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Social Work Option

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Academic CredentialAssociate in Arts (AA)
Total Credit Hours60
Average Time to Complete2 yrs.
Academic PathwaySocial, Behavioral, Education
AdvisorJohn Phillips, PhD
Professor
850.769.1551 ext. 2827
jpphillips@gulfcoast.edu

AdvisorRobert S. Saunders, PhD
Chair, Social Sciences
850.769.1551 ext. 3826
rsaunder2@gulfcoast.edu

Senior Administrative AssistantMs. Jody Walton
210 Social Sciences Building
850.872.3825
jwalton1@gulfcoast.edu
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Social Work Option, A.A.

Communications Area
•+*ENC 1101English Composition I3 credit hours
+*ENC 1102English Composition II3 credit hours
Mathematics Area
  See General Education Requirements 6 credit hours
Natural Sciences Area
  Physical Science (See General Education Requirements) 3 credit hours
BSC 1005General Biological Science3 credit hours
  OR
BSC 2010Biology for Science Majors I3 credit hours
  OR
BSC 2085Human Anat/Phy I3 credit hours
Social Sciences Area
•PSY 2012General Psychology3 credit hours
  History (See General Education Requirements) 3 credit hours
•POS 2041Amer National Government3 credit hours
Additional Common Prerequisites
•ECO 2013Principles of Economics, Macro3 credit hours
  OR
ECO 2023Principles of Economics, Micro3 credit hours
•SYG 2000Principles of Sociology3 credit hours
  OR
SYG 2010Social Problems3 credit hours
Electives
Total Degree Hours60


FSU requires all Social Work students to have a minimum grade of “B” in SYG2000, PSY2012, POS2041, BSC1005, and ECO2013/2023 for entry into the Social Work program. FSU also requires a computer literacy course for entry into the program, as CGS1570.

Recommended elective:

SOW2020, Introduction to Social Work, 3 crs.
SYG2430, Marriage and Family Living, 3 crs.


• General Education Core. Students must complete at least one identified core course in each area of study—Communications, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences—as part of the general education course requirements.
+ Prerequisites and/or corequisites required. See course descriptions.
* Minimum grade of "C" required.
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