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The Social Welfare and Justice major is designed to provide students with the knowledge and experience needed to pursue successful careers in social service, social policy analysis, mediation and intervention, and social justice advocacy. Through course work, service learning and internships, students gain understanding of the complexities of a range of social welfare and justice issues and learn the analytic and practical skills needed to develop, evaluate and transform social welfare and justice policies and services. Students gain competency in the roles, ethics and values of the social work profession and in the core issue of global human needs and social development. Graduates have the knowledge base to work with culturally diverse groups and understand how social justice issues affect particular communities.
The major is flexible, allowing students to pursue their specific interests as they develop skills in service, advocacy and social change that form them as potential leaders in generating positive social justice outcomes. The major also prepares students well for graduate study in law, education, health care, public policy analysis, nonprofit management, social service administration, student affairs and conflict resolution.
Students may be able to apply some SOWJ course credits toward a Master's in Social Work degree.
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Major in Social Welfare and Justice
The major is social welfare and justice consists of a total of 30 credit hours: six required courses (18 credit hours) and four elective courses (12 credit hours) in SOWJ or from the list of approved elective courses listed below in ANTH, CRLS and SOCI.
| Required Courses: | ||
| SOWJ 1001 | Introduction to Social Welfare and Justice | 3 |
| SOWJ 2200 | Human Behavior in the Social Environment | 3 |
| SOWJ 3001 | Social Welfare Policy and Programs | 3 |
| SOWJ 3300 | Practice Skills with Individuals, Families and Groups | 3 |
| SOWJ 3986 | Internship in Social Welfare and Justice | 3 |
| Methods Course: | ||
| SOCI 3050 | Methods of Social Research | 3 |
| or CRLS 3050 | Methods of Criminological Research | |
| * Elective Courses - Choose four courses from the following: | 12 | |
Social Welfare and Justice - All SOWJ courses - OR | ||
Anthropology Courses: | ||
| Women and Men in Cross-Cultural Perspective | ||
| Culture Change and Development | ||
Criminology and Law Studies Courses: | ||
| Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice | ||
| Corrections: Prisons, Probation and Parole | ||
| Victimology | ||
| Domestic Violence in the United States | ||
| Women, Crime, and Criminal Justice | ||
| Race, Crime and Punishment | ||
| Family Violence and Public Intervention | ||
| Criminal Violence in America | ||
Sociology Courses: | ||
| The Family | ||
| Self, Language and Social Interaction | ||
| Social Problems in Urban Society | ||
| Race and Ethnic Relations | ||
| Race and Family | ||
| Sociology of the Life Course | ||
| Behavior Patterns of Youth | ||
| Culture, Health and Illness | ||
| Urban Ethnography: The City as Laboratory | ||
| Personal Troubles and Public Issues | ||
| African-American Social Thought | ||
| Sociology of Aging | ||
| Social Inequality | ||
| Sociology of Sex and Gender | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 30 | |
Notes:
- Students also majoring in psychology may take PSYC 2050 Research Methods and Designs in Psychology in place of SOCI 3050 Methods of Social Research or CRLS 3050 Methods of Criminological Research.
- Majors must fulfill part of their college curriculum math/logic/computer requirement by taking SOCI 2060 Social Statistics.
- *Elective Courses: All courses designated as SOWJ classes, courses listed above under ANTH, SOWJ and SOCI, as well as any departmental topics course approved by the department chair.
- Students wishing to complete double majors in SOWJ and ANTH, CRLS or SOCI must complete the requirements for both majors. Two courses that are accepted by both majors (see the list of approved courses within each major's bulletin entry) may double count for both majors, for a total of 54 credit hours.
Minor in Social Welfare and Justice
The minor in social welfare and justice consists of six courses (18 credit hours), including three required courses (9 credit hours) and three elective courses (9 credit hours), as listed below.
| Required Courses: | ||
| SOWJ 1001 | Introduction to Social Welfare and Justice | 3 |
| SOWJ 3001 | Social Welfare Policy and Programs | 3 |
| SOWJ 3300 | Practice Skills with Individuals, Families and Groups | 3 |
| * Elective Courses: Choose three SOWJ courses, or: | 9 | |
Anthropology Courses: | ||
| Women and Men in Cross-Cultural Perspective | ||
| Culture Change and Development | ||
| Criminology and Law Studies Courses: | ||
| Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice | ||
| Corrections: Prisons, Probation and Parole | ||
| Victimology | ||
| Domestic Violence in the United States | ||
| Women, Crime, and Criminal Justice | ||
| Race, Crime and Punishment | ||
| Family Violence and Public Intervention | ||
| Criminal Violence in America | ||
Sociology Courses: | ||
| Self, Language and Social Interaction | ||
| Social Problems in Urban Society | ||
| Race and Ethnic Relations | ||
| Race and Family | ||
| Sociology of the Life Course | ||
| Behavior Patterns of Youth | ||
| Culture, Health and Illness | ||
| Urban Ethnography: The City as Laboratory | ||
| Personal Troubles and Public Issues | ||
| African-American Social Thought | ||
| Sociology of Aging | ||
| Social Inequality | ||
| Sociology of Sex and Gender | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
Notes:
- * Elective courses may be chosen from among all courses designated as SOWJ, plus any course from the above list of non-SOWJ courses.
- Any departmental topics course may be used as an elective with the approval of the department chair.
