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Mental Health Services Option |
120 credits | ||||||||||
This Option is for students interested in working in mental health care settings including community mental health centers, child and family service agencies, psychiatric facilities and hospitals, and employee-assistance programs. Mental health social workers frequently work as part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes psychiatry, psychology, and nursing. |
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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 3300 | Mental Health and Society (GACO) | 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 4470 | Social Work Practicum: Mental 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 | |||||||||
| PS 4330 | Community Mental Health | 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 | 20-18 | ||||||||||
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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