Social Work Major, Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Note: two years of a single high school foreign language or one year of a single college-level foreign language is an EWU graduation requirement.
Grade Requirements: Social Work classes and support classes with a grade <C are not acceptable for graduation.
| Required Courses | ||
| SOWK 273 | INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK | 5 |
| SOWK 378 | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LIFESPAN | 4 |
| SOWK 381 | DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN SOCIAL WORK | 4 |
| SOWK 459 | SURVEY OF MICROSYSTEMIC PRACTICE THEORIES | 4 |
| SOWK 464 | SOCIAL WORK CASE MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| SOWK 467 | INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY | 4 |
| SOWK 468 | SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH | 4 |
| SOWK 469 | DATA ANALYSIS FOR SOCIAL WORK | 4 |
| SOWK 470 | SOCIAL POLICY ANALYSIS | 4 |
| SOWK 473 | SOCIAL WORK IN ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMMUNITY CONTEXT | 4 |
| SOWK 476 | SOCIAL WORK ENGAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT | 4 |
| SOWK 477 | SOCIAL WORK WITH COMMUNITIES | 4 |
| SOWK 479 | SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS | 4 |
| SOWK 480 | FIELD PREPARATION | 1 |
| SOWK 482 | PRACTICUM/SEMINAR (1-6 variable credit course–must be repeated three times) | 15 |
| Required BASW Elective - choose any 300 or 400 level SOWK, DSST, CDST or ADST course | 3 | |
| Required Capstone | ||
| SOWK 490 | SOCIAL WORK SENIOR CAPSTONE | 4 |
| Total Credits | 76 | |
University Competencies and Proficiencies
English
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB
General Education Requirements (GER)
- Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours
- 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
- 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
- Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0
Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)
Humanities and Arts
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
University Graduation Requirements (UGR)
Diversity Course List
Foreign Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List
Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).
Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.
Degree Works calculates based on these two catalog years.
- The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Credit Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
- The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.
Students who successfully earn a BA in Social Work from EWU should be able to do the following:
- demonstrate ethical and professional behavior;
- engage diversity and difference in practice;
- advance human rights and social, economic and environmental justice;
- engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice;
- engage in policy practice;
- engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities;
- assess individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities;
- intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities;
- evaluate practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
(Council on Social Work Education, 2015)