College of Letters and Science
Social Work/Social Welfare
Mission
Undergraduate Degree Programs
Advising
Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Science—Major in Social Welfare
Bachelor of Social Work
Field Education for BSW Students
Undergraduate Social Work Field Units
Social Science Concentration Courses Approved for Social Welfare Majors and BSW Students
Honors in the Major
Certificate Programs
Accreditation
Graduate School
Courses
1350 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706; 608-263-3660; socwork.wisc.edu
Professors Brower, Cancian, Greenberg, Kramer, Meyer, Robert, Seltzer; Associate Professors Berger, Magaña, Magnuson, Moses, Schroepfer, Slack; Assistant Professors Gattis, Haley-Lock, Mahoney; Clinical Professor Carbino, Clinical Assistant Professors Sleeper, Yackovich; Lecturer Lock
Academic advisors: Mary Paulauskis, paulauskis@wisc.edu (Room 316B); Belinda Velazquez, bvelazqu@wisc.edu (Room 323)
Disability coordinator: William Heiss, waheiss@wisc.edu
Faculty diversity liaison: Sandra Magaña, magana@waisman.wisc.edu
Sexual harrassment coordinator: Peggy Sleeper, msleeper@wisc.edu
Social work's special contribution rests on an established body of knowledge, values and skills pertinent to understanding human relationships and the interaction between people as individuals, in families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Undergraduates in the
Social work courses offer a theoretical understanding of social problems and an introduction to practice methods used by social workers. The curriculum covers such areas as aging, family and child welfare, poverty, mental health, developmental disabilities, alcohol and drug abuse, diversity, race and ethnicity, criminal justice, oppression and social and economic justice, and at-risk populations.
Mission
The mission of the UW-Madison School of Social Work is to enhance human well-being and promote social and economic justice for people who are disadvantaged to achieve an equitable, healthy, and productive society. The school aims to:
- Create, advance, strengthen, and integrate interdisciplinary knowledge for students and the profession through research, scholarship, teaching and practice.
- Educate students to become highly skilled, culturally competent and ethical practitioners who will provide effective leadership for the profession of social work within the State of Wisconsin and nationally.
- Promote change at levels ranging from the individual to national policy, including empowering communities and populations that are disadvantaged and developing humane service delivery systems.
- Create and disseminate knowledge regarding the prevention and amelioration of social problems.
Undergraduate Degree Programs
The School of Social Work offers a bachelor of social work (B.S.W.) degree or a bachelor of arts (B.A.) or bachelor of science (B.S.) degree with a major in social welfare. The BSW and the social welfare major prepare students for further academic study or for employment in selected human service arenas. The BSW prepares students as beginning-level professional social workers. The social welfare major offers an overview of current social problems.
Advising
Freshmen and sophomores are assisted on academic matters by the Letters and Science Undergraduate Academic Services in Room 70 Bascom Hall. An advisor is available to discuss either major with interested students via individual appointments.
After students find that they are interested in either of the majors, they meet with the Social Work advisors. Social Work advisors assist students with program planning for degree requirements; discuss career opportunities; help complete the required major declaration forms; and confer on student issues and concerns. Advisors can help make a large university seem less formidable and are an excellent source of information about campus and community resources and services. Students should see an advisor at least once each semester to review academic progress. Students are welcome to schedule advising appointments through the school's website. The advisors may also be reached by calling 263-3660. Social work faculty members are available for advice about course work, research, and the social work profession in general.
Regardless of intended degree, students begin by declaring the social welfare major. Later, if a student applies to and is accepted in the Bachelor of Social Work program (see admissions requirements below), the student declares the BSW and cancels the social welfare major. Students can declare the Social Welfare major as early as their sophomore year as long as they are enrolled in Soc Work 205 and/or Soc Work 206 and meet the L&S requirement of a minimum comulative g.p.a. of 2.0.
Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Science—Major in Social Welfare
The social welfare major is a total of 32 credits; 20 of these are in the School of Social Work. No substitute may be made in the requirements without recommendation of the advisor and subsequent approval by the L&S deans.
I. SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY AND SERVICES
A. Soc Work 205 Introduction to the Field of Social Work, 4 cr (E) (sophomore year)
B. Soc Work 206 Introduction to Social Policy, 4 cr (E) (sophomore year)
II. SOCIAL SCIENCE CONCENTRATION
(Focus on individuals, families, small groups, communities, organizations, social institutions)
Two intermediate- or advanced-level courses (6-8 cr total; [I, A, or D]) are required from one of the following social science departments:
Afro-American studies; anthropology; Chican@ and Latin@ studies; economics; political science; psychology; sociology; or gender and women's studies. (An elementary-level course may be a prerequisite.) Courses must be selected from the approved list. (See Social Science Concentration Courses Approved for Social Welfare Majors and BSW students, below.)
Major Declaration
Students begin their program of study by taking Soc Work 205 and Soc Work 206. Students declare the social welfare major typically in the sophomore year when they are enrolled in or have taken Soc Work 205 and/or Soc Work 206.
III. HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
A. Soc Work 640 Social Work with Ethnic and Racial Groups*, 3 cr (A) (junior year, fall semester)
B. Soc Work 457 Human Behavior and the Environment, 3 cr (I) (junior year, spring semester)
*Meets L&S ethnic studies requirement
IV. ELECTIVES IN SOCIAL WELFARE*
Two I or A electives in the School of Social Work, 6-8 cr
*No more than 3 credits of Soc Work 699 Directed Study may be used toward fulfillment of this requirement.
V. STATISTICS AND RESEARCH
A. Statistics**
Select one course from the following:
Stat 301 Introduction to Statistical Analysis**, 3 cr (I)
Stat 371 Introductory Applied Statistics for the Life Sciences***, 3 cr (r-N-I)
Soc 360 Statistics for Sociologists, 3 cr (I)
Psych 210 Psychometric Methods, 3 cr (E)
**Stat 301 is recommended by the School of Social Work. This course also fulfills 3 credits of quantitative reasoning, math and natural science toward the Letters and Science breadth requirements.
***Stat 371 fulfills 3 credits quantitative reasoning and natural science toward L&S breadth requirements.
B. Research
Select one course from the following:
Soc Work 650 Methods of Social Work Research, 3 cr (A)
Soc 357 Methods of Sociological Inquiry, 3 cr (I)
Psych 225 Experimental Psychology, 5 cr (I)
Social welfare majors are encouraged to gain social service experience through volunteer work. See the social work advisors or contact the Morgridge Center for Public Service, 263-2432, for information on volunteering.
Bachelor of Social Work
The BSW is a total of 46 credits; 37 of these are in the School of Social Work.
Because the School of Social Work is a professional school within the College of Letters and Science (L&S), and the college confers the BSW degree, students also complete: L&S general education requirements (including Communication Parts A & B and Quantitative Reasoning Parts A & B; either the L&S B.A. track breadth requirements or the L&S B.S. track breadth requirements; and L&S Depth and minimum GPA requirements (unless Social Work GPA requirements are higher) for their degree. No substitute may be made in the requirements without recommendation of the advisor and subsequent approval by the L&S deans.
Students begin their program of study by taking Soc Work 205 and Soc Work 206 in fall and spring semesters, respectively (generally in the sophomore year). Typically in the sophomore year when they are enrolled in or have taken Soc Work 205 and/or Soc Work 206, students declare the social welfare major. In the spring of the junior year, students apply for admission to the BSW program for their senior year.
I. SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY AND SERVICES
A. Soc Work 205 Introduction to the Field of Social Work, 4 cr (E) (sophomore year)
B. Soc Work 206 Introduction to Social Policy, 4 cr (E) (sophomore year)
II. SOCIAL SCIENCE CONCENTRATION
(Focus on individuals, families, small groups, communities, organizations, social institutions)
Two intermediate- or advanced-level courses (6-8 cr total; [I, A, or D]) are required from one of the following social science departments: Afro-American studies; American Indian studies, anthropology; Chican@ and Latin@ studies; economics; political science; psychology; sociology; or gender and women's studies. (An elementary-level course may be a prerequisite.) Courses must be selected from the approved list. (See the Social Science Concentration Courses Approved for Social Welfare Majors and BSW Students.)
III. HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
A. Soc Work 457 Human Behavior and the Environment, 3 (I) (junior year, spring semester)
B. Soc Work 640 Social Work with Ethnic and Racial Groups*, 3 (A) (junior year, fall semester)
*Meets L&S ethnic studies requirement
IV. ELECTIVE IN SOCIAL WORK
Take one I or A elective course in the
V. STATISTICS AND RESEARCH
A. Statistics**
Select one course from the following list:
Stat 301 Introduction to Statistical Analysis**, 3 cr (r-N-I)
Stat 371 Introductory Applied Statistics for the Life Sciences***, 3 cr (r-N-I)
Soc 360 Statistics for Sociologists, 3 cr (r-I), or Soc 358/359 Design and Statistical Analysis of Social Research, 6 cr (I) (may be taken to fulfill Statistics and Research requirements simultaneously)
Psych 210 Basic Statistics for Psychology (Psychometric Methods), 3 cr (r-E)
**Stat 301 is recommended by the School of Social Work. This course also fulfills 3 credits of quantitative reasoning, math and natural science toward the Letters and Science breadth requirements.
***Stat 371 fulfills 3 credits quantitative reasoning and natural science toward L&S breadth requirements.
B. Research
Soc Work 650 Methods of Social Work Research, 3 cr (A)***
***Students who are double majors in psychology or sociology may substitute one of the following: Soc 357 Methods of Sociological Inquiry, 3 cr (I)
Soc 358/359 Design and Statistical Analysis of Social Research, 6 cr (I)
Psych 225 Experimental Psychology, 5 cr (I)
Admission to the BSW Program
In the spring of the junior year, students who meet the following eligibility criteria apply for admission to the BSW program:
- Soc Work 205 and 206 completed;
- Statistics completed (or concurrent enrollment);
- Second-semester junior status (for registration purposes, minimum of 71 credits completed); and
- Minimum of 2.5 overall GPA from all colleges attended.
Admission to the bachelor of social work (BSW) program is based on assessment of the applicant's background, preparation and experience for practice in the field of social work. Approximately 30-40 students are admitted to the bachelor of social work program each year. Application for admission includes:
- An essay on career goals pertaining to the social work profession and any life experiences that have led the student to pursue a social work career;
- A summary describing social work or social work-related paid or volunteer experiences, research or community projects, multicultural experiences, and/or work abroad;
- A letter of recommendation; and
- An official transcript (s) from each college attended.
After acceptance, the student completes the Social Work Practice course sequence (fall and spring semesters).
VII. SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
Senior Year, Fall Semester
A. Soc Work 400 Field Practice and Integrative Seminar I, 5 cr (A)
B. Soc Work 440 Social Work Practice I: Foundations of Generalist Practice, 2 cr (A)
C. Soc Work 441 Social Work Practice II: Generalist Practice with Individuals, Families and Groups, 3 cr (I)
Senior Year, Spring Semester
A. Soc Work 401 Field Practice and Integrative Seminar II, 5 cr (A)
B. Soc Work 442 Social Work Practice III: Generalist Practice with Communities and Organizations, 2 cr (A)
BSW students are expected to maintain a cumulative 3.0 in the major and a minimum grade of BC in 400 and 401.
Field Education for BSW Students
Beginning in the fall semester along with Soc Work 440 and Soc Work 441, BSW students take two semesters (16 hours per week—256 hours/semester) of field education during their senior year (Soc Work 400, 401).
A Field Forum is held each spring semester so that students can learn more about the field program, field units and expectations and opportunities for field placement. The Field Forum also provides students with the opportunity to meet the instructors teaching our field units. Students indicate their field unit preferences. The director of field education makes final unit placement decisions and field instructors make final agency-placement decisions.
The types of agencies working with the field education program are varied. The field units are organized around a social problem area or a field of practice. Each unit has a range of field placement agencies and settings appropriate to its theme. The emphasis for undergraduate placements is on applying the knowledge and skills of generalist social work practice with systems of all sizes. The focus is on learning and applying analytic and interventive skills within an ethically based, problem-focused approach.
Social work students should be advised that the Wisconsin Caregiver Law requires a Wisconsin background check (Caregiver Check and Wisconsin Criminal History) for all potential field education students prior to the field placement. More information regarding this process is available at Field Education on the Social Work website.
Undergraduate Social Work Field Units
Social Work Practice and Advocacy in Multicultural Settings
The practice perspective of this unit is on advocacy, activism, community organization, and political process in dealing with minority concerns and issues. Students gain skills in problem analysis, intervention, organization and mobilization, public communication and information, and individual and group counseling. Within the unit, there are varied learning opportunities for exposure to diverse racial and cultural backgrounds and activism and advocacy within diverse community settings. Participating agencies include: Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Clubs, Eagle Heights Community Center, East Madison Community Center, Goodman
Social Work Practice in Child and Family Welfare
The practice perspective of this unit is on social work practice with and on behalf of families and children. All settings provide opportunities to learn generalist social work roles in child and family services with individuals, groups and/or families, including support, counseling, education, advocacy, case management, inter-agency participation, contributing to a humane and effective agency environment and working toward a just and supportive community environment. Some settings provide other opportunities, such as program development, workshop presentation, grants, planning, etc.. Participating agencies include: Lutheran Social Services; the Road Home Dane County; Goodman Community Center; Family Works; ARC Maternal-Infant Program; Early Childhood Initiative; Safe Harbor; PATH-WI; Canopy Center; Head Start; Community Partnerships.
Social Work Practice in Juvenile and Criminal Justice
This unit focuses on helping students in the conceptualization of client typologies related to social responses/interventions including: pre-sentence decisions, probation/parole supervision, institutional interventions, group homes, research/policy and planning administration. Interventions related to conceptualization of client subtypes, demography of crime and delinquency, and violent crime are some of the major content areas for study. Students develop skills in psychosocial assessment, casework, client supervision, group work, placement planning, working with special populations and policy/administration. Emphasis varies with placement. Participating agencies are: ARC Correctional Services for Women, Attic Correctional Services, Dane County Deferred Prosecution, Dane County Family Violence Unit, Dane County Juvenile Detention and Court Services, Dane County Victim/Witness Unit, Domestic Abuse Intervention Services, Juvenile Group Homes for male and female delinquent youth, Mendota Mental Health Institute, U.S. Probation Office, Wisconsin Adult Correctional Institutions and Wisconsin Public Defender's Office.
Social Work Practice in County Human Service Agencies
This unit focuses on public human/social service agency practice including both direct and indirect services. Students are involved in child welfare and child protective services, juvenile delinquency, foster care, community social work and family group counseling services. Students gain a solid understanding of the place of a public social service agency in the human service/child & family welfare system. Placements provide skills in case assessment and planning, case management, counseling, court services, group work and community resource networking. Placements include: the Division of Children, Youth, and Families and specializations within Dane County Human Services.
Social Work Practice in Developmental and Other Disabilities
This field unit's focus is on social work with persons with developmental disabilities and their families. Through direct and indirect practice, students work with individuals, families, organizations and communities to enhance the quality of life for persons with disabilities and their families. Guided by the principles of normalization, self-determination and inclusiveness, the focus is on creating and strengthening personal and environmental conditions which enable and support people with disabilities to lead satisfying lives in the community. Students complete their field work with community based agencies and organizations supporting people with disabilities and their families, or with the Waisman Center University Affiliated Program on Developmental Disabilities and Human Development.
Social Work Practice in Community Agencies
This unit provides opportunities to work with human service agencies and community programs providing services to individuals, groups, and the community. Areas of skill acquisition include assessment, provision of direct services, consultation and program development. Students learn skills that are applicable to a number of settings in which social workers practice. The unit works with a large number of agencies that provide services to children, adolescents, families and adults. Agencies may include: Neighborhood Centers; AIDS Network; Center for Family Practice and Policy; Children's Service Society; Commonwealth Development; Community Action Coalition; Community Partnerships; Dane County District Attorney's Offices; Family Violence Program; Dean Benevolent Clinic; Dean of Students Office; Disability Rights—Wisconsin; Domestic Abuse Intervention Services; Lutheran Social Services—International Adoption; Quaker Housing; Rape Crisis Center; Respite Center; Social Work in the Workplace; WI Youth Company/After School Program; Yahara House, Youth Services of Southern Wisconsin (Briarpatch and the Community Adolescent Program Divisions) and the YWCA.
Social Work Practice in Community Mental Health Agencies
In this unit, students learn generalist social work practice in settings providing services to people who are eighteen years of age or older with serious and persistent mental illness. Skill development areas include: building empowering relationships, case management, assessment of situations and problem formulations, action planning which involves collecting data, clarifying values, understanding power dynamics and social justice, making decisions, implementing change strategies, completing evaluations and termination. Most of the placements occur in programs of the Mental Health Center of Dane County's Community Support Programs (CSPs) including: Blacksmith House, Cornerstone, Gateway, Community Treatment Alternatives, Yahara House and the Emergency Services Unit. Additional placements occur at: SOAR, Chrysalis,
Social Work Practice with Older Adults
This field unit provides opportunities for integrating theoretical content and knowledge with the practice experience. The practice perspective of this unit is a problem-focused generalist approach with a special emphasis on: 1) direct service to older adults and their families; and 2) resource development and coordination. The course will continually analyze material with an ecosystem approach, building an understanding of micro, meso, and macro systems. Students have the opportunity to develop skills in working with the individual, with groups, and at multiple levels of the person-in-environment interface. For example, placements may provide experience for developing the following skills: engagement, assessment, intervention, counseling, termination, case management, crisis intervention, planning and program development, inter-professional collaboration, interdisciplinary teamwork, advocacy, mobilization of resources and group work.
Social Work Practice in Publc Child Welfare (IV-E Program)
This unit is especially designed for students who are in the Title IV-E Child Welfare training program. Placements are in public child welfare agencies such county human services or in agencies that have contracts to provide child welfare services for county human services. Placements may be in urban or rural counties and involve child welfare, protective services and foster care. In this unit students develop skills in such areas as: child and family assessment, case management, counseling, court services and community resource networking.
For more information on field units, the agencies they work with, and field course expectations see the Field Education Handbook. Field unit availability may vary from year to year because of personnel changes, funding, or curriculum needs.
Educational Competencies and Outcomes for BSW Students
The BSW Program is designed to prepare students with the requisite knowledge, values and skills for generalist social work practice. Competent generalist practitioners are social workers who:
- Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly
- Apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice
- Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgements
- Engage diversity and difference in practice
- Advance human rights and social and economic justice
- Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research
- Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment
- Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver effective social work services
- Respond to contexts that shape practice
- Engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
- Assess individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities
- Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities, and
- Evaluate intervention
Social Science Concentration Courses Approved for Social Welfare Majors and BSW Students
Afro-American Studies
303 Blacks, Film, and Society
323 Gender, Race and Class: Women in U.S. History (crosslisted with Gen&WS)
330 African/Afro-American Historical Relationships: 1700 to the Present
347 The Caribbean and its Diasporas
423 Black Feminisms (Crosslisted with Gen&WS)
424 Women's International Human Rights (crosslisted with Gen&WS)
442 Discrimination and Prejudice in American Society
443 Mutual Perceptions of Racial Minorities
467 History of Slavery in the United States
523 Race, American Medicine and Public Health
567 History of the African American Education
577 Blacks in Cities (crosslisted with Soc)
628 History of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States (crosslisted with Hist)
635 Afro-American History to 1900 (crosslisted with Soc)
636 Afro-American History since 1900 (crosslisted with Hist)
671 Selected Topics in Afro-American History (when topic is appropriate)
673 Selected Topics in Afro-American Society (when topic is appropriate)
American Indian Studies
314 Indians of North America (crosslisted with Anthro)
317 Peoples and Cultures of the Arctic (crosslisted with Anthro)
353 Indians of the Western Great Lakes (crosslisted with Anthro)
450 Issues in American Indian Studies (when topic is appropriate)
471 Ethnohistory of American Indian Religious and Political Movements (crosslisted with Anthro)
490 American Indian History
578 Rural Minority Groups and Poverty in the United States (crosslisted with Soc)
639 American Indians in Contemporary Society
Anthropology
314 Indians of North America (crosslisted with Amer Ind)
317 Peoples and Cultures of the Arctic (crosslisted with Amer Ind)
318 Peoples and Cultures of Africa
321 The Emergence of Human Culture
330 Topics in Ethnology (when topic is appropriate)
343 Anthropology of Religion (crosslisted with Relig St)
350 Political Anthropology
353 Indians of the Western Great Lakes (crosslisted with Amer Ind )
365 Medical Anthropology
374 The Anthropology of War
443 Anthropology by Women (crosslisted with Gen&WS)
448 Anthropology of Law
528 Anthropology of Drugs
545 Psychological Anthropology
570 Anthropology and Education
Asian American Studies
220 Ethnic Movements in the U.S. (crosslisted with Soc)
240 Topics in Asia American Studies (when topic is appropriate)
443 Mutual Perceptions of Racial Minorities (crosslisted with AfroAm)
540 Special Topics (when topic is appropriate)
Chican@ and Latin@ Studies
231 Politics in Multi-Cultural Societies (crosslisted with Political Science)
301 Chicana and Chicano History
330 Topics and Chicano/a Studies (when topic is appropriate)
332 Latinas: Self Identity and social Change (crosslisted with Gen & WS)
425 Chicana and Latina Feminism, Arts and Media (crosslisted with Gen & WS)
464 Mexican-American Politics (crosslisted with PoliSci)
Economics
300 Introduction to Finance
301 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
302 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
311 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory—Advanced Treatment
312 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory—Advanced Treatment
364 Survey of International Economics
390 Contemporary Economic Issues
420 Urban and Regional Economics
448 Human Resources and Economic Growth
450 Wages and the Labor Market
451 The Economic Approach to Human Behavior
467 International Industrial Organizations
474 Economic Problems of Developing Areas
475 Economics of Growth
522 Law and Economics
524 Philosophy and Economics
548 The Economics of Health Care
663 Population and Society (crosslisted with Soc)
Gender and Women's Studies
200 Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies (crosslisted with Soc)
215 Gender and Work in Rural America (crosslisted with Soc)
320 Special Topics in Women and Society (when topic is appropriate)
323 Gender, Race and Class: Women in U.S. History (crosslisted with Afro-Amer St
325 Global Feminisms
331 Topics in Gender/Class/Race/Ethnicity
332 Latinas: Self Identity and Social Change
340 Topics in LGBTQ Sexuality
353 Women and Gender in the U.S. to 1870 (crosslisted with Hist)
354 Women and Gender in the U.S. since 1870 (crosslisted with Hist)
392 Women in History
420 Women in Cross-Societal Perspective
421 Constructions of Gender in the Media
422 Women and the Law
424 Women's International Human Rights
425 Chicana and Latina Feminisms, Arts, and Media (crosslisted with Chicla)
431 Childbirth in the United States
437 American Indian Women
441 Contemporary Feminist Theories
443 Anthropology by Women (crosslisted with Anthro)
449 Special Topics in Feminism and Social and Cultural Theory (when topic is appropriate)
522 Psychology of Women (crosslisted with Psych)
601 Sociology of Work, Family, and Gender
611 Gender, Science and Technology
643 Woman and Politics in a Global Context
664 Women in the Global Economy
Political Science
205 Introduction to State Government
217 Law, Politics and Society
219 Introduction to Public Policy
231 Politics in Multi-Cultural Societies (crosslisted with Chicla)
267 Introduction to Political Psychology
274 Political Choice and Strategy
312 Politics of the World Economy
313 Bargaining in the Global Economy
316 Principles of International Law
317 The Politics of Human Rights
318 The Comparative Study of Genocide
353 The
376 Analysis of International Relations
378 Conflict Resolution
400/1 Topics (when topic is appropriate)
408 The American Presidency
411-412 Constitutional Law I and II
422 Latino History and Politics
425 Citizenship, Democracy & Difference
426 The Legislative Process
428 Community Power and Grass Roots Politics
440 Health Policy and Health Politics
443 Public Administration
452 Criminal Law and Justice
462 Political Economy of Race in the U.S.
464 Mexican-American Politics (crosslisted with Chicla)
467 Elections and Voting Behavior
473 Public Opinion
479 Political Communications
513 Radical Political Theory
517 Feminist Political Theory
519 African American Political Theory
611 Comparative Political Economy
617 Comparative Legal Institutions
643 Women and Politics in a Global Context
652 The Politics of Development
654 Politics of Revolution
657 Comparative Political Culture
662 Comparative Social Movements: State, Protest, and Public Policy
Psychology
311 Issues in Psychology (when the topic is appropriate)
406 Psychology of Perception
408 Psychology of Human Emotions
409 Psychology of Motivation
411 Current Topics in Psychology (when topic is appropriate)
414 Cognitive Psychology
417 Thinking and Problem Solving
430 History of Psychology
431 Modern Viewpoints in Psychology
469 Sociotechnical Systems in Industry
507 Psychology of Personality
509 Abnormal Psychology
511 Behavior Pathology: Neurosis
512 Behavior Pathology: Psychosis
514 Neurodevelopmental Disorders
515 Development of Memory in Children
516 Introduction to Psychodiagnosis and Assessment
517 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
522 Psychology of Women (crosslisted with Gen&WS)
528 Introduction to Cultural Psychology
530 Introductory Social Psychology (crosslisted with Soc)
532 Psychology and Law
535 Psychology of Attitudes and Public Opinion
537 Social Behavior Dynamics (crosslisted with Soc)
538 Group Dynamics
560 Child Psychology
561 Psychology of Adolescence
562 Social and Personality Development
563 Development in Infancy
564 Adult Development and Aging
612 Attention and Learning in Children
Sociology
200 Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies (crosslisted with Gen&WS)
210 Survey of Sociology
211 The Sociological Enterprise
215 Gender and Work in Rural America
220 Ethnic Movements in the U.S.
250 Organizations and Society
266 People and Places: The Demography of Rural America
327 Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy in America since 1890
441 Criminology
470 Sociodemographic Analysis of Mexican Migration
475 Classical Sociological Theory
496 Topics in Sociology (when topic is appropriate)
530 Introductory Social Psychology (crosslisted with Psych)
531 Sociology of Medicine
532 Health Care Issues for Individuals, Families and Society
543 Colletive Behavior
573 Community Organization and Change
575 Sociological Perspectives on the Life Course and Aging
577 Blacks in Cities (crosslisted with Afro-Amer)
578 Rural Minority Groups and Poverty in the U.S.
601 Sociology of Work, Family and Gender (crosslisted wth Gen&WS)
610 Knowledge and Society
611 Gender, Science and Technology
616 Sociology of Culture
617 Community Development
620 Comparative Racial Inequality
621 Class, State, and Ideology: an Introduction to Marxist Social Science
623 Gender, Society and Politics
624 Political Sociology
626 Social Movements
630 Sociology of Developing Societies/Third World
632 Sociology of Organizations
633 Social Stratification
640 Sociology of the Family
641 Sociology of Law
645 Modern American Communities
648 Sociology of Education
649 Sociology of Work and Employment
650 Sociology of Agriculture
652 Sociology of Economic Institutions
655 Microfoundations of Economic Sociology
652 Sociology of Economic Institutions
663 Population and Society
678 Sociology of Persecution
Honors in the Major
Honors in the Major for social welfare majors and bachelor of social work students prepare undergraduates for research and scholarship in social work. Students interested in completing the requirements for Honors in the Major should consult with and apply for admission to the program with the social work academic advisor. Majors declare their intention to enter the program no later than the end of the spring semester of the junior year. Students must make arrangements with a faculty member to sponsor their research project before being admitted to the honors program.
Requirements for Honors in the Major include the following: (1) a signed agreement between the student and the faculty research advisor sponsoring the Senior Honors Research Thesis; (2) completion of the majors' statistics requirement; (3) completion of Soc Work 650 Social Work Research Methods; (4) completion of one social work elective related to honors thesis research topic (may include a social work graduate seminar); (5) completion of the Senior Honors Research Thesis (Soc Work 681 and Soc Work 682); (6) completion of Soc Work 946 Faculty Research Seminar in the fall semester of the senior year; and (7) presentation of the thesis results at a department colloquium.
Honors in the Major students are expected to maintain at least a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.4 and complete the regular major requirements and an overall GPA of at least 3.3 in all courses taken at UW-Madison. Students are encouraged to apply to the Honors in the Major as early as possible, but no later than the spring semester of their junior year.
Honors in the Major Procedures
- Meet with an academic advisor to discuss Honors in the Major requirements.
- Determine faculty research advisor (no later than end of the spring semester of junior year). The faculty research advisor for the senior honors thesis should be consulted about the project as early as possible to formulate a topic.
- Declare entry into Honors in the Major (no later than the end of the spring semester of junior year).
- Submit signed Faculty Advisor Agreement form to the academic advisor.
HONORS IN THE MAJOR COURSE REQUIREMENTS
By the end of the Junior Year complete:
Statistics (Stat 301, Soc 360, Psych 210, or Psych 280)
Soc Work 650 Research Methods
Soc Work Elective (related to thesis topic)
Fall Semester of Senior Year
Soc Work 946 Faculty Research Seminar
Soc Work 681 Honors Research Thesis
Spring Semester of Senior Year
Soc Work 682 Honors Research Thesis
Thesis Presentation
Independent Work
Students with an interest in a particular area of study may develop a plan of independent work with the assistance of an interested faculty member. They may obtain a list of instructors and their areas of interest from the School of Social Work Advising Office. Consent of instructor is required for the following course offerings in independent work: Senior Honors Thesis (681-682, year-long course); Senior Thesis (691-692, year-long course); Directed Study (699).
15 Credit Rule
All students are required to fulfill the L&S requirement of 15 credits of upper-level work in the major taken in residence. Courses that count toward this requirement for Social Work and Social Welfare are: Soc Work 650, Soc 357 or Psych 225; Soc Work 457, 640; Soc Work 440; Soc Work 441; Soc Work 442; and those social work electives designated as I or A.
Certificate Programs
BSW students and social welfare majors often choose the following certificate programs: American Indian studies, business, criminal justice, gerontology, global cultures, LGBT studies, religious studies and gender and women's studies. See an adademic advisor for information about these programs.
Accreditation
The BSW program is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). The social welfare major is accredited along with the rest of the
Graduate School
BSW students completing professional foundation courses with a grade of B or better are eligible for advanced standing in the master's program. For more information contact the social work advisors.