Navigate Left
  • Created by Ariana Powell on Aug. 28.

    Arts & Entertainment

    What’s new at Chico State

  • Con Café: Jerry

    Arts & Entertainment

    Con Café: Jerry

  • Students attend the walkout and stand together. One holds a sign that reads, 32 days 10,000 deaths this is genocide not war.

    News

    Muslim students face harassment at Chico High: Walkout for cease-fire

  • A SWAT team arrives on the property with the suspect inside the house.

    News

    Chico Police Department and SWAT team respond to a burglary on Eighth St.

  • Surviving the holidays with disordered eating

    Opinion

    Surviving the holidays with disordered eating

Navigate Right
Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

Bachelor of Social Work applying for impaction status

Dr.+Vincent+Ornelas+smiles+at+the+door+of+his+office.+Photo+credit%3A+Nicholas+Feeley
Dr. Vincent Ornelas smiles at the door of his office. Photo credit: Nicholas Feeley

The Bachelor of Social Work is seeking to limit the number of students who will be accepted into the major after several semesters of overpopulation and reduced resources.

In the 2014-2015 school year the program was operating 35 percent over capacity. In the 2017-2018 school year the major will be operating 60 percent over capacity.

Starting in the 2018-2019 academic year, the School of Social Work will be using a more rigorous method of criteria when reviewing applications and accepting a fewer number of undergraduates. One criteria to take place will be a GPA review.

BSW Impaction graph.jpg
This graph shows number of enrolled students in the BSW program and the capacity for each given school year. Photo credit: Nicholas Feeley

Students currently enrolled students will be not affected by the changes, said Vincent Ornelas, Bachelor of Social Work director.

Ornelas said he is working to make sure the transition goes smoothly.

BSW program professor, Pamela Johansen spoke out about the pros and cons of the program applying for impaction status.

“We will be able to get to know students again,” Johansen said.

“I think it will be a whole lot better, I have been here for 30 years and I was an undergraduate here in the ’70s,” Johansen said. The hardest part of the change that comes with impaction will be having to turn away students who apply in the future, according to Johansen.

Nicholas Feeley can be reached at [email protected] or @theorion_news on Twitter.

Leave a Comment
More to Discover

Comments (0)

All The Orion Picks Reader Picks Sort: Newest

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *