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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Social Work (BS)

Location(s): Manhattan Campus, Manhattan Online

Social work is concerned with the interaction between people and their social environments. Social workers help people deal with other people, cope with the many social and environmental forces that affect and control daily life, and help solve problems that inhibit growth and development.

The undergraduate social work program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Social Work Education to educate entry-level, generalist social work practitioners. The social work major is required for students who intend to pursue a career in social work in Kansas and in many other states.

The bachelor’s degree in social work is recognized as a beginning-level professional degree. Students graduating from the social work program are eligible for licensure as bachelor degree social workers in Kansas and numerous other states. No other bachelor’s degree is recognized, or necessary, for such eligibility. Students who wish to pursue graduate studies in social work will be eligible for advanced standing in many masters of social work programs throughout the United States.

The intervention tasks performed by social workers are derived from a common base of knowledge, values, and skills. Thus, social workers are uniquely qualified to provide resources, services, and opportunities to individuals, groups, families, organizations, and communities. Students are required to complete a field practice placement during their senior year to integrate classroom material with practice experience in a professional setting.

Kansas State University Core: 34-36 Credit Hours

KBOR Statewide Transfer (SWT) Courses: https://www.kansasregents.org/academic_affairs/transfer-articulation.

English (Written Communication Outcomes): 6 Credit Hours

Communication (Oral Communication Outcomes): 3 Credit Hours

Math & Statistics (Quantitative Literacy Outcomes): 3 Credit Hours

Natural & Physical Sciences (Natural & Physical Sciences Outcomes): 4-5 Credit Hours

Choose 1 subject area which must include a lab.

Social & Behavioral Sciences (Social & Behavioral Sciences Outcomes): 6 Credit Hours

At least 2 courses from 2 subjects under this area.

Arts & Humanities (Arts & Humanities Outcomes): 6 Credit Hours

At least 2 courses from 2 subjects under this area.

Free Electives (Institutionally Designated Area): 6 Credit Hours

Includes ALL 100 and 200 level courses at K-State or in Transfer. 
Note: One course may be used to satisfy more than one requirement. However, students must complete a total of 34-36 credit hours of general education courses.

For a Full Listing of K-State 100/200 level courses you may search those courses individually via the University Course Catalog.

TOTAL CREDITS: 34-36

Program Requirements

Orientation: 1 Credit Hour

Outside Concentration: 9 Credit Hours

Outside credential of at least 9 credit hours (May be from any unit, except for Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, OR from approved interdisciplinary credentials within the unit. Any overlap with the program is allowed.).

OR

Any 9 credit hours in a single prefix (except for ADC, SOCIO, CRIM, ANTH, or SOCWK) (all must be 300 level or above OR at any level with a prereq in the same prefix; up to 5 credit hours may overlap with the program).

OR

Any 9 credit hour microcredential (up to 5 credit hours may overlap with the program).

Overlays [9] credits

May be filled in K-State Core, Outside Concentration, electives, or the Program itself.

  • Ethical Reasoning Overlay, 1 course Credits: [3]
  • Global Perspectives Overlay, 1 course Credits: [3]
  • US Multicultural Overlay, 1 course Credits: [3]

Program

Introductory Courses; 12 Credit Hours

SOCWK Foundation Courses; 42-51 credit hours

Social Work Electives: 9 Credit Hours

Choose 9 credits from the following:
ADC 200, ADC 315, ADC 395, ADC 575, ADC 630, or ADC 650
​​​​​​​SOCWK 110 to SOCWK 290, SOCWK 310, SOCWK 320, SOCWK 340 to SOCWK 510, SOCWK 610 to SOCWK 700

BS Natural and Quantitative Restricted Electives: 6 Credit Hours

One course in each of the following, at any level

Natural Science: 3 credits

Quantitative: 3 credits

BS Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Restricted Electives: 3 Credit Hours

3 credit hours the following, at any level

Fine Arts or Humanities: 3 credits

Any course or combination of courses.

Free Electives: 0-4 Credit Hours

Credit Grand Total for Program of Study: 120

A&S Common Degree Requirements met by advanced SOCWK courses, SOCWK 330 and SOCWK 530 (quantitative social science) and BS Natural and Quantitative, Fine Arts and Humanities Electives