Students fulfill course requirements from two basic course group categories: (1) the liberal arts foundation and (2) social work core-content courses. The liberal arts foundation serves as a base upon which the social work core courses are built. It is expected that students will have completed, or made significant progress in completing, the liberal arts foundation before entering the major. It also is strongly suggested that students take 09:910:220 Introduction to Social Work and Social Services before entering the major. Students should discuss their interest in social work with an adviser as early as possible in their course of studies.

In order to graduate, students must have grades of C  or better and a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average in all social work core-content courses, and a 2.0 cumulative grade-point average in the courses making up the liberal arts foundation.