology (4)

	Sociology
	SOC 340	Sociology of the Family (4)
	SOC 343	Sociology of Family Violence (4)
	SOC 410	Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (4)
	SOC 440	Social Class (4)
	SOC 442	Chicano Social Stratification (4)

BASW Course Descriptions