Social Work - Minor
About This Minor
Utah State University’s Social Work Minor equips students with essential social work knowledge and skills and prepares them for the Social Service Worker (SSW) licensure.
Rooted in generalist practice and the land-grant tradition, the program offers a solid foundation in social work practice, including critical thinking, values and ethics, diversity, professional use of self, and communication and interpersonal skills.
Students will be empowered to drive meaningful social change for individuals, groups, communities, and society. Students must complete 18 credits and must maintain a minimum 2.75 GPA for completion. Unless otherwise noted, all courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.
ADVISING
At a Glance
College: College of Arts & Sciences
Department: Social Work Department
USU Locations:
- Logan campus
- Statewide campuses
- USU Online
Program Requirements
USU Locations
*This degree is available at various USU locations.
- Beaver
- Bicknell
- Blanding
- Brigham City
- Castle Dale
- Cedar City
- Delta
- Ephraim
- Heber City
- Junction
- Kanab
- Kaysville
- Moab
- Montezuma Creek
- Monticello
- Monument Valley
- Nephi
- Orem
- Panguitch
- Park City
- Price (USU Eastern)
- Richfield
- Roosevelt (Uintah Basin)
- Salt Lake
- St George
- Tooele
- Tremonton
- Vernal (Uintah Basin)
- Wendover
**This degree is 100% available online. USU is a SARA-approved institution offering fully online programs nationwide; please visit USU's state authorizations for details.
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