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To declare a minor in social work, please contact our advisors at [email protected]. You can also call our Welcome Desk at 303-615-0555 if you would like to schedule an advising appointment.
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Social Work Minor Required Courses
These courses must be completed with a grade of “C-” or better
- SWK 1010 – Introduction to Social Work (3 credits)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
- SWK 1600 – Community Engagement and Civic Responsibility (3 credits) *
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
- SWK 3120 – Privilege, Oppression and Power (3 credits)
- Semesters Offered: Spring and Summer
- SWK 3410 – Generalist Practice I (3 credits)
- Semesters Offered: Fall Only
- Upper Division SWK Elective (3 credits)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
- Upper Division SWK Elective (3 credits)
- Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
* Requires approximately 2 hours/week (fall or spring) of volunteer work for a total of 30 hours/semester (4 hours/week if taken in summer)
The following electives have been approved by the Department of Social Work. Please note – not all electives will be offered every semester. If there is a term listed in parenthesis after the elective title, that indicates the semester we can guarantee that a course will be offered. It may be offered during other semesters as well. Make sure to check the course schedule for the current semester to see all electives being offered.
- SWK 3010 – Social Work Practice with Children and Youth (Fall)
- SWK 3030 – Social Work with Older People (Spring)
- SWK 3040 – Creative Approaches to Change (Fall)
- SWK 3070 – Environmental Justice in Social Work (Spring)
- SWK 3080 – Social Work with Families (Spring)
- SWK 3100 – Child Welfare and the Law (Spring, Summer)
- SWK 3130 – Social Work and Criminal Justice Issues (Fall)
- SWK 3150 – Social Work and Child Maltreatment (Fall, Summer)
- SWK 3400 – Leadership and Program Administration in Social Work (Spring)
- SWK 3500 – Social Work Practice with LGBTQ People (Spring)
- SWK 3510 – Spirituality and Religion in Social Work (Spring)
- SWK 3530 – Being Well in a Profession of Well-Being (Fall)
- SWK 3550 – Social Work with Grief and Loss (Fall)
- SWK 3590 – Centering Black Experience (Spring)
- SWK 3600 – Gender in Social Work Practice (Fall)
The following electives are cross-listed and based in other departments, so we cannot guarantee when they will be offered:
- SWK 3110 – Social Justice and Activism in the Chicana/o Community (Multicultural)
- SWK 3660 – Poverty, Race, and Gender
- SWK 4160 – Human Trafficking