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Program checklist · BS

Social Work, BS

Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
BS
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
05.0212
Total credits (published)
123-125
Credits (computed from items)
123-125
Catalog edition
2025-2026
Checklist type
degree-program
SOC
25-1062
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196413
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196413_cbc6c337
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Student Learning Outcomes

0 items

    University Requirement

    0 items

      In addition to FYS 101, the BS in Social Work requires completion of an IDEA course (chosen from a select list) - The IDEA course may count as a liberal arts, departmental course, or elective depending on the course chosen. Please see the undergraduate course catalog for a full listing of IDEA courses.

      electives · 1 item
      1. FYS 101
        1

      Major Requirements

      major core · 15 items
      1. SWK 201
        3
      2. SWK 202
        3
      3. SWK 301
        3
      4. SWK 314
        3
      5. SWK 315
        3
      6. SWK 326
        3
      7. SWK 328
        3
      8. SWK 361
        3
      9. SWK 375
        0
      10. SWK 401
        3
      11. SWK 402
        3
      12. SWK 435
        5
      13. SWK 436
        1
      14. SWK 445
        5
      15. SWK 446
        1

      Liberal Arts

      6 items
      1. Expository Writing
        Not resolved to a course
        6
      2. WRT 105
        3
      3. WRT 205
        3
      4. Quantitative Skills
        Not resolved to a course
        6-8
      5. MAT 121
        Probability and Statistics for the Liberal Arts I
        or: MAT 221 Elementary Probability and Statistics I
        4
      6. MAT 122
        Probability and Statistics for the Liberal Arts II
        or: MAT 222 Elementary Probability and Statistics II
        or: PSY 252 Statistical Methods II
        4

      Humanities Divisional Perspectives

      1 item
      1. Social work students must complete 12 credits in the humanities divisional perspective defined in the liberal arts core of the College of Arts and Sciences. More detail is offered in the publication, “Liberal Arts Core.”
        Not resolved to a course
        12

      Natural Sciences Divisional Perspective

      8 items
      1. BIO 121
        3
      2. Select one of the following:
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. ANT 131
        3
      4. BIO 123
        3
      5. PSY 223
        3
      6. PSY 315
        3
      7. PSY 395
        3
      8. NSD 225
        3

      Social Sciences Divisional Perspective

      0 items

        Required

        9 items
        1. PSY 205
          3
        2. PSY 374
          3
        3. Choose 1 course from each of the following groups
          Not resolved to a course
          18
        4. ANT 112
          Introduction to African American Studies
          or: ANT 121 Peoples and Cultures of the World
          3
        5. ECN 101
          Introductory Microeconomics
          or: ECN 102 Introductory Macroeconomics
          3
        6. PSC 121
          American National Government and Politics
          or: PSC 122 American State and Local Government and Politics
          3
        7. PSY 335
          Psychology of Childhood
          or: PSY 336 Psychology of the Adolescent
          or: HFS 202 Development of Children
          3
        8. SWK 357
          Processes of Aging
          or: HFS 363 Midlife Development and Gerontology
          3
        9. SOC 101
          Introduction to Sociology
          or: SOC 102 Social Problems
          3

        Electives to reach 120-degree applicable credits

        electives · 0 items
          Source. Syracuse University, catalog 2025-2026 — https://coursecatalog.syracuse.edu/undergraduate/education/social-work/social-work-bs/. Captured page pages/0946.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.