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 ^{(1) (2) (6.) (7)}
PSYC 1030 - Introduction to Psychology Credits: 3
History Electives Credits: 6 ^(6.)
Natural Science Electives Credits: 8 ^{(3) (6.)}
SOCI 1010 - Introduction to Sociology Credits: 3
MATH 1530 - Introductory Statistics Credits: 3

Area of Emphasis Requirements:

SWRK 2010 - Introduction to Social Work Credits: 3
SOCI 1040 - Social Problems Credits: 3
-OR- Social Work Elective Credits: 3 ⁽⁴⁾
ECON 2100 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3 ⁽⁵⁾
-OR- ECON 2200 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3 ⁽⁵⁾
POLS 1030 - American Government Credits: 3
Foreign Language Sequence I & II Credits: 6 ⁽⁸⁾

Additional Degree Requirement:

ORN 1010 - Orientation: Learning to Succeed Credits: 3

Total: 62 Semester Hours

Footnotes:

⁽¹⁾ Students who plan to transfer to the UoM must complete at least one fine arts under the Humanities and Fine Arts general education requirement. Students are encouraged to take an approved Ethics course, if applicable.

⁽²⁾ Students who intend to transfer to UoM should take LIT 2201 or LIT 2202 to fulfill this requirement. TSU also recommends a LIT sequence.

⁽³⁾ ETSU requires a BIOL sequence: 1010: Intro to Biology and1020 Diversity of Life or 1110/1120 General Biology I and II. TSU recommends BIOL 1010. APSU accepts Math 1510 or Math 1530.

⁽⁴⁾ Students who intend to transfer to ETSU are required to take a Social Work elective. If not offered at a student’s school, such a course can be completed via the TN eCampus.

⁽⁵⁾ Students interested in transferring to TSU should take an Economics course. UM and UTC require an Anthropology course.

^(6.)For lists of eligible electives, see the appropriate section of the General Education Core Curriculum Requirements .

⁽⁷⁾ One course must be in literature.

⁽⁸⁾One year sequence in a single foreign language.

NOTE: Students who intend to transfer to UTM should take BIOL 2010: Human Anatomy and Physiology I as an unspecified elective. Students who intend to transfer to APSU should take BIOL 2010 (Human Anatomy and Physiology) as one of their natural science electives.

NOTE: For students planning on transferring to UTK you will need 1-year intermediate level sequence in a single foreign language. A total of 7 credit hours are unspecified, transferable electives are needed to complete the degree requirements.