Feb 08, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Social Work Major, BS in Social Work - Honors Program


The BSSW Honors Program provides a small group of academically high-achieving social work majors with an enriching, engaging, and individualized undergraduate academic experience and an opportunity to earn both a BSSW and an MSSW degree in five years. Honors students who satisfactorily complete all requirements for the Honors program and BSSW degree are eligible to apply for conditional admission into the Advanced Standing MSSW Program by completing the graduate application. Conditional admission is reserved for only those Honors students who enroll in the Advanced Standing MSSW Program in the summer semester immediately following completion of the BSSW degree and Honors Program. All declared social work majors with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5 are invited to apply for admission to the BSSW Honors Program.

Campus


Knoxville

uTrack Requirements


Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

Term 1


Credit Hours 16


Term 1 Milestone Notes


  • 2.0 cumulative GPA

Term 2


Credit Hours 15


Term 2 Milestone Notes


Term 3


Credit Hours 16


Term 3 Milestone Notes


  • 3.5 cumulative GPA

Term 4


Credit Hours 13-15


Term 4 Milestone Notes


  • 3.5 cumulative GPA

Credit Hours 15


Term 5 Milestone Notes


  • 3.5 cumulative GPA

Term 6


  • 7 Unrestricted Elective or Social Work Elective 3 Credit Hours

Credit Hours 16


Term 6 Milestone Notes


  • 3.5 cumulative GPA

Term 7


  • Any 300-400 level Social Work Elective 3 Credit Hours
  • Any 300-400 level Social Work Elective 3 Credit Hours

Credit Hours 16


Term 7 Milestone Notes


  • 3.5 cumulative GPA

Term 8


  • Any 300-400 level Social Work Elective 3 Credit Hours

Credit Hours 13


Term 8 Milestone Notes


  • 3.5 cumulative GPA
     

Total Credit Hours 120-122


Footnotes


  1. Natural Sciences (NS)  - chosen from the Volunteer Core  list.
  2. Global Citizenship courses - chosen from the Volunteer Core  list.
  3. Arts and Humanities (AH)  - chosen from the Volunteer Core  list.
  4. Expanded Perspectives  - chosen from the Volunteer Core  list.
  5. Any Social Sciences (SS)  course not already required for the major.
  6. Engaged Inquiries (EI)  - chosen from the Volunteer Core  list.
  7. Any unrestricted elective or social work course not already required for the major.

* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .