NonAdmit

Courses for Non-Admitted Students

We are pleased to offer two MSW-level social work elective courses in Fall term 2011 to non‐admitted students:

• SW 510 Sec 005: Improving Youth Transitions (CRN: 14931)
• SW 554 Sec 002: Social Work and Health Care (CRN: 15591)

*We may add at least one other class to this list as the term approaches. Please check this site regularly for details.*

PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE COURSES ARE ADVANCED ELECTIVES, WITH PREREQUISITES, IN OUR MSW CURRICULUM. As described below, you must obtain permission from the instructor to enroll. Each instructor is likely to inquire about your previous experience and/or coursework to determine if you have knowledge and skills that are roughly equivalent to the prerequisites, if applicable, or other course requirements.

If you are considering applying to the MSW program and might wish to transfer in credits for one of these courses, keep in mind that you will not be able to count a course as an advanced elective. Instead, it can only count as a “free elective.”

Questions About Transfer Credit? Jim Nash, or Janet Putnam 

How to Register

• If you are not admitted to Portland State University you need to complete a Non-Degree Entry Application prior to registering for our elective course(s). 
• You will also need to print a special registration form

Before completing the forms, contact the respective professor(s) for permission to add the class as a non‐admitted student. After you have obtained permission take your completed special registration form to the first class session and ask the professor to initial the form in the far right section under ‘Override All’. Then take the form to the registration window in Neuberger Hall on PSU’s main campus. You’ll need to turn in you Non-Degree Entry Application form and $25 fee with your registration form. Once the registrars have inputted your information into the computer system your will be billed tuition.

>>Tuition Information

If you have further questions about registering for non‐admit courses in the School of Social Work contact Nick Miller.

Course Details

SW 554: Social Work and Health Care (Register for CRN 15591; section 002)

Instructor: Lori Eckel

This course presents an overview of the functions that social workers perform in health care settings. The physiological, cultural and psychosocial components of illness conditions are considered along with theoretical aspects of practice. Social work’s role on multidisciplinary teams as well as various aspects of group work interventions are considered. Exploration of ethical dilemmas, which arise in health care, is provided.

SW 510 Sec 005: Improving Youth Transitions (Register for CRN: 14931; section 005)

Instructor: Pauline Jivanjee

This advanced practice course prepares students to provide direct services to youth and young adults (14 – 30) with serious mental health conditions across service delivery systems. Using a social justice lens and building on basic knowledge of human development, the course will be co-taught by a faculty instructor, a young person, and a family member. Students will engage in a community based project to improve services as part of the course requirements.