The Department of Social Work has an number of exciting community-based partnership programs including:

Title IV-E Stipend Program

The Bachelor in Social Work student intern program is a partnership between the State of Alaska, the Office of Children’s Services and the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Social Work. This program provides placements for social work students in Child Protective Offices around the state, assists students with a monthly stipend, and provides a full time supervisor to work with the students in their practicum setting. For more information about UAF’s Title IV-E partnership click the pamphlet link below, or contact the intern supervisor at kimberly.husby@alaska.gov .

IV-E Stipend Program Brochure

Minor with Specialization in Gerontology

Students wishing to focus on understanding the aging process from a social work perspective and working with older adults may specialize in gerontology. Majors will take SWK 342--Human Behavior in the Social Environment II, SWK 370--Social Work and The Aging Society, and an approved elective with gerontology content. Students minoring in social work can choose either the general social work minor or a social work minor with a specialization in gerontology.

1.    Complete the following:
            SWK 103--Introduction to Social Work--3 credits
            SWK 220--Ethics, Values and Social Work Practice--3 credits
            SWK 342--Human Behavior in the Social Environment II--3 credits
            SWK 370--Social Work and the Aging Society--3 credits
2.    Choose one course from the list of courses with aging content:
            ANS 401--Cultural Knowledge of Native Elders--3 credits
            ANTH 315--Human Biology--3 credits
            ANTH 317--Human Growth and Development--3 credits
            COMM 462--Communication in Health Contexts--3 credits
            SOC 310-- Sociology of Aging--3 credits
3.    Minimum credits required--15 credits

This minor with a specialization in gerontology grew out of the partnership UAF established with the Alaska Geriatric Education Center (AKGEC) consortium in 2003 with a grant from the Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Deaprtment of Health and Human Services. The Northern Region Geriatric Education Center is the AKGEC program for the UAF campus and Interior Alaska. The shared purpose is to prepare present and future health care professionals to serve Alaska's growing elderly population, including those who live in remote and underserved urban areas, through continuing education training opportunities, classroom, practical and distance/telehealth education.