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The recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and may extend degree completion.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2022-2023 academic year.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: Keystone Course – INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Keystone Course & SSHS School Core – SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Keystone Course – CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- School Core: Sustainability, Society and Civic Mindedness & Social Work Prereq: PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: Keystone Course – QUANTITATIVE REASONING (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Keystone Course – STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES formerly known as STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AIID 201 - STUDIES IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Keystone Course – HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (HRS 4)
- Major Prereq: SOCI 101 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY or SOCI 232 - SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILY (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Major Prereq: SWRK 222 - HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL WELFARE (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Keystone Course – GLOBAL AWARENESS (HRS 4)
- Major Prereq: SWRK 225 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Keystone Course – SCIENTIFIC REASONING BIOL 101 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY (recommended) (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: SWRK 202 - POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SOCIAL WELFARE OR ECON 102 - INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS (HRS 4)
- School Core: SOSC 235 - HISTORY OF SOCIAL THOUGHT (HRS 4)
- Major: SWRK 270 - CULTURAL DIVERSITY: RACISM, OPPRESSION AND PRIVILEGE (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed Distribution Category (Choose one): VALUES AND ETHICS; SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY; OR CULTURE AND CREATIVITY (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed Distribution Category (Choose one): VALUES AND ETHICS; SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY; OR CULTURE AND CREATIVITY (Must be outside of SSHS) (HRS 4)
- Major: SWRK 362 - HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT I - THEORIES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (HRS 4)
- Major: SWRK 329 - SOCIAL WORK IN AGENCIES AND COMMUNITIES (100 hours of fieldwork) (Must be accepted into the major prior to raking this course) (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: SWRK 307 - SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH METHODS (HRS 4)
- Major: SWRK 363 - HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT II - LIFE CYCLE (HBSE I is a prereq for this course) (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: SWRK 425 - SOCIAL WORK THEORY AND PRACTICE I (200 hours in fieldwork) (Social Work with Agencies & Communities is a prereq for this course) (HRS 8)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: SWRK 426 - SWRK THEORY & PRACTICE II (200 hours in fieldwork) (Theory & Practice I is a prereq for this course) (HRS 8)
- Major: SWRK 420 - CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL POLICY (Theory & Practice I is a co-req or prereq for this course) (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA: 2.75
Notes About the BSW program:
1) Ideally, students should be fully admitted into the program by the end of their second year at Ramapo. Transfer students should be admitted by preregistration date of their first semester on campus. Students should be directed early to the Social Work program for admissions requirements.
2) Students must be fully admitted into Social Work program before registering for SWRK 329 Social Work with Communities and Agencies.
3) Students must take SWRK 329 before entering into the Theory & Practice I & II sequence (SWRK 425 & SWRK 426).
4) Theory & Practice I (SWRK 425) is only offered in the fall semester and Theory & Practice II (SWRK 426) is only offered in the Spring semester. These two courses must be taken consecutively over one academic year.
5) Most MSW programs require students take a course in Social Work Practice with Groups. We recommend students take this as an elective in the BSW program if they plan to attend a MSW program.
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