These requirements are for students who matriculated in academic year 2023-2024. Students who matriculated prior to fall 2023 should refer to the Archives to view the requirements for their Bulletin year.

Summary of Requirements for the Degree

University Requirements

• All students are required to complete the university General Education (GenEd) curriculum.
  (Students who entered prior to fall 2011 should check with their advisor for the appropriate year and program requirements.)
• All Temple students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses at Temple as part of the major. The specific writing-intensive courses required for this major are SSWU 3096 and SSWU 4396.

College Requirement

• All CPH students, including SSW students, must complete the College Core Course, HRPR 1001.

Clearance Requirements

Please note the Social Work program requires students to complete clinical/field education experiences at facilities both on and off the University campus. These placements will require criminal background checks, Act 33/34 clearances and perhaps a drug screen. Placements may also require the student to maintain personal health insurance. The results of these requirements may limit and potentially eliminate placement options which can, in turn, result in an inability to meet graduation requirements. Additionally, conviction of a misdemeanor, felony, or felonious or illegal act may prevent you from becoming credentialed and/or licensed to practice social work. Please see https://www.aswb.org/licenses/ for more information about state licensure.

School of Social Work Requirements

• Satisfactory completion of a minimum of 120 semester hours of credit.
• A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 overall and in the major.
• A grade of C or higher is required in all social work courses and HRPR 1001.

BSW Program Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
University and College Courses
HRPR 1001	Public Health: The Way We Live, Work and Play	3
CSI 1111	Introduction to Public Speaking	3
PSY 1001	Introduction to Psychology	3
SOC 1176	Introduction to Sociology	3
KINS 1223	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	4
or BIOL 1001	Human Biology
*Any Biology course with a course number of 1000 or above will satisfy the BSW BIO requirement; however, some graduate programs may require successful completion of an undergraduate Human Biology course.
Select one of the following:		3
ECON 1001	Introduction to the Economy
ECON 1101	Macroeconomic Principles
ECON 1102	Microeconomic Principles
ECON 1103	Global Economics
ECON 0858	The American Economy
POLS 1101	The American Political System	3
or POLS 1911	Honors Introduction to American Politics
Select one of the following:		3
SOC 1167	Social Statistics
SOC 1967	Honors Social Statistics
MATH 1013	Elements of Statistics
PSY 1003	Statistics for Psychology
*Any Statistics course with a course number of 1000 or above will satisfy the BSW STAT requirement.
Electives
Social Work Specific Elective Course		3
Free Electives		5
Professional Courses in Social Work
SSWU 2005	Introduction to the Social Work Profession I	3
SSWU 2006	Introduction to the Social Work Profession II	3
SSWU 2089	Service Learning in the Social Work Profession	2
SSWU 3003	History and Values of Social Welfare	3
SSWU 3004	Social Welfare in the US	3
SSWU 3007	Human Behavior in the Social Environment	3
SSWU 3009	Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Communities and Organizations	3
SSWU 3011	The Social Worker in the Group	3
SSWU 3096	Institutional Racism	3
SSWU 4001	Seminar in Social Work Practice	3
SSWU 4002	Seminar in Social Work Practice	3
SSWU 4187	Social Work Field Practicum I	5
SSWU 4107	BSW Field Seminar I	2
SSWU 4287	Social Work Field Practicum II	5
SSWU 4207	BSW Field Seminar II	2
SSWU 4396	Introduction to Social Research	3
SSWU 4407	Evaluating Programs and Practice in Social Work	3
Total Credit Hours		85

Field Work Practice

A minimum of 400 hours in supervised field settings is required. Students are overseen by an MSW (or BSW with at least two years of experience). They are directly involved in professional tasks in the agency and in the community. This component of the educational program of study facilitates the integration of classroom learning, particularly in the social work subject areas of human behavior, policy, practice and research. Students apply what they are learning and receive feedback from both classroom and field instructors on their work. Field work practice consists of 10 credits of the 55 credits of professional social work courses specified above.

Some of the fields of practice in the five-county Philadelphia area in which majors do their field work are these:

• Aging: including adult service centers as well as assistance in a variety of public and private organizations with treatment and protective functions;
• Children and Youth: child abuse, foster care and adoption agencies, parenting and support services;
• Community Organization/Planning: public issues and policies, neighborhood services at settlements, Y's, community centers;
• Correctional/Justice: probation, parole, prison, community rehabilitation organizations;
• Developmental Disabilities: community-living arrangements, day programs, other public and private functions;
• Education: schools and alternative education programs;
• Family Services: material aid, crisis intervention, ongoing counseling;
• Health/Hospitals: advising, counseling, direct service with and on behalf of patients; a variety of functions in hospitals and community health centers;
• Legal: public agencies assisting low-income population in matters relating to law, housing, and discrimination;
• Mental Health: small and large institutions, community-based units, public and private auspices;
• Substance Abuse: counseling and other direct service in a variety of settings, both public and private;
• Violence and Domestic Issues: domestic violence of all kinds, sexual assault, and child abuse, in a wide variety of settings.