University of Montana - Missoula

The College of Health Professions and Biomedical Science

"Keep your fingers on the near things and eyes on the far things."
– Catheryne Cooke Gilman

BSW Course Planning Guide

 

Click here for the advising worksheet for social work majors.

The suggested course of study for four years is as follows:

First Year Autumn Spring
M (Mathematics) 105 (or higher)
3 credits  
PSC 100S Introduction to American Government
  3 credits
PSYX 100S Introduction to Psychology
3  
SOCI 101S Introductio to Sociology
  3
SW 100S Introduction to Social Welfare
3  
General Education Courses
7 9
Total Credits 16 15

 

Second Year Autumn Spring
SW 200 Introduction to Social Work Practice
4  
BIOL 100N The Science of Life -OR-
PSYC 250N Fundamentals of Biological Psychology
  3
ECNS 101S Economic Way of Thinking
3  
PSYX 230S Developmental Psychology
  3
PSYX 233 Fundamentals of Psychology of Aging
  3
ANTH 102S Race and Minorities -OR-
SOCI 220S Race, Gender and Class
3.  
General Education Courses
6 6
Total Credits 16 15

 

Third Year Autumn Spring
SW 300 Human Behavior and the Social Environment
4  
SW 310 Social Welfare Policy and Services
  3
SW 350 Social Work Intervention Methods I
4  
SW 360 Social Work Intervention Methods II
  4
Electives
 6 9
Total Credits 14 16

 

Fourth Year Autumn Spring
SW 400 Social Work Research
3  
SW 487 Practicum Seminar I
 1  
SW 488 Practicum Seminar II
   1
SW 489 Field Work Practicum
5 5
Electives
 4 9
Total Credits 14 14