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Program checklist · Bachelor Degree

Social Work, BSW

Pennsylvania Western University · California, PA

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Program
Award
Bachelor Degree
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
44.0701
Total credits (published)
120
Credits (computed from items)
117
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
498571
CourseShelf checklist
CK_498571_30ec1df9
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

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

Curriculum Requirements

0 items

    General Education

    21 items
    1. FOUNDATIONS 15-18 Credits
      Not resolved to a course
    2. First Year Seminar - FYS 1000 - Navigating the First Year at PennWest
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. Oral Communication - SOWK 1500 - Interviewing and Engaging: Skills for Professionals
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    4. Written Communication - Choose 1 of the following options:
      Not resolved to a course
    5. Written Communication - ENGL 1100 - Introduction to College Composition
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    6. AND ENGL 1200 - College Composition
      Not resolved to a course
      or: Written Communication - ENGL 1200 - College Composition
      3
    7. Quantitative Reasoning - Any Course (GFQR)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    8. Technological Literacy - Any Course (GFTL)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    9. DISCOVERIES 24-27 Credits
      Not resolved to a course
    10. Arts and Humanities - Any Course (GDAH)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    11. Arts and Humanities - Any Course (GDAH)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    12. Social Sciences - PSYC 1000 - Introduction to Psychology
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    13. Social Sciences - SOCI 1000 - Introduction to Sociology
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    14. Natural Science and Technology - Any Course (GDNS)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    15. Natural Science and Technology - Any Course (GDNS)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    16. Flex Discoveries - Any Course (GDAH, GDSS, GDNS, or GDWH)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    17. Flex Discoveries - Any Course (GDAH, GDSS, GDNS, or GDWH)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    18. Flex Discoveries - (If not completing ENGL 1100) - Any Course (GDAH, GDSS, GDNS, or GDWH)
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    19. ESSENTIAL SKILLS Essential Skills remain in General Education requirements but are completed within the major and do not add to the 42 standalone credits.
      Not resolved to a course
    20. Intensive Writing - SOWK 4000 - Social Work Practice with Organizations and Communities
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    21. Capstone - SOWK 4800 - Social Work Field Practicum
      Not resolved to a course
      15

    Major

    0 items

      Required Major Courses

      12 items
      1. SOWK 1000
        3
      2. SOWK 1200
        Diversity in a Changing World
        or: SOCI 2100 - Social Inequalities: Who Gets What, and Why?
        or: SOCI 3010 - Race and Ethnic Relations
        3
      3. SOWK 2500
        Human Behavior in the Social Environment: Life Course
        or: SOCI 2300 - Sociology of Life Course
        3
      4. SOWK 2900
        3
      5. SOWK 3100
        3
      6. SOWK 3500
        3
      7. SOWK 4100
        Social Work Research Methods
        or: SOCI 2800 - Sociological Research Methods
        3
      8. SOWK 3250
        3
      9. SOWK 3200
        3
      10. SOWK 3000
        Human Behavior and the Social Environment II
        or: SOCI 2050 - Contemporary Social Problems
        3
      11. SOWK 4000
        3
      12. SOWK 4800
        15

      Major Electives

      1 item
      1. Any SOWK course 3000-level or higher not already required
        Not resolved to a course
        6

      Candidacy

      0 items
        Source. Pennsylvania Western University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.pennwest.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=12&poid=2028. Captured page pages/0073.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.