Undergraduate Course Catalog 2007-2008
College of Health and Human Services
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Social Work (SW)
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Chairperson: Jerry D. Marx
Associate Professor: Mary Banach, Linda Rene Bergeron, Cynthia Anne Broussard, Robert E. Jolley, Jerry D. Marx, Sharyn J. Zunz
Assistant Professor: Vernon Brooks Carter, Karen R. Oil, Martha H. Ortmann, Anita Tucker, Melissa Wells
Clinical Assistant Professor: Martha A. Byam, Kim Kelsey, Susan A. Lord, Sharon B. Murphy, Lee P. Rush
The Department of Social Work’s undergraduate program offers both a
major and a minor in social work. It is a specialized degree that
prepares graduates for generalist social work practice with a solid
foundation in the knowledge, skills, and value base of social work and
the liberal arts. Social work graduates apply their education in
working with individuals, groups, and social systems. In addition, the
program prepares qualified students to pursue graduate education in
schools of social work and other graduate programs in human services.
The baccalaureate program at the University of New Hampshire is
accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and must meet
rigorous academic standards to retain this accreditation. Social work
majors pursue a program that encompasses the professional social work
foundation of social welfare policy, social work practice, human
behavior in the social environment, research, and field education.
Course content on values and ethics, populations-at-risk, human
diversity, and social and economic justice is integrated throughout the
curriculum.
To enable students to gain direct experience and to integrate classroom
content with the demands of professional social work practice, students
complete an introductory-year service learning experience as well as a
450-hour social work internship over two semesters during the senior
year. The senior field placement is a “capstone” experience in the
final year of the baccalaureate program and is arranged between the
student and the field education coordinator. Students are required to
pay a liability insurance fee for their off-campus field education
experience.
Social work majors earn a B.S. degree in social work. Graduates are eligible for practice in a variety of
social work settings throughout the United States and full membership
in the National Association of Social Workers. In addition, qualified
graduates may be eligible for advanced standing in M.S.W. programs
which offer advanced standing.
Academic Program
Social work majors are required to take SW 424, 525, 550, 551, 601,
622, 623, 625, 640, 640A, 641, 641A. In addition, students are expected
to successfully complete four courses taken from the disciplines of
anthropology/sociology, human biology, philosophy, and psychology. Many
of these may also fulfill general education requirements. Students
wishing to minor in social work are required to take SW 424, SW 525 and
any three other courses offered by the department, excluding SW 640,
641. Students interested in either a major or minor in social work
should consult with the undergraduate program coordinator, Martha Byam,
Pettee Hall, Room 231, (603) 862-1077.