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Social Work

Overview

Official Name of Program

Social Work

Plan Code

SWK-BA

Department(s) Sponsoring Program

Career

Undergraduate

Degree Designation

BA - Bachelor of Arts

HEGIS Code

2104.00

NYSED Program Code

82477 - SWK-BA

CIP Code

44.0701

Requirements

All Lehman College students must complete Writing Intensive (WI) courses, which are offered in General Education, major, minor, and elective areas. Students may find these classes by looking for the attribute “Writing Intensive” when scheduling their classes in Schedule Builder.

The number of Writing Intensive course requirements varies by status:

  • Entering freshmen and students with fewer than 30 transfer credits must complete four WI courses at Lehman.

  • Students with 30 to 59 transfer credits must complete three WI courses at Lehman.

  • Students with an associate degree or 60 or more credits must complete two WI courses at Lehman.

50
2026 Spring Term -
3
Requirements
  • --
  • undefined (Course Set)(3 cr)
  • --
  • --
  • --
50
2026 Spring Term -
6
Requirements
  • --
  • undefined (Course Set)(3 cr)
  • undefined (Course Set)(3 cr)
  • --
  • --
50
2026 Spring Term -
12
Requirements
  • undefined (Course Set)(3 cr)

    Notes: Notes: Students are required to take two foreign language courses in the same language. Only students who transfer into Lehman with an associate's degree are exempt from the Foreign Language Requirement. Students who continue in a foreign language previously studied in high school or college or completes one semester of a foreign language at the intermediate level or above, kindly contact the Languages and Literatures department for proper placement.

  • undefined (Course Set)(3 cr)
  • ENW Any 300-level course(3 cr)
  • --
  • undefined (Course Set)(3 cr)
50
2026 Spring Term -
9
Requirements
  • undefined (Course Set)(3 cr)

    Notes: Notes: Students are required to take two foreign language courses in the same language. Only students who transfer into Lehman with an associate's degree are exempt from the Foreign Language Requirement. Students who continue in a foreign language previously studied in high school or college or completes one semester of a foreign language at the intermediate level or above, kindly contact the Languages and Literatures department for proper placement.

  • undefined (Course Set)(3 cr)

    Notes: No more than two courses from the same discipline may be used to satisfy the Distribution Requirement.

  • --
  • --
  • Elective(3 cr)
50
2026 Spring Term -
3
Requirements
  • --
    OR
    --
    OR
    --
    OR
    --
  • --
  • --
  • --
  • Any 300 level Sociology Course Above 303 or Social Work course above 312 (3 cr)
50
2026 Spring Term -
3
Requirements
  • --
    OR
    --
    OR
    --
    OR
    --
  • --
  • --
  • --
  • --
50
2026 Spring Term -
6
Requirements
  • --
  • --
  • --
  • Minor or Certificate Course I(3 cr)
  • Minor or Certificate Course II(3 cr)
50
2026 Spring Term -
8
Requirements
  • --
  • --
  • Elective(2 cr)
  • Minor or Certificate Course III(3 cr)
  • Minor or Certificate Course IV(3 cr)

All Lehman College students must complete Writing Intensive (WI) courses, which are offered in General Education, major, minor, and elective areas. Students may find these classes by looking for the attribute “Writing Intensive” when scheduling their classes in Schedule Builder.

The number of Writing Intensive course requirements varies by status:

  • Entering freshmen and students with fewer than 30 transfer credits must complete four WI courses at Lehman.

  • Students with 30 to 59 transfer credits must complete three WI courses at Lehman.

  • Students with an associate degree or 60 or more credits must complete two WI courses at Lehman.

53
2026 Spring Term -
3
Requirements
  • --
  • undefined (Course Set)(3 cr)
  • --
  • --
  • --
53
2026 Spring Term -
6
Requirements
  • --
  • undefined (Course Set)(3 cr)
  • undefined (Course Set)(3 cr)
  • --
  • --
53
2026 Spring Term -
12
Requirements
  • undefined (Course Set)(3 cr)

    Notes: Notes: Students are required to take two foreign language courses in the same language. Only students who transfer into Lehman with an associate's degree are exempt from the Foreign Language Requirement. Students who continue in a foreign language previously studied in high school or college or completes one semester of a foreign language at the intermediate level or above, kindly contact the Languages and Literatures department for proper placement.

  • undefined (Course Set)(3 cr)
  • ENW Any 300-level course(3 cr)
  • --
  • undefined (Course Set)(3 cr)
53
2026 Spring Term -
9
Requirements
  • undefined (Course Set)(3 cr)

    Notes: Notes: Students are required to take two foreign language courses in the same language. Only students who transfer into Lehman with an associate's degree are exempt from the Foreign Language Requirement. Students who continue in a foreign language previously studied in high school or college or completes one semester of a foreign language at the intermediate level or above, kindly contact the Languages and Literatures department for proper placement.

  • undefined (Course Set)(3 cr)

    Notes: No more than two courses from the same discipline may be used to satisfy the Distribution Requirement.

  • --
  • --
  • Elective(3 cr)
53
2026 Spring Term -
6
Requirements
  • --
    OR
    --
    OR
    --
    OR
    --
  • Elective(3 cr)
  • --
  • --
  • Any 300 level Sociology Course Above 303 or Social Work course above 312 (3 cr)
53
2026 Spring Term -
3
Requirements
  • --
    OR
    --
    OR
    --
    OR
    --
  • --
  • --
  • --
  • Elective(3 cr)
53
2026 Spring Term -
6
Requirements
  • --
  • --
  • --
  • Minor or Certificate Course I(3 cr)
  • Minor or Certificate Course II(3 cr)
53
2026 Spring Term -
8
Requirements
  • --
  • --
  • Elective(2 cr)
  • Minor or Certificate Course III(3 cr)
  • Minor or Certificate Course IV(3 cr)