Catalog Revisions:

Required Social Work Core Coursework

1. Prior to registration for SOW 3302, Profession of Social Work, students must pass a Writing Competency Course, Students register for the exam with the FAU Testing and Evaluation Center There will be a $10.50 fee to take the exam.

2. The student is advised to speak to an academic advisor about specific courses and the order in which to take them.

3. By the time a student has completed SOW 4300, the student must have completed all prerequisites and general education/IFP requirements.

4. Students must complete each SOW-prefixed course with a grade of "C" or better. A grade of "C-" will not be counted as credit toward the Social Work degree. Any core course with a grade of "C-" or lower must be retaken.

5. All degree requirements must be completed before a student is eligible for SOW 4510, Field Education in Social Work. This means that the student must have completed the Foreign Language Admission requirement, Gordon Rule requirements, all General Education requirements as well as all Social Work courses. The student must also have an FAU GPA of 2.5 in order to enter Field Education. A satisfactory grade in Field Education is required to receive the Social Work degree.

6. Statistics, STA 2023, is not a prerequisite course but is required for graduation.

Social Work Major Requirements - 39 credits
Introductory Statistics or
Intermediate Statistics or
Experimental Design and Statistical Inference / STA 2023 or
STA 3163 or
PSY 3234 / 3
Social Welfare Policy and Provisions / SOW 3232* (1) / 3
Profession of Social Work / SOW 3302** / 3
Human Behavior and the Social
Environment 1 / SOW 4101 (1) / 3
Human Behavior and the Social
Environment 2 / SOW 4102 (1) / 3
Social Work Practice 1 / SOW 4300 (2) + / 3
Social Work Practice 2 / SOW 4313 (3) + / 3
Social Work Practice 3 / SOW 4343 (3) + / 3
Research Methods in Social Work / SOW 4403 (4) + / 3
Field Education in Social Work / SOW 4510 (5) + / 12

*Social Work majors only.
** Social Work majors only.Writing Competency Exam required prior to registration. Contact Testing and Evaluation Center at
(1) SOW 3302 is the prerequisite or corequisite.
(2) SOW 3302 and SOW 3232 are the prerequisites. SOW 4101 and SOW 4102 are the prerequisites or corequisites.
(3) SOW 4300 is the prerequisite.
(4) SOW 3302 is the prerequisite. A statistics course, such as STA 2023, is recommended prior to SOW 4403.
(5) See the Director of Field Education Internships.