Prospective Students
Admission to Texas Tech University and to the College of Arts and Sciences is to be accomplished through the procedures listed in the current University Catalog. To become enrolled in theSocial Work Program, you must decliare social work as your major with the College of Arts and Sciences. As long as you are admitted ot the university and the college, the act of declaring social work as your major authomatically ensures that you are enrolled in the Social Work Program. We recommend that you meet with the advisor as soon as possible after declaring your social work major and annually thereafter. Contact: Helen Morrow, Director: helen.morrow@ttu.edu
The Social Work Major
In addition to the CoreCurriculum requiremnets of the university and enhancements by the College of Arts and Sciences, social work majors are expected to complete these courses in this order:
First take:
- SOC 1301: Introduction to Sociology
- SW 2301 Introduction to Social Work (with or after SOC 1301)
- SW 3311: Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Systems
- Human Biology: (before or with SW 3312)
- SW 3312: Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Lifespan (with or after SW 2301, with or after human biology)
- SW 3331: Social Work with Diverse Populations
- Statistics
After successful completion of the above courses, social work majors will apply for candidacy in the Social Work Program.
After acceptance to candidacy, take together:
- SW 3332: Social Work Practice: Interaction Skills
- SW 3333: Social Work Practice: Macro Systems
Then take:
- SW 3334: social Work Practice: Micro Systems
- SW 3339: Social Work Research and Evaluation (after Statistics)
Finally, take:
- SW 4311: Social Policy and Social Welfare Legislation
- SW 4340: Field Placement Integrative Seminar
- SW 4611: Field Experience
The Social Work Minor
Students majoring in other fields sometimes choose to enhance their educational programs by selecting a minor in social work. A minor in social work could by a particularly helpful adjunct for nursing students, education majors, psychology majors, sociology majors, pre-med students, political scinece majors and students in several areas of human sciences. It should be noted that a minor in social work does not allow an individual to sit for the social work licensure exam or refer to themself as a "social worker" upon graduation.
Most students minoring in social work need to take the following courses:
- SOC 1301: Introduction to Sociology
- SW 2301: Introduction to Social Work (with or after SOC 1301)
- SW 3311: Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Systems (with or after SOC 2301)
- Human Biology
- SW 3312: Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Lifespan (with or after Human Biology)
- SW 3331: Social Work with Diverse Populations.