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Major
requirements
The community services program is an
interdisciplinary major that combines classroom study with practical
application through extensive internship.
Objectives are to:
- Increase student knowledge of the social work approach to solving
human problems.
- Help students gain intellectual skills, moral insight and humanistic
concepts.
- Encourage students to develop ethical and analytical thinking
essential to professional life in social work, law, foreign service and
teaching.
- Prepare students desiring professional work as social workers and
other human service
practitioners.
The community services major is offered only at the
University’s main campus.
Bachelor of Arts
General education core (45-51 semester hours)
Community services major (57 semester hours)
Lower division courses
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SOC 240 Research Methods
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One lower-division course in economics
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One lower-division course in history or
political science
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One lower-division course in psychology
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One additional lower division course in
sociology
Upper division courses
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One upper-division course in economics
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One upper-division course in history or
political science
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SOC 339 Introduction to Social Work: Methods and
Ethics
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PSY 340 Interviewing (a prerequisite for SOC
339)
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Three additional upper-division courses
concentrating in one field, chosen from psychology, sociology,
political science, history or economics
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A minimum of 12 semester hours of
internship
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Senior seminar. Student selects a senior
seminar from a Social Science discipline.
Before enrolling in an internship (CSP 390),
students must meet the following requirements:
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Completion of 12 semester hours of required
major courses on the main campus.
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Completion of SOC 339: Introduction to Social
Work: Methods and Ethics, with a grade of "C" or better.
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Have an overall grade point average of at least
2.5.
Please refer to the
academic catalog for major requirements
and class descriptions.
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