In addition to University requirements:

• At least 56 units of major requirements
• Be aware that you may not use courses with a BASW prefix to satisfy liberal studies requirements.  Contact the BASW program for information about liberal studies courses that are specific to this major.
• Elective courses, if needed, to reach an overall total of at least 120 units.

Please note that you may able to use some courses to meet more than one requirement.  Contact your academic advisor, Elena Arroyo, for details at 928-317-6478.

Minimum Units for Completion	120
Mathematics Required	MAT 114
Additional Admission Requirements	Required
Fieldwork Experience/Internship	Required
Research	Required

ADDITIONAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Admission requirements over and above admission to NAU are required.

• BASW 220 with a letter grade of B or better
• BASW Program Application
• 2.25 GPA Minimum
• 2 Personal References
• Personal/Professional/Educational Statement
• English & Math Foundations

 

BASW Required Courses:

Professional Identity (15 units):

BASW 220 Introduction to Social Work - A survey course that introduces social work as a profession within the context of the institution of social welfare.  A service learning experience is required.

BASW 408 Field Practicum - Educationally focused and directed application of the knowledge, values, and skills of generalist social work in practice settings.  Pass/Fail Only.  540 hours of supervised field practicum.

BASW 408 Field Practicum - Educationally focused and directed application of the knowledge, values, and skills of generalist social work in practice settings.  Pass/Fail Only.  540 hours of supervised field practicum.

BASW 498c SeniorSeminar - Capstone course for integrating social work curriculum into a framework for influencing change as professional generalist social workers.

Diversity in Practice (8 units):

BASW 315 Culturally Competent Practice - A framework for understanding diverse groups, human rights, and social and economic justice issues.

Soc 301 Topics in Contemporary Social Issues: Latin America - Examines selected social issues in contemporary societies.

Spa 399 Spanish for Social Workers - In depth study of an aspect, concept, or problem within a program of study. Letter grade only. This course is a Modern Language course and fulfills the Modern Language requirements of other NAU degree programs.

Human Rights & Justice (3 units):

Soc 353 Social Stratification - Types and consequences of social  inequality; social class, status, and power as determinants of behavior, values, and life chances; social mobility in  modern society.

Research Based Practice (6-7 units):

BASW 355 Social Work Research Methods - Problem formulation, research design, data collection and analysis, and the social context of social work research, including the systematic evaluation of practice.

Soc 365 Social Statistics - Statistical techniques as they apply to the description and analysis of social data. Measures of central tendency, dispersion, and association together with appropriate inferential tests. Letter grade only.

Human Behavior (3 units):

BASW 427 Human Behavior in the Social Environment - A multi-dimensional perspective of human behavior and social theory for assessing micro, mezzo, and macro client systems with emphasis on Hispanics and military populations on the U.S. Mexico border.

Policy Practice (6 units):

BASW 320w Evolution of Social Welfare Policy in the U.S. - Historical development of social policy and legislation within the context of social and economic justice.  Examines the impact of policy on social services.  This course fulfills NAU’s junior-level writing requirement.

BASW 420 Social Welfare Policy Practice - Knowledge, values, and skills for affecting political change at the state and local levels along the U.S. Mexico border.  Attendance at a government activity/meeting is required.

Practice Contexts (6 units from 2 of the 4 courses listed):

BASW 451 Crisis Intervention - Knowledge, values, and skills for working with people in crisis.

BASW 452 High Stress Border Occupations - Theoretical and practical approaches to generalist social work practice with military and law enforcement personnel and their families.  An overview of the common social issues affecting both populations will be presented.

BASW 453 U.S. Mexico Border Issues for Social Workers - An examination of those social problems and issues affecting borderland populations and social workers along the U.S. Mexico border.

BASW 454 Mental Health - Knowledge, values, and skills for working with people in the mental health system.


Engage, Assess, Intervene, Evaluate (9 units):

BASW 321 Micro Level Social Work Practice: Individuals - Ecological systems, strength perspective and the planned change process applied to micro level client systems.  This course includes a service-learning requirement.

BASW 422 Mezzo Level Social Work Practice: Groups and Families - Knowledge, values, and skills in the application of the planned change process with Hispanic, military, and mezzo level client systems along the U.S. Mexico Border.

BASW 423 Macro Level Social Work Practice: Organizations and Communities - Knowledge, values, and skills in the application of the planned change process with Hispanic, military, and macro level client systems along the U.S. Mexico Border.







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