SOWK at Loyola University Chicago

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 305Life Span Development, Human Behavior, Trauma, & Theoryopens 1 course (1 directly)
• SOWK 503Practice Skills with Individuals and Familiesopens 1 course (1 directly)
• SOWK 805Research Practicum Iopens 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 57 SOWK and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 37 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.

• 3 courses deep, ending at SOWK 390

  1. SOWK 200Introduction to Social Work
  2. SOWK 305Life Span Development, Human Behavior, Trauma, & Theory
  3. SOWK 390Research and Evaluation in Social Work Practice

• 3 courses deep, ending at SOWK 689

  1. SOWK 501Assessment of Client Concerns in Context
  2. SOWK 503Practice Skills with Individuals and Families
  3. SOWK 689Arts-Based and Experiential Approaches to Social Work

• 3 courses deep, ending at SOWK 806

  1. SOWK 800Statistics
  2. SOWK 805Research Practicum I
  3. SOWK 806Research Practicum II

• 2 courses deep, ending at SOWK 602

  1. SOWK 500Life Span Development, Human Behavior, Trauma, & Theory
  2. SOWK 602Health and Behavioral Health Policy and Systems

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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