Aging Services Option |
120 credits | ||||||||||
This Option is for students interested in working in the rapidly growing field of aging. State departments of aging, area agencies on aging, family service agencies, hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, and retirement and assisted living communities provide social work services for older adults. These services include long-term care, recreation and quality of life activities, death and dying counseling, adult daycare, nutrition services, housing services, adult foster care, case management, mental health services, and adult protection against elder abuse. The Department has a student award for Social Work with Older People, initiated by its Geriatric Enrichment in Social Work Education Project funded by the Hartford Foundation and CSWE. Students can obtain additional information from the Department’s homepage or administrative assistant. |
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Degree Requirements |
Credits |
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| Courses required for the Option are shown in boldface. | |||||||||||
| SW 2200 | Introduction to Social Work | 4 | |||||||||
| SW 2500 | Human Biology for Social Workers and the Social Sciences | 3 | |||||||||
| SW 3050 | Perspectives on Aging (WECO) | 3 | |||||||||
| SW 3340 | Human Behavior and the Social Environment I | 3 | |||||||||
| SW 3350 | Human Behavior and the Social Environment II | 3 | |||||||||
| SW 3450 | Social Welfare Policy and Services | 3 | |||||||||
| SW 3500 | Health and Society (GACO) (WECO) | 3 | |||||||||
| SW 3510 | Theory and Practice of Social Work Intervention I | 3 | |||||||||
| SW 3520 | Theory and Practice of Social Work Intervention II | 3 | |||||||||
| SW 3530 | Theory and Practice of Social Work Intervention III | 3 | |||||||||
| SW 4020 | Social Work Research Methods (TECO) | 3 | |||||||||
| SW 4460 | Social Work Practicum: Aging Services | 12 | |||||||||
| SW 4550 | Social Work Seminar (WRCO) | 3 | |||||||||
| Children and Families Elective - complete one of the following: | 3 | ||||||||||
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| PS 2010 | Introduction to General Psychology | 3 | |||||||||
| PS 3560 | Adulthood and Aging | 3 | |||||||||
| SO 2220 | Foundations of Sociology (DICO) | 3 | |||||||||
| Quantitative Reasoning in the Discipline Connection - complete one of the following: | 3 | ||||||||||
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| General Education: | |||||||||||
| EN 1200 | Composition | 3 | |||||||||
| IS 1111 | The First Year Seminar: Critical Thinking and the Nature of Inquiry | 3 | |||||||||
| MA | Mathematics Foundations | 3 | |||||||||
| CTDI | Creative Thought Directions | 6 | |||||||||
| PPDI | Past and Present Directions | 6 | |||||||||
| SIDI | Scientific Inquiry Directions | 6-8 | |||||||||
| INCO | Integration Connection | 3 | |||||||||
| Electives | 26-24 | ||||||||||
SW 4550 requires a minimum grade of C in the required Social Work (SW) foundation courses and a minimum major grade point average of 2.50 (all courses required for the major). |
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*All course information is from the 2012-2013 Catalog.
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