Undergraduate Program: Admissions and Standards

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Criteria and Procedures for Admission into the Social Work Major

An applicant to the college may declare intent to major in social work. After completing a semester of course work, the student can complete a major/advisor form officially requesting to major in social work. Students may be conditionally accepted into the major, but are not fully accepted into the major until they have completed SWK 222 (Introduction to Social Work), SWK 304W (Human Behavior and the Social Environment I), and SWK 383 (Social Work Practice I and Field Experience I). Thus, students cannot be fully and unconditionally admitted into the social work major prior to junior status and completion of the fall semester.

It should be noted that social work faculty frequently meet with prospective applicants. Such meetings include providing information concerning Nazareth College's Social Work program and a career in social work, doing unofficial transcript evaluations for transfer students to determine what and how many courses would be required for a social work degree, and during course selection, advising students who are interested in pursuing a social work degree but who have not yet been accepted into the major.

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Department Policies Regarding Remaining in the Social Work Program

In order to continue in the Social Work program, the following minimum standards must be met.

ACADEMIC STANDARDS

1. Meet minimum academic standards of the college (see Undergraduate Catalog and Undergraduate Student Handbook, Academic Policies section).
2. Obtain a minimum grade of "C" in all required social work courses.
3. Pass all other courses required for the major in social work (e.g., MTH207, BIO109, etc.)
4. Satisfactorily complete junior-year field work (which is required to pass SWK 383 and 384, the junior-year practice courses).
5. Receive a satisfactory grade in SWK 484 (Practicum) in the senior year.

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

1. Adherence to the NASW Code of Ethics.
2. Commitment to the values of the social work profession.
3. Personal problems and issues do not seriously impair academic and/or professional functioning.
4. Conducts herself or himself in a responsible fashion.
5. Adherence to the Student Conduct Code of the college (see Undergraduate Student Handbook, Policies section).