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Program checklist · Bachelor of Social Work (B.S.W.)

Bachelor of Social Work (B.S.W.)

West Chester University of Pennsylvania · West Chester, PA

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
Bachelor of Social Work (B.S.W.)
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
44.0701
Total credits (published)
120
Credits (computed from items)
143-161
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
216764
CourseShelf checklist
CK_216764_1e432f12
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

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

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

general education · 0 items

    Academic Foundations

    6 items
    1. First Year Experience requirement
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. English Composition requirement
      Not resolved to a course
      6-7
    3. Mathematics requirement
      Not resolved to a course
      3-4
    4. Interdisciplinary requirement
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    5. Diverse Communities requirement
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    6. Ethics requirement
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Distributed Disciplinary Foundations

    4 items
    1. Science requirement
      Not resolved to a course
      6-8
    2. Behavioral & Social Science requirement
      Not resolved to a course
      6
    3. Humanities requirement
      Not resolved to a course
      6
    4. Arts requirement
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    ADDITIONAL BACCALAUREATE REQUIREMENTS

    0 items

      University Requirements

      6 items
      1. Writing Emphasis requirement
        Not resolved to a course
        9
      2. SWO 300
        3
      3. SWO 351
        3
      4. SWO 495
        3
      5. Speaking Emphasis requirement
        Not resolved to a course
        9
      6. SWO 320
        3

      Degree Requirements

      1 item
      1. Language/Culture requirement
        Not resolved to a course
        6

      Six semester hours of language (students may request to take culture cluster courses to meet some or all of this requirement; advisor permission is required).

      1 item
      1. Capstone requirement
        Not resolved to a course
        1-15

      MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

      major core · 0 items

        Additional Liberal Arts Foundation Courses

        1 item
        1. To support the liberal arts foundation and biopsychosocial perspective in social work, these courses are also required of social work majors: HIS, PHI, PSC, PSY, SOC
          Not resolved to a course
          15

        Social Work Pre-Candidacy Courses

        0 items

          Must earn a minimum of 2.50 GPA in these courses to be accepted into candidacy:

          4 items
          1. SWO 200
            3
          2. SWO 220
            3
          3. SWO 225
            Race Relations
            As published: “Race Relations (also meets interdisciplinary requirement)”
            3
          4. SWO 300
            3

          Social Work Professional Foundation

          0 items

            Students must maintain a 2.50 GPA in these courses:

            12 items
            1. SWO 320
              3
            2. SWO 321
              3
            3. SWO 332
              3
            4. SWO 350
              3
            5. SWO 351
              3
            6. SWO 375
              6
            7. SWO 395
              3
            8. SWO 431
              3
            9. SWO 432
              3
            10. SWO 450
              6
            11. SWO 451
              6
            12. SWO 495
              3

            Capstone Requirement

            1 item
            1. SWO 496
              Social Work Senior Seminar II
              As published: “Social Work Senior Seminar II 1”
              3
            Source. West Chester University of Pennsylvania, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.wcupa.edu/undergraduate/education-social-work/social-work/bachelor-social-work-bsw/. Captured page pages/0467.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.