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Health Services Option |
120 credits | ||||||||||
The Option is for students interested in working in health care settings including hospitals, hospices, medical clinics, family planning clinics, neighborhood clinics, managed care, nursing homes, and health care organizations. These settings fall under public, private-nonprofit, and for-profit auspices. A diversity of social services are provided in these settings such as, maternal and child health services, hospital discharge planning, hospice care, HIV/AIDS counseling and support, and a wide range of support groups related to specific diseases. |
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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 4000 | Social Work Research Methods | 3 | |||||||||
| SW 4450 | Social Work Practicum: Health Services | 12 | |||||||||
| SW 4550 | Social Work Seminar (WRCO) | 3 | |||||||||
| Group A - complete one of the following: | 3 | ||||||||||
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| CS 1100 | Introduction to Computers (TECO) | 3 | |||||||||
| PS 2010 | Introduction to General Psychology | 3 | |||||||||
| SO 2220 | Foundations of Sociology (DICO) | 3 | |||||||||
| Health Services Elective - complete one of the following: | 3 | ||||||||||
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| 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 | 23-21 | ||||||||||
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 2009-2010 Catalog.
Social Work Department. Mary Taylor House. MSC 57. (603) 535-2703. cgagne@plymouth.edu
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