SOWK at James Madison University

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 SOWK coursework.

• SOWK 305Social Work Research Methodsopens 7 courses (4 directly)
• SOWK 335Social Policyopens 7 courses (4 directly)
• SOWK 465Social Work Practice in Mezzo Systemsopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• SOWK 493Professional Forum I: Preparation for Fieldopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• SOWK 481Social Work Field Practicum Iopens 1 course (1 directly)
• SOWK 494Professional Forum II: Transition to Professional Practiceopens 1 course (1 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 SOWK 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 26 SOWK and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 19 more SOWK courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on SOWK, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 5 courses deep, ending at SOWK 482

  1. MATH 220Elementary Statistics [C3QR]
  2. SOWK 305Social Work Research Methods
  3. SOWK 465Social Work Practice in Mezzo Systems
  4. SOWK 481Social Work Field Practicum I
  5. SOWK 482Social Work Field Practicum II

• 2 courses deep, ending at SOWK 317

  1. SOWK 287Introduction to Social Work
  2. SOWK 317Skills for Generalist Social Work

• 2 courses deep, ending at SOWK 320

  1. AAAD 200Introduction to African, African American and Diaspora Studies [C4GE]
  2. SOWK 320Human Behavior in the Social Environment

• 2 courses deep, ending at SOWK 335

  1. POSC 225U.S. Government [C4AE]
  2. SOWK 335Social Policy

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for SOWK yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under SOWK yet.

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Department events

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