Social Work - Curriculum

Total minimum hours required for the Bachelors of Social Work (BSW) degree is 120 credit hours. This includes meeting core curriculum requirements as well as those for the major.
Students must fulfill Xavier’s CORE Curriculum requirements. Most social work students complete their university core requirements during their first two years. Some core courses are specifically required for the social work major:
- BIOL 102/103 Life: Human Biology Lecture/Lab or BIOL 106/107 Life: Biology of Aging
- MATH 116 Elementary Statistics or MATH156 General Statistics
- PSYC 101 General Psychology
- SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology

Several courses required by the social work department fulfill the core curriculum requirements.
Social Work Required Courses:
- SOCW 167 Survey of Society in Social Work
- SOCW 206 Intro to Diversity and Intersectionality
- SOCW 208 Economics of Society
- SOCW 299 Child Welfare and Development
- SOCW 300 Adolescence-Older Adulthood
- SOCW 315 Values, Human Rights, and Advocacy
- SOCW 316 Social Policy
- SOCW 321 Communication Skills with Diverse Clients
- SOCW 318 Race Relations
- SOCW 392 Practice I: Individuals
- SOCW 393 Practice II: Groups and Families
- SOCW 394 Practice III: Communities and Organizations
- SOCW/THEO 404 Religion, Ethics, and Professional Practice
- SOCW 417 Social Work Practicum I
- SOCW 418 Social Work Practicum II
- SOCW 419 Social Work Seminar I
- SOCW 420 Social Work Seminar II
- SOCW 423 Research Methodology
- SOCW 425 Applied Research Methods