Health Professions

See also:

Pre-Medical Social Work

Essential Courses

Course # Title Credit Hours Prerequisites
BI 190 Human Biology (offered during even years) 3 None
SO 101 Introduction to Sociology 3 None
OR      
AN 151 Introduction to Anthropology 3 None
SO 203 Minority Experience 3 SO 101 or AN 151
OR      
AN 234 Constructing Race and Ethnicity 3 AN 151 or AN254
SW 221 The Life Cycle 3 SO 101 or PY 101
PY 101 Introduction to Psychology 3 None
ND.SS 214 Statistics for Social Science 4 None
ND.SS 215 Social Science Research Methods 4 ND.SS 214
SW 231 Social Problems & Social Welfare 3 SO 101
SW 333 Social Welfare Policy & Services 3 SW 231 & ND.SS 215
SW 230 Introduction to Social Work Practice 4 SO 101 & SW 231
SW 330 Social Work Practice: Individual, Family & Small Groups Laboratory 2 SW 230; corequisite SW 331
SW 331 Social Work Practice: Individual, Family & Small Groups 4 SW 230; corequisite SW330
SW 332 Social Work Practice: Large Groups, Organizations & Communities 4 SW 230
SW 490 Social Work: Professional Semester 12 corequisite SW 495
SW 495 Social Work: Professional Semester Research Semester 3 corequisite SW 490

Important Notes:

  1. Students who are interested in a health related profession, who desire to work in the human service field in a helping capacity and who want to work directly with patients, families and other health care professionals should consider a POE in Social Work with a focus on Medical Social Work.
  2. The Social Work POE is constructed under the guidelines established by the Council on Social Work Education. Students seeking the Bachelor of Social Work Credential (BSW) from Juniata College must complete all the requirements of that POE.
  3. Students interested in a Program of Emphasis in Social Work with a focus on Medical Social Work must choose 9 additional elective credits that complement the focus on Medical Social Work in consultation with their Program Advisor. Recommended Courses include, but are not limited to SO 242, Aging and Society; SO 243, Death and Dying, JS 244, Drugs and Society; and PL 235, Ethics of Health Care.
  4. The student must complete the 12 credit Social Work Professional Semester and the 3 credit Professional Semester Research Seminar in the senior year in a program approved setting related to Medical Social Work, which is arranged in consultation with the student’s social work advisor. Examples of such settings include community hospitals and emergency services, rehabilitation hospitals, nursing homes, community and home nursing agencies, hospice programs, behavioral health outpatient and inpatient treatment programs, drug and alcohol outpatient and inpatient treatment facilities and community based health education and outreach programs.
  5. Students with a POE in Social Work with a focus on Medical Social Work must have either Professor Susan Radis or Professor Bob Reilly as their program advisor.

Helpful website: Juniata College Sociology Department - http://departments.juniata.edu/sociology/