BASW Curriculum

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

Junior Year Spring I

Senior Year Fall II

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

First Year Spring I

Second Year Fall II

Second Year Spring II

Third Year Fall III

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

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:

  1. 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.
  2. Complete (with a grade of C- or better) 15 credits from the following courses, but must include SOCWRK 1000: Introduction to Social Work.
  3. Successfully complete 15 credits (with a grade of C- or better) from the following list of courses: