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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Social Work (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus, Manhattan Online

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First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
ENGL 100   - Expository Writing I   3   KSC 010  
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
COMM 106   - Public Speaking I   3   KSC 020  
SOCWK 100   - Social Work: The Helping Profession   3   KSC 050  
SOCWK 141   - First Year Orientation   1      
Free Elective 1    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Semester 2      
ENGL 200   - Expository Writing II   OR 3   KSC 010  
ENGL 210   - Honors English   3   KSC 010  
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
STAT 225   - Introduction to Statistics   3   KSC 030  
Natural & Physical Sciences Requirement 4-5 KSC 040  
Total Credits: 13      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
SOCWK 300   - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Social Work Practice   3      
PSYCH 110   - General Psychology   3   KSC 050  
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3    
SOCWK Elective 2    
Free Elective 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 14      
       
Semester 2      
SOCWK 315   - Human Behavior in the Social Environment I   3      
Outside Concentration 3    
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3    
POLSC 110   - Introduction to Political Science   3      
ANTH 204   - A General Education Introduction to Cultural Anthropology   - Global Perspectives Overlay 3      
Total Credits: 15      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
SOCIO 211   - Introduction to Sociology   3      
Outside Concentration 3    
Arts or Humanities Elective - Ethical Reasoning Overlay 3    
Natural/Quantitative Restrictive Elective 3    
Free Elective 3 KSC 070  
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 18      
       
Semester 2      
Natural or Quantitative Requirement 3    
SOCWK 510   - Social Welfare as a Social Institution   - US Multicultural Overlay 3      
SOCWK 560   - Social Work Practice I   3      
SOCWK 568   - Macro Practice and Theory   3      
Outside Concentration 3    
Natural/Quantitative Restrictive Elective 3    
Total Credits: 18      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
SOCWK 530   - Social Work Research and Evaluation Methods   3      
SOCWK 550   - Field Practicum Preparation   1-3      
SOCWK 561   - Social Work Practice II   3      
SOCWK 570   - Social Work with Groups   3      
SOCWK Elective 3    
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
SOCWK 564   - Social Work Professional Seminar   1-2      
SOCWK 562   - Field Experience   1-10      
Total Credits: 12      
       
Total Program Hours: 120      

 

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