1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

You must meet the following minimum criteria to be eligible for admission:1. Successful completion of 58 credit hours.2. A grade-point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale for all course workcompleted at the time of entry to the major.3. Documented completion of 100 hours of human service experience (paidor volunteer) related to social work (must be completed since high schoolgraduation).4. Satisfactory completion of So. Wk. 51 Introduction to Social Work, with agrade of B or higher. Students enroll in So. Wk. 51 during their secondsemester freshman or first semester sophomore year.5. A written statement presenting your reasons to major in social work. Youwill be given an outline of the items to include in this personal statement.6. A letter of reference from your So. Wk. 51 instructor. A form for thispurpose is made available to you in So. Wk. 51.7. An interview, if requested, with the School of Social Work AdmissionsCommittee before admission to the program.8. Successful completion of the following liberal studies requirements:English 1 and 2;Cluster A, B, and C;Social Work 47 or other, University-approved minority course;one mathematics course.Students may be denied admission to the major for non-academic reasonsinvolving conduct that violates the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)Code of Ethics. Students shall be provided appropriate safeguards for appealing suchrecommendations and shall be provided with an opportunity to demonstrate that theconduct in question has been modified to the point of being in compliance with theNASW Code of Ethics. Should the student not be able to make the necessary modificationsin conduct, he or she shall be counseled out of the program in accordance withestablished University policy as set forth in the student handbook.Transfer StudentsIf you are a transfer student wishing to enter the program, contact the B.S.W.Program Director. You should make this contact no later than the semester before youintend to enter the program. As a transfer student, you will be asked to submit anofficial transcript of your course work to date. You must meet all requirements thatapply to pre-major or major status, whichever applies to you. In order for upper-divisionsocial work courses taken in other programs to meet our social work course requirements,these courses must have been taken in a program accredited by the Council onSocial Work Education, and you must have earned a B or better in the course.Otherwise, the course(s) will count as electives. You will be expected to complete So.Wk. 51 , our introductory course, prior to admission into our major unless you havetaken course work in another social work program that is equivalent to So. Wk. 51 . TheB.S.W. Program Director will advise you if your previous course work meets thisrequirement. You must also be able to document completion of 1 00 hours of volunteeractivity related to social work, which may include paid employment such as campcounselor, etc.Requirements for the DegreeThe undergraduate social work program consists of a minimum of 32 upperdivisionhours in social work and six lower division hours, a minimum of 12 upperdivisionhours in required social and behavioral sciences courses, and an additionalrequirement of 12 upper-division social science hours with at least three hours fromdesignated courses in each of the fields of sociology, psychology, and politicalscience. All social work students are required to take three additional hours of course286 School of Social Work