1997-1998 Academic Catalog

Admissions Requirements and Procedures 1. Complete at least 50 quarter hours of the General Education Requirements, including the necessary social work course prerequisites. (Submit a Summmy of Prerequisites.) 2. Complete SWK-233 Introduction to Social Work with a "C" or better by the fall quarter of sophomore year. 3. Complete and submit an Application for Admission to the social work program director, including an Autobiograpical Statement detailing your interest in social work. 4. Submit three Letters of Recommendation from your pastor, an employer, and a teacher or adult friend. 5. Be interviewed by the social work faculty. 6. Earn a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or above. (Submit a copy of your Unofficial Grade Transcript from Academic Records. Make sure it is current.) 7. Complete the Total Immersion Experience. 8. Document 40 hours of volunteer experience. Course Requirements Course requirements involve 120 quarter hours including: *ANTH-180 Cultural Anthropology ............................... 5 BETH-220 Introduction to Philosophy ............................ 5 *BI0-100 Principles ofBiology ...................................... 5 ECON-233 Microeconomics .......................................... 4 *HIST-375 Social Movements ........................................ 4 POLS-262 American State and Local Government ....... 5 PYCH-160 General Psychology ..................................... 5 PYCH-367 Group Dynamics .......................................... 5 PYCH-440 Counseling Skills .......................................... 5 SOC-230 Principles of Sociology .................................... 5 SWK-110 Total Immersion Experience .......................... 0 SWK-233 Introduction to Social Work ........................... 5 SWK-235 Service Learning: Faith in Action .................. 3 SWK-301 Human Behavior & Social Environment I ..... 4 SWK-302 Human Behavior & Social Environment II .... 4 SWK-311 Social Welfare Policy I .................................. 4 SWK-312 Social Welfare Policy II ................................ 4 SWK-321 Social Work Practice I .................................. 5 SWK-322 Social Work Practice II ................................. 5 SWK-334 Junior Field Experience Orientation ............... 0 SWK-335 Senior Field Experience Orientation .............. 0 SWK-343 Junior Seminar I ............................................. 1 SWK-344 Junior Field Experience I ............................... 2 SWK-345 Junior Seminar II ........................................... 1 SWK-346 Junior Field Experience II .............................. 2 SWK-363 Social Work Research Methods .................... 3 *SWK-368 Data Analysis .............................................. 5 SWK-421 Social Work Practice III ................................ 5 SWK-422 Social Work Practice IV ............................... 5 SWK-436 Career and Licensure Orientation ................. 0 SWK-451 Senior Seminar I ............................................ 2 SWK-452 Senior Seminar II ........................................... 2 SWK-456 Senior Field Experience I ............................... 5 SWK-457 Senior Field Experience II ............................. 5 *satisfies General Education Requirements Recommended electives: CIS-100 Introduction to Computers ................................ 2 PYCH-301 Death and Dying ......................................... 4 SPAN-171,172,173 Elementary Spanish ....................... 15 Social Work Major Curriculum Summary Proficiency requirements ............................................. 0-8 Other General Education Requirements .................. 71-86 Social work major requirements ................................. 120 Electives .......................................................................... 1 Total (minimum, not including proficiency) ........ 192 Because of the specific, sequential course requirements involved, completion of the program in four years re– quires careful planning. Failure to take courses in their sequential order may result in a fifth year for completion. Transfer students, particularly those transferring in as juniors, will most likely require three years of study at Cedarville to complete program requirements. Only social work majors may take Social Work Practice I, II, III, and IV, Junior Field Experience Orientation, Junior Field Experience I and II, Senior Field Experience Orientation, Senior Field Experience I and II, Career and Licensure Orientation, Human Behavior and the Social Environment I and II, and Social Welfare Policy I and II. Introduction to Social Work, Total Immersion Experience, Service Learning: Faith in Action, and Casework are available to nonmajors. No minor in social work is available.