Social Work Emphasis (Tennessee Transfer Pathway), A.A.

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The Social Work emphasis provides students various foundational courses in the field of social work. The student completes the first two years of requirements leading toward a baccalaureate degree.

To facilitate success in this program, all students should enroll in ORN 1010 - Orientation: Learning to Succeed during their first semester at DSCC.

Major/Concentration Codes: UTPA-USW

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General Education Requirements:

ENGL 1010 - English Composition I Credits: 3
ENGL 1020 - English Composition II Credits: 3
COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication Credits: 3
Humanities/Fine Arts Electives Credits: 9 ^{* ***}
PSYC 1030 - Introduction to Psychology Credits: 3
SOCI 1010 - Introduction to Sociology Credits: 3
History Electives Credits: 6 ^{* **}
BIOL 1110 - General Biology I Credits: 4
BIOL 1120 - General Biology II Credits: 4
MATH 1530 - Introductory Statistics Credits: 3

Area of Emphasis Requirements:

SWRK 2010 - Introduction to Social Work Credits: 3
SOCI 1040 - Social Problems Credits: 3
ECON 2100 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3 ^****
-OR- ECON 2200 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
POLS 1030 - American Government Credits: 3
Foreign Language Sequence I & II Credits: 6

Additional Degree Requirement:

ORN 1010 - Orientation: Learning to Succeed Credits: 3

Total: 62 Semester Hours

^*For lists of eligible electives, see the appropriate section of the General Education Core Curriculum Requirements .

^**Students who plan to transfer to UT Knoxville are strongly encouraged to take non-U.S. history courses to fulfill the general education history requirement.

^***Students should confer with their advisor or a representative of the university to which they intend to transfer to determine the recommended Humanities/Fine Arts courses. Students who intend to transfer to the University of Memphis should take a literature sequence to fulfill this requirement. Tennessee State University also recommends a literature sequence.

^****TSU requires ECON. The University of Memphis and UT Chattanooga require ANTHRO.

Additional information regarding foreign language:

Requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree at universities include demonstrated competency in foreign language at the intermediate level. Community college students are encouraged to attain intermediate-level competency in foreign language before transferring.

Complete information regarding foreign language requirements at each university may be found on the transfer and articulation websites of the Tennessee Board of Regents and the University of Tennessee Systems. Community college students are encouraged to be familiar with foreign language requirements at the universities and, if applicable, complete the requirements before transferring.