Students wishing to MINOR* in Social Work must complete 21 hours of Social Work courses, including the following:

• SWRK 101: Foundations of Human Services (Fall and Spring)
• SWRK 300: Diversity and Social Welfare
• SWRK 301: Social Work Practice for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Fall only)*
• SWRK 330: Human Behavior in Social Environment I (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer)
• SWRK 357: Case Management (Spring only)
  
• SWRK Electives: Two SWRK-prefix electives on different topics. (Electives are typically offered each Fall, Spring, and Summer semester and occasionally in Winter).

*SWRK 101 must be completed before taking SWRK 301.

 

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Practice courses and Field Placement courses are not available to minors. 

*IMPORTANT; A minor in Social Work does not qualify a student as a professional social worker, as a member of the professional organization, for licensure by the State of Kentucky, for advanced standing in a graduate school of social work, nor for Social Work practice in an employment situation.

  

BSW Links

• Social Work Major
• Social Work Minor

• Admission to the Major
• Application Procedures for the Major

• Honors Students
• Scholarships
• SWSU (Social Work Student Union)
• Phi Alpha Honor Society
• Study Abroad & Global Learning

• CSWE Core Competencies
• BSW Program Mission
• BSW Student Handbook
• Orientation Materials

• BSW Home

Becoming a Social Work Major at WKU!

• BSW Program Overview
• KCTCS Transfer Plan: AA

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BSW Program Options

• Elizabethtown/Fort Knox Regional Campus
• Glasgow Regional Campus
• Owensboro Regional Campus
• Online

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Other Important Links

• WKU Social Work Alumni Survey
• WKU Admissions
• WKU Academic & Career Development Center (Student Advising)
• WKU Tuition Rates
• Social Work Library Resources

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