Social Work Technician
ALLEGHENY, NORTH, SOUTH
Associate of Science (630.3)
This program prepares you to work in community and social service agencies.
Graduates work as assistants in municipal recreation programs, welfare agencies, and other human service agencies.
Upon successful completion of the program, the graduate will:
- Employ social work terminology appropriately.
- Identify the core values of the social work profession.
- Define the major elements of the social work profession.
- Examine the main theoretical perspectives of social work.
- Assess diversity and its relevance to the social work practice.
Graduates may obtain employment in group homes, adult daycare, crisis intervention center or work in a halfway house. Graduates may also be employed as legislative aides or as staff in governmental agencies such as housing and urban development or the department of public welfare.
See the graduation checksheet for this program in printable PDF form.
Degree Requirements
Minimum Credits to Graduate: 61-63
First Semester | ||
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
ENG-101 | 3 | |
POL-101 | 3 | |
SOC-101 | 3 | |
SOW-101 | 3 | |
Humanities Elective | 3 | |
Total Credits | 15 | |
Second Semester | ||
CIT-100 | 3 | |
ENG-102 | 3 | |
PSY-101 | 3 | |
SOC-201 | 3 | |
SOW-130 | 3 | |
Total Credits | 15 | |
Third Semester | ||
SOC-208 | 3 | |
SOW-106 | 3 | |
SOW-110 | 3 | |
Mathematics Elective | 3–4 | |
3 | ||
Total Credits | 15–16 | |
Fourth Semester | ||
BIO-110 | 4 | |
HIS-105 | 3 | |
SOC-211 | 3 | |
SOW-120 | 3 | |
Restricted Elective2 | 3–4 | |
Total Credits | 16–17 | |
| 1Students planning to transfer to the University of Pittsburgh should select this course. | ||
2Restricted Electives | ||
MAT-165 | 4 | |
HIS-205 | 3 | |
PSY-108 | 3 | |
SOC-117 | 3 | |
SOC-202 | 3 | |
SOW-104 | 3 | |
SOW-115 | 3 | |
| 3Recommended for students who plan to transfer immediately after graduation. | ||
| 4Recommended for students who plan to work immediately after graduation. | ||
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