Social Welfare/Social Work Letter

The Sociology Department offers a letter in Social Welfare/Social Work to students interested in studies leading to graduate work in social work or social policy, or preparation for entry-level employment in social welfare programs or social work agencies upon graduation. Please note that the letter is not an equivalent to certification or licensure.

Please visit the Sociology Undergrauate Office, 712 Thompson Hall to enroll and for additional information if needed. Upon satisfactory completion of the required work, the Chair of the Sociology Department will issue a letter of accomplishment to the student after their graduation.  A copy of this letter will be kept in the Sociology department’s file for two years.

Requirements:
Students must take six from the following social welfare/social work courses: a minimum of three must be in taken in Sociology. Students are encouraged to take at least one course from Political Science and one from Psychology though enrollment in these courses is optional. The Undergraduate Adviser, Christin Glodek, can approve course substitutions.

Sociology Courses   

222 The Family

224 Social Class and Inequality

244 Sociology of Immigration

322 Sociology of Education

328 Introduction to Social Work

340 Race Relations

341 Social Welfare

382 Sociology of Childhood

383 Gender and Society

385 Gender and the Family

387 Sexuality and Society

397K Youth and Social Inequality

392D Social Demography of Sexuality

442 Sociology of Medicine

481 Sociol. of Mental Health

492P Civil Resistance and Social Change  

Political Science Courses

 181 Controversies in Public Policy

214 Urban Governmt. & Politics

220 Public Administration

280 Public Policy

329 Political Psychology

365 Bill of Rights/ Equal Protection

380 Social Welfare Policy

385 Comparative Public Policy

394EI US Health Politics and Inequalities

395S History of U.S. Social Policy: Politics of Gender, Race, and Class

Psychology Courses

305 Educational Psychology 

 350 Developmental Psychology

355 Adolescent Psychology

360 Social Psychology

365 Psychology of Aging

370 Personality

380 Abnormal Psychology

391SS Prejudice and Intergroup Relations

391ZZ Psychology of the Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Experience

480 Intellectual Disbility: Concepts and Controversies

491D Impact of Disability on Families


Contact the Undergraduate Program Office Manager, Juliet Carvajal, (545-4059, Thompson 712, carvajal@soc.umass.edu) to formally sign-up for the Letter.