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SW 424 - Introduction to Social Work
Credits:
4.00
The role of social work within agency structures.
Programs, policies, social work services studied in
historical perspective; their auspices, goals, and
operations for consumers from various ethnic, racial, and
social groups. 40 hour/semester observational/participatory
assignment at community agencies required.
SW 444 - You've Got Your Troubles, I've Got Mine
Credits:
4.00
A seminar for traditional first- or second-year students.
Examines the many personal losses typical for students
leaving home for the first time. Guest speakers from
various disciplines (e.g., social work, therapeutic
recreation, nursing, family studies). The various ways one
may find and give informal support to others dealing with
loss are explored. In addition, the personal responses
allowing one to better cope with adversity and ways of
expressing grief are explored. Group work brings the class
together as an informal support network. Students exchange
ideas in techniques used to deal with personal loss and
develop an informal support network to use after the course
has ended.
SW 525 - Introduction to Social Welfare Policy
Credits:
4.00
An overview of the history and current status of social
welfare policy in the United States. Consideration of the
origins, development, and analysis of significant policies,
values, attitudes and other issues related to the social
welfare system and the delivery of service. Focus on policy
analysis from a social and economic justice perspective.
Writing intensive.
SW 550 - Human Behavior and Social Environment I
Credits:
4.00
Introduces human behavior and development as it influences
and is influenced by multiple factors in the social
environment, including individual genetic and biological
composition, race, gender, age, socioeconomic status,
ethnicity, geographic location, physical appearance, and
ability. How these factors operate throughout the life
cycle. Provides a knowledge base and perspective to
understand a client's behavior, attitude, and values in
relation to the attitudes and values of the social work
professional and the larger society.
SW 551 - Human Behavior and Social Environment II
Credits:
4.00
Continuation of 550. Agents of socialization that most
significantly affect family, group, and organizational
development and behavior within an ecosystems framework.
Particular attention to the influence of class, gender,
race, ethnicity, religion, age, sexual orientation, and
other aspects of diversity on development and behavior.
Prereq: SW 550.
SW 601 - Research Methods in Social Work
Credits:
4.00
Introduces students to practitioner-researcher role in
social work. Critical evaluation of, and introduction to
research including project design, survey and evaluative
methodologies. Introduction to statistics used in research
process. Each student completes an individual research
project. Cannot be taken for credit after SOC 601 or PSYC
502. Prereq: SW 524 and junior or senior standing or
permission.
SW 622 - Social Work Practice I
Credits:
4.00
Introduces methods and practice. Basic principles, values,
and ethics, interviewing skills, problem assessment,
social contracting. Skills training in lab sessions. Should
be taken in junior year. Prereq: SW 524 or permission.
Writing intensive.
SW 623 - Social Work Practice II
Credits:
4.00
Continuation of SW 622. Delineation and study of
intervention and change strategies differentiated with
individuals, groups, and communities. Prereq: SW 622.
Special fee. Writing intensive.
SW 640 - Social Welfare Field Experience I
Credits:
5.00
Majors are placed in a social welfare setting for a
minimum of 225 hours; individual arrangements with faculty
coordinator. Prereq; SW 622 and permission. Coreq; SW 640A.
Special fee. (No credit toward a minor.) Cr/F.
Co-requisites:
SW 640A
SW 640A - Social Welfare Field Experience I: Seminar
Credits:
3.00
On-campus seminar for all seniors in field work. Emphasis
on processing field experiences and achieving competency
in skills of completing an interview and assessment within
ethical boundaries of the profession. Must have senior
status. No credit toward minor. Prereq: SW 622. Writing
intensive.
Co-requisites:
SW 640
SW 641 - Social Welfare Field Experience II
Credits:
5.00
A continuation of SW 640 with a minimum of 225 hours.
Prereq: SW 640 and permission. Coreq: SW 641A. (No credit
toward a minor.) Cr/F.
Co-requisites:
SW 641A
SW 641A - Social Welfare Field Experience II: Seminar
Credits:
3.00
Continuation of 640A. Emphasis on intervention and
termination skills, self awareness, and moving into the
professional world. Must have senior status. No credit for
minor. Prereq: SW 640 and 640A. Writing intensive.
Co-requisites:
SW 641
SW 697 - Special Topics in Social Welfare
Credits:
4.00
Seminar for advanced majors. Topics may include: A)
Alcohol and Alcoholism, B) Drugs and Chemical Dependency,
C) Income Maintenance, D) Health Care, E) Child Welfare, F)
Aging, G) Mental Health, or H) Developmental Disabilities.
May be repeated for different topics. Prereq: permission.
SW 701 - Women and Aging
Credits:
4.00
Analysis of the major theories about social conditioning
of aging women and its effects in contemporary society.
Human service response. psychosocial, biological, legal,
and economic implications. Prereq: senior status or
permission.
SW 705 - Child Welfare: Policies, Programs, and Practice
Credits:
4.00
Examination of the major policy and program questions of
child welfare with a focus on child care and protection,
adoption and foster care, juvenile delinquency, service
delivery, and concepts of treatment in public and private
programs. Prereq: senior status or permission.
SW #710 - Computer Utilization in Social Work
Credits:
4.00
Provides students with a basic understanding of
computerization and its application in social work.
Computer literacy is seen as a requirement for effective
practice of social work in the 21st century. Prereq: senior
status or permission.
SW 711 - Social Work and Mental Illness
Credits:
4.00
An overview of the public mental health system focusing on
people affected by severe and persistent mental illness.
Reviews the current service system and its history; major
mental illness, psychosocial rehabilitation, and treatment;
and community support systems. Prereq: Senior status or
permission.
SW 712 - Social Work and Developmental Disabilities
Credits:
4.00
Analysis of the complex social contexts of people with
developmental disabilities. Explores and questions
traditional approaches and the current system. Examines
family and community services and resources. Prereq: Senior
status or permission. Special fee.
SW 715 - Practice with Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Clients
Credits:
4.00
Sexual minorities constitute the minority group social
workers most consistently encounter wherever they work.
Addresses practice with gay, lesbian, and bisexual people
on both professional and personal levels for the social
worker. The readings include theoretical, experimental,
clinical, counseling, and personal perspectives, as well as
providing an introduction to the gay/lesbian/bisexual
subculture. A unit on gender minorities is included.
Students are also required to explore and examine their own
attitudes and assumptions about gays, lesbians, bisexuals,
and gender minorities. Senior status only. (Also offered as
SW 815.)
SW 785 - Study Abroad: Comparative Social Welfare Systems
Credits:
4.00
Students in this course examine the historical development
of social welfare in another country including an analysis
of the underlying values and attitudes that dictate
practice and policy decisions. The course includes agency
site visits, lectures, themed readings and visits to
important cultural sites. Prereq: SW 424, SW 525. Special
fee. Cr/F.
SW 795 - Independent Study in Social Service
Credits:
1.00 to 6.00
Independent work under department faculty guidance.
Enrollment by permission only through arrangement with
specific faculty. May be repeated with a different focus to
maximum of 8 credits. Prereq: 12 hours social service
coursework; permission. Cr/F. Special fee.
SW 796 - Independent Study: Teaching Assistantship
Credits:
1.00 to 6.00
Participating students provide leadership and supervision
for small groups of social work majors in social work
practice simulations. Student teaching assistants work
closely with, and under the direction of, department
faculty. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 credits. Prereq:
senior status; 16 hours in social work; and permission. Cr/F
SW 797H - Honors Thesis
Credits:
2.00 to 4.00
Working with an assigned faculty adviser, students propose
and develop a thesis project for both oral and written
presentation before the end of the semester. Prereq for
797H: admission to the SW honors program; permission.
Prereq for 798H: satisfactory completion of 797H;
permission. 6 credit maximum for both semesters.
SW 798H - Honors Thesis
Credits:
2.00 to 4.00
Working with an assigned faculty adviser, students propose
and develop a thesis project for both oral and written
presentation before the end of the semester. Prereq for
797H: admission to the SW honors program; permission.
Prereq for 798H: satisfactory completion of 797H;
permission. 6 credit maximum for both semesters.