With the exception of Introduction to Social Work (SOCWRK1000), courses in the BASW Program are offered only one time per year in the following sequence. Each required course in the BASW Program is offered for 3 credits, with the exception of Practicum I and Practicum II, each of which is offered for 6 credits per term. The course schedule listed below allows students to plan accordingly in order to facilitate their completion of either the major or the minor.
Students traditionally enter the program in their junior year. The full time study option to complete the program in two years (i.e. junior and senior years) is listed below; options for part-time study are also outlined.
Full-time Option
Complete BASW in two years (four full time semesters). Download BASW course of study (PDF) and/or view a list of courses.
Junior Year Fall I
- SOCWRK 1000 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK
- SOCWRK 1005 - FOUNDATIONS OF THE WELFARE STATE
- SOCWRK 1011 - INTRODUCTION TO GENERALIST METHODS: SOCIAL WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
- SOCWRK 1015 - HUMAN BEHAVR & SOCL ENVIRONMENT
Junior Year Spring I
- SOCWRK 1006 - POLICY ANALYSIS
- SOCWRK 1008 - GENERALIST SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WITH DIVERSE POPULATIONS
- SOCWRK 1012 - SOCIAL WORK WITH COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
Senior Year Fall II
- SOCWRK 1020 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH
- SOCWRK 1013 - SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS
- SOCWRK 1024 - PRACTICUM SEMINAR AND LAB 1
- SOCWRK 1025 - PRACTICUM 1
Senior Year Spring II
Part-time Option 1
Complete BASW in three years (six part-time semesters). Though the BASW Program is designed to be completed in four full-time semesters, a part-time option is also available to students. Part-time students complete the BASW Program in three years as follows:
First Year Fall I
- SOCWRK 1000 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK
- SOCWRK 1005 - FOUNDATIONS OF THE WELFARE STATE
- SOCWRK 1011 - INTRODUCTION TO GENERALIST METHODS: SOCIAL WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
First Year Spring I
Second Year Fall II
Second Year Spring II
Third Year Fall III
- SOCWRK 1020 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH
- SOCWRK 1024 - PRACTICUM SEMINAR AND LAB 1
- SOCWRK 1025 - PRACTICUM 1
Third Year Spring III
Part-time Option 2
Complete BASW in four years (eight part-time semesters plus summers. Though the BASW Program is designed to be completed in four full-time semesters, a part-time option is also available to students. Part-time students complete the BASW Program in four years as follows:
First Year Fall I
First Year Spring I
- SOCWRK 1006 - POLICY ANALYSIS
- SOCWRK 1011 - INTRODUCTION TO GENERALIST METHODS: SOCIAL WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
First Year Summer Session
- One three-credit elective
Second Year Fall II
- One three-credit elective
Second Year Spring II
- One three-credit elective
Second Year Summer Session
- One three-credit elective
Third Year Fall III
Third Year Spring III
- One three-credit elective
Fourth Year Fall IV
Fourth Year Spring IV
Curriculum for the Social Work Minor
Undergraduates throughout the university are able to complete a Social Work minor. In order to do so, the student must:
- Register with Emmett Mix, BASW and PhD Program Assistant, Emm459@pitt.edu who will certify that the student's intent is to complete the social work minor.
- Complete (with a grade of C- or better) 15 credits from the following courses, but must include SOCWRK 1000: Introduction to Social Work.
- Successfully complete 15 credits (with a grade of C- or better) from the following list of courses:
