SSW at University of Iowa

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate SSW coursework.

• SSW 3840Human Behavior in the Social Environmentopens 7 courses (7 directly)
• SSW 3847Discrimination, Oppression, and Diversityopens 7 courses (7 directly)
• SSW 6700Generalist Practicum in Social Workopens 6 courses (6 directly)
• SSW 6701Generalist Practice Seminaropens 6 courses (6 directly)
• SSW 3844Introduction to Social Work Researchopens 5 courses (5 directly)
• SSW 3845Social Work Processesopens 5 courses (5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate SSW work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 39 SSW and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 49 more SSW courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in SSW. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at SSW 4189

  1. PSY 1001Elementary Psychology
  2. SSW 3840Human Behavior in the Social Environment
  3. SSW 3844Introduction to Social Work Research
  4. SSW 3841Fundamentals of Social Work Practice
  5. SSW 4189Bachelor of Arts Generalist Practicum Seminar

• 4 courses deep, ending at SSW 7320

  1. SSW 6300Theory and Skills for Working With Individuals and Families
  2. SSW 6700Generalist Practicum in Social Work
  3. SSW 7310Clinical Practice I: Treatment Planning and Intervention

• 4 courses deep, ending at SSW 7420

  1. SSW 6100Thinking Like a Social Worker
  2. SSW 6500Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice I
  3. SSW 7500Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice II

• 2 courses deep, ending at SSW 7550

  1. SSW 6400Theory and Skills for Working With Organizations and Communities
  2. SSW 7550Program and Practice Evaluation

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for SSW yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under SSW yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

SSW does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Iowa campus feed.