SOWJ General Studies Major

Required Courses

SOWJ 080, SOWJ 182, SOWJ 184, SOCI 104 or CRLS 104 + 18 hours of SOWJ designated electives

In addition, majors must fulfill half of their college curriculum mathematics/logic/computer requirement with SOCI 060. Students must also fulfill one-third of their college curriculum philosophy requrement by taking PHIL 105. SOCI 060 is a prerequisite for SOCI 104 or CRLS 104.

No courses from the Professional Studies program count toward the SOWJ major.

SOWJ General Major Approved Equivalents/Substitutes
Required - Course #	Approved Substitutes/Equivalents	Notes
SOWJ 080 - Intro to Social Welfare and Justice	None
SOWJ 182 - Social Welfare Policy and Programs	None
SOWJ 184 - Practice Skills with Families and Groups	None
SOCI 104 - Research Methods	CRLS 104	PSYC double majors may substitute PSYC 090 in place of SOCI 104
SOCI 060 - Social Statistics	MSCS 060, 161, 164, PSYC 060 (PSYC double majors only) MANA 025	Courses listed are accepted only if students have already taken these courses prior to declaring SOWJ a major or to fulfill another major.

Designated SOWJ Electives for all SOWJ Concentrations

ANTH 116 CRLS 152 CRLS 166 SOCI 021 SOCI 138, SOCI 164, SOWJ 170
ANTH 121 CRLS 155 CRLS 167 SOCI 100 SOCI 151 SOCI 165 SOWJ 185
ANTH 130 CRLS 156 CRLS 168 SOCI 121 SOCI 152 SOCI 166 SOWJ 188
CRLS 157 CRLS 181 SOCI 125 SOCI 153 SOCI 167 SOWJ 189
CRLS 158 CRLS 182 SOCI 126 SOCI 154 SOCI 186 SOWJ 196
CRLS 161 CRLS 186 SOCI 128 SOCI 159 SOCI 198* SOWJ 198*
CRLS 163 CRLS 187 SOCI 131 SOCI 162
CRLS 165 CRLS 198* SOCI 133 SOCI 163

*Students must obtain approval for all 198 Special Topics Courses

SOWJ - Pre-MSW Concentration

Required Courses

SOWJ 080, SOWJ 182, SOWJ 184. In addition to required courses for the general major, students must also take SOWJ 185, SOWJ 189, SOWJ 193, SOWJ 193, SOCI 104 or CRLS 104 + 6 hours SOWJ designated electives

SOWJ Pre-MSW Concentration Approved Equivalents/Substitutes
Required Course #	Approved Substitutes/Equivalents	Notes
SOWJ 080 - Intro to Social Welfare and Justice	None
SOWJ 182 - Social Welfare Policy and Programs	None
SOWJ 184 - Practice Skills with Families and Groups	None
SOWJ 185 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment	None
SOWJ 189 -Advocacy and Social Change Theory and Practice	None
SOWJ 193 Internship - Seminar in Social Welfare and Justice	None
SOWJ 194 - Advanced Internship: Seminar in Social Welfare and Justice
SOCI 104 - Research Methods	CRLS 104	PSYC majors may substitute PSYC 090 in place of SOCI 104
SOCI 060 - Social Statistics	MSCS 060, 161, 164 PSYC 060 - (PSYC double majors only) MANA 025	Courses listed are accepted only if student has already taken them prior to declaring SOWJ a major or to fulfill another major.

 

Victim Services Concentration

Required Courses
SOWJ 080; SOWJ 182, SOWJ 184, SOWJ 189, SOWJ 193, CRLS 158, CRLS 104 or SOCI 104 + 6 hours SOWJ designated electives

Victims Services Concentration Approved Equivalents/Substitutes
SOWJ 080 - Intro to Social Welfare and Justice	None
SOWJ 182 - Social Welfare Policy and Programs	None
SOWJ 184 - Practice Skills with Families and Groups	None
SOWJ 189 - Advocacy and Social Change Theory and Practice	None
SOWJ 193 - Internship: Seminar in Social Welfare and Justice	None
CRLS 158 Victimology	None
CRLS 161 - Victim Services and Policies	None
CRLS 104 - Research Methods	SOCI 104	PSYC majors may substitute PSYC 090 for CRLS/SOCI 104
SOCI 060 - Social Statistics	MSCS 060, 161, 164 PSYC 060 (PSYC double majors only) MANA 025	Courses are accepted only if student has already taken these courses prior to declaring SOWJ a major or to fulfill another major

SOWJ Minor

Eighteen hours including:

SOWJ 080, 182, 184 + 9 hours of SOWJ designated electives (Only SOWJ majors are permitted to take SOWJ 193 - Internship: Seminar in Social Welfare and Justice

Electives for General Studies Major,
Pre-MSW and Victims Services Concentrations

Anthropology

ANTH 116 - Culture Change and Development
ANTH 121 - Native Peoples in North America
ANTH 130 - Women and Men in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Criminology and Law

CRLS 152 - Juvenile Delinquency/ Juvenile Justice	CRLS 166 - Clinical Criminology
CRLS 155 - Criminological Theory	CRLS 167 - Women, Crime and Criminal Justice
CRLS 156 - Corrections: Prisons, Probation and Parole	CRLS 168 - Family Violence
CRLS 157 - Police and Society Intervention	CRLS 181 - Ethics in Criminal Justice
CRLS 158 - Victimology	CRLS 182 - Criminal Court Process
CRLS 161 - Victim Services and Policies	CRLS 186 - Criminal Law
CRLS 163 - Criminal Violency in America	CRLS 187 - Criminal Procedures
CRLS 165 - Comparative Justice Systems	CRLS 198 - Special Topics in Criminology and Law*

Sociology

SOCI 020 - The Family	SOCI 153 - Deviance and Social Control
SOCI 100 - Sociological Theory	SOCI 154 - Sociology of Law
SOCI 121 - Social Problems in Urban Society Punishment	SOCI 159 - Social Reality of Crime and Punishment
SOCI 125 - Sociology of Aging	SOCI 162 - Sociology of Sex and Gender
SOCI 126 - Urban Life	SOCI 163 - Race and Ethnic Relations
SOCI 128 - Sociology of Human Values	SOCI 164 - African American Social Thought
SOCI 131 - Urban Sociology	SOCI 165 - Social Inequality
SOCI 133 - Culture, Health and Illness	SOCI 166 - Race and Family
SOCI 138 - Race, Gender, and Medicine	SOCI 198 - Special Topics in Sociology*
SOCI 151 - Sociology of Mental Illness
SOCI 152 - Juvenile Delinquency

Social Welfare and Justice

SOWJ 170 - Family Counseling and Therapy
SOWJ 185 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment
SOWJ 188 - Faith, Justice, and Social Change
SOWJ 189 - Advocacy and Social Change Theory and Practice
SOWJ 196 - Ethical Issues in Social Welfare
SOWJ 198* - Special Topics in Social Welfare and Justice

*All 198 Special Topics courses from the various disciplines must be approved for SOWJ credit.

Joint Major in Social Welfare and Justice and
Criminology and Law Studies

Students must take a total of 54 credit hours in meeting the requirements for the two majors, including all required courses for the major. One course from the following CRLS courses can be counted in meeting the elective requirements of both majors: CRLS 152, 155, 156, 157, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 181, 182, 186, 187, 198*. CRLS 104 or SOCI 104 will count toward the requirements of both majors and is considered one of the two courses meeting the six elective requirements.

Joint Major in Social Welfare and Justice and Sociology

Students must take a total of 54 credit hours in meeting the requirements for the two majors, including all required courses for the major. One course of the following SOCI courses can be counted in meeting the elective requirements of both majors: SOCI 021, 100, 121, 125, 126, 128, 131, 133, 138, 151, 152, 153, 154, 159, 162, 163, 164, 16, 166, 167, 186, 198*. SOCI 104 or CRLS 104 will count toward the requirements of both majors and is considered one of the two courses meeting the six elective requirements.

If you have questions, please contact Deborah Crane by phone at (414) 288-3446 or via e-mail.