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Program checklist · Bachelor of

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

Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA

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
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
44.0701
Total credits (published)
120
Credits (computed from items)
190-191
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
234030
CourseShelf checklist
CK_234030_c6db3396
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

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

Course restrictions

7 items
  1. SLWK 311
    3
  2. SLWK 313
    3
  3. SLWK 330
    3
  4. SLWK 380
    3
  5. SLWK 381
    3
  6. SLWK 422
    3
  7. SLWK 431
    3

Special requirements

11 items
  1. ANTH 103
    3
  2. BIOL 101
    3
  3. MATH 131
    3
  4. PHIL from approved list
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  5. PSYC 101 Play course video for Introduction to Psychology
    Introduction to Psychology
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  6. PSYC 304
    3
  7. SLWK 201
    3
  8. SLWK 230
    3
  9. SOCY 101 Play course video for Introduction to Sociology
    Introduction to Sociology
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  10. UNIV 111 Play course video for Introduction to Focused Inquiry: Investigation and Communication
    Introduction to Focused Inquiry: Investigation and Communication
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  11. UNIV 200
    3

Degree requirements for Social Work, Bachelor of (B.S.W.)

0 items

    General education

    general education · 1 item
    1. Select 30 credits of general education courses in consultation with an adviser.
      Not resolved to a course
      30

    Major requirements

    major core · 0 items

      • Major core requirements

      major core · 16 items
      1. SLWK 201
        3
      2. SLWK 230
        3
      3. SLWK 311
        3
      4. SLWK 313
        3
      5. SLWK 330
        3
      6. SLWK 332
        3
      7. SLWK 380
        3
      8. SLWK 381
        3
      9. SLWK 395
        3
      10. SLWK 422
        3
      11. SLWK 431
        3
      12. SLWK 441
        3
      13. SLWK 442
        3
      14. SLWK 494
        3
      15. SLWK 495
        3
      16. SLWK 499
        2

      Ancillary requirements

      12 items
      1. ANTH 103
        Introduction to Anthropology
        As published: “Introduction to Anthropology (satisfies general education BOK for social/behavioral sciences and AOI for global perspectives)”
        3
      2. BIOL 101
        Biological Concepts
        As published: “Biological Concepts (satisfies general education BOK for natural sciences and AOI for scientific and logical reasoning)”
        3
      3. BIOL 103
        Global Environmental Biology
        or: BIOL 201 Human Biology
        or: BIOL 217 Principles of Nutrition
        or: SOCS 340 Human Sexuality
        or: PSYC 401 Physiological Psychology
        or: PSYC 406 Perception
        or: PSYC 412 Health Psychology
        3
      4. MATH 131
        Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics
        As published: “Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics (satisfies general education quantitative foundations)”
        or: MATH 141 Algebra with Applications
        or: MATH 151 Precalculus Mathematics
        or: MATH 200 Calculus with Analytic Geometry I
        3-4
      5. PHIL 201
        Introduction to Ethics
        As published: “Introduction to Ethics 1”
        or: PHIL 213 Ethics and Health Care
        or: PHIL 221 Critical Thinking
        or: PHIL 222 Logic
        3
      6. PSYC 101 Play course video for Introduction to Psychology
        Introduction to Psychology (satisfies general education AOI for diversities in the human experience)
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      7. PSYC 304
        3
      8. PSYC 407
        3
      9. SLWK 200
        3
      10. SOCY 101 Play course video for Introduction to Sociology
        Introduction to Sociology (satisfies general education AOI for diversities in the human experience)
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      11. Electives from HIST, POLI or ECON
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      12. Foreign language through the 102 level (including ASL)
        Not resolved to a course
        6

      Open electives

      electives · 1 item
      1. Select any course.
        Not resolved to a course
        18
      Source. Virginia Commonwealth University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://bulletin.vcu.edu/undergraduate/socialwork/bsw-program/social-work-bsw/. Captured page pages/0608.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.