BS Social Work at Stony Brook University

Programme overview

As social workers you will be on the front lines of advocacy for social and economic justice. You can choose to be active in a venue ranging from a local neighborhood to global resettlement, and to work with any conceivable population from infants in early intervention programs all the way up through hospice. You can choose to combine roles as clinicians, researchers, policy wonks, administrators, advocates, and community organizers.

Faculty: School of Social Welfare | Department: School of Social Welfare | Study mode: full-time | Location: Stony Brook, NY, United States

What you will study

Areas of study: Human Behavior, Practicum Education, Research, Practice Processes. Sample courses: Fields of Practice, Contemporary Social Justice, Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Social Welfare Policy, Services & Analysis, Research in Social Work.

Career pathways

Career options include Schools & Universities, Hospitals & Clinics, Counseling Practices & Agencies, Community Centers, Youth Organizations & Library, Advocacy & Policy Organizing Programs.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission applies to the major at college/university level (Stony Brook University undergraduate admission). Applicants must have completed 60 credits with a minimum of a 2.5 cumulative grade point average, as well as having met general University requirements with a C or above. Applications are accepted for the Fall semester only.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

First-year entry terms: Fall 2027 and Spring 2027. Transfer entry terms: Fall 2027 and Spring 2027.

First-year: Spring 2027 entry deadline November 1; Fall 2027 Early Action deadline November 1; Fall 2027 Regular Decision deadline January 15 (completion deadlines: all required materials must be received by the date). The application fee is $50. Apply through the Common App, SUNY App or Coalition application. SAT/ACT scores are optional (test optional); SAT code 2548, ACT code 2952.

Transfer: Spring 2027 deadline November 1; Fall 2027 deadline May 1. The application fee is $50 (waived for up to four college choices for SUNY or CUNY two-year college graduates). Apply through the Common App or SUNY App. SAT/ACT scores are optional. Fall decisions begin mid-February; Spring decisions begin mid-November.

Apply through the official page: https://www.stonybrook.edu/undergraduate-admissions/apply/

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