The Department of Social Work believes strongly in importance of the student/advisor relationship and encourages all students to see their advisor at least once per semester before pre-registration, and also whenever they have a question about their program of study. While many questions can be answered via email, some require that the student, their paperwork, and the advisor be together.
If you do not yet have an advisor, please visit Phyllis Tiedeken the Department Secretary at 358 Trafton North during normal office hours, and she will help you identify who your advisor will be. If at some later date you choose to change your advisor to another faculty member, Phyllis can arrange that also.
The Department of Social Work is an active contributor to the General Education curriculum, with two courses meeting multiple category requirements. SOWK-190w is a writing intensive course (category 1c) that also meets categories 5 & 9 and counts as a cultural diversity-related course. SOWK-214 meets the full 3 credits of performance requirements for category 11. SOWK-255 meets categories 5 & 8 and is a cultural diversity-related course. SOWK-419 and SOWK-420 are both cultural diversity core courses.
In addition, the "Foundation" courses that social work majors must complete (Soc-101, Ethnic Studies-100, Biol-100, KSP-235, Econ-100, PoliSci-111, and one of the statistics courses, Soc-202) can all be counted as General Education courses. Students should work with their advisor to make sure they complete the Foundation and General Education requirements as efficiently as possible.
