Undergraduate Minor in Social Work
Undergraduate Social Work Minor
The Social Work Minor offers interdisciplinary collaborative learning that includes service, community engagement, and an exploration of values. Students experience active learning that is practical and applied to real-world settings. The minor integrates social work theory and practice, social policy, socio-behavioral theory and research to understand and address complex social problems of our time, domestically and internationally. Some issues covered in the courses include oppression and privilege, poverty, violence, social justice, alcohol and other drug abuse, social welfare, community development. Courses can be taken on campus or through the our short term international study and travel courses.
The Social Work minor requires 15 credit hours. Some of the courses include:
| SASS 284 | Oppression and Privilege in a Multicultural Society | 3 |
| SASS 315 | Adoption Practice and Policy | 3 |
| SASS 318 | Death, Grief, and Loss | 3 |
| SASS 325 | The Netherlands Social Justice: Health and Violence | 3 |
| SASS 355 | Drugs and Youth | 3 |
| SASS 367 | Poverty, Wealth Building, and Social Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| SASS 369 | Social Networking and Community Organizing in the 21st Century | 3 |
| SASS 375A | International Travel & Study Abroad: Health, Human and Social Development in Urban & Rural Ecuador | 3 |
| SASS 375B | International Travel & Study Abroad: Mental Health Issues & Practice Netherlands | 3 |
| SASS 375C | International Travel & Study Abroad: Invisible Groups in a New Poland | 3 |
| SASS 375D | International Travel & Study Abroad: Child Welfare in Guatemala | 3 |
| SASS 385 | Social Welfare Capstone Seminar | 3 |
| SASS 390 | Independent Study for Undergraduates | 1 - 3 |