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19:910:500Social Work Practice I (3) First of two required foundation practice courses based on a generalist social work practice perspective. A problem-solving model of practice applicable to work with systems of all sizes including individuals, families, small groups, organizations, and communities. Corequisite: 19:910:508. |
19:910:501Social Work Practice II (3) Second of two foundation practice courses based on generalist social work perspective. Continues use of a problem-solving model for work with systems of all sizes, and implications for at-risk groups. Prerequisite: 19:910:500. Corequisite: 19:910:509. |
19:910:502Human Behavior and the Social Environment I (3) Theories, themes, and issues concerning the ongoing interaction between people as they grow, change, and develop over the life course and the social context in which this occurs. Particular attention to assumptions about human behavior that may interfere with recognition of diversity in the ongoing interaction between individual, family, and group identity; social context; and social life. Highlights values and ethical issues related to biopsychosocial development. |
19:910:503Human Behavior and the Social Environment II (3) Theories and knowledge of action groups, organizations, and communities as the context for micro- and macrosocial practice. Ways in which systems promote or deter people in the maintenance or attainment of optimal health and well-being. Evaluation and application of theory to client situations to understand how macrosystems affect client benefit. Prerequisite: 19:910:502. |
19:910:504Social Welfare Policy and Services I (3) History, philosophy, and development of social welfare as an essential institution in the United States. Study of the emergence and role of social work, understanding of patterns of current provision, and introduction to analysis of social welfare policies. |
19:910:505Methods of Social Work Research I (3) Introduction to scientific, analytic approach to building knowledge and skills, including role of concepts and theory, hypothesis formulation, operationalization, research design, data collection, data processing, statistical analysis, introductory computer skills, and report writing. |
19:910:506Diversity, Oppression, and the Legal Environment of Social Work (3) Three five-week modules on diversity, oppression, and law. Diversity module introduces the range of diverse populations by gender, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, and physical differences. Oppression module focuses on the role, function, and effects of oppression in society and the impact of oppression as it relates to issues of social and economic justice. Law module examines role of law in health and human services and addresses specific legal concepts such as confidentiality, privacy, and informed consent in the context of practice. |
19:910:507Psychopathology (3) Major forms of emotional distress in adults and children. Classification trends, issues, and models. Introduction to clinical syndromes in terms of diagnostic methodology, research, and social concerns and their implications for at-risk groups. |
19:910:508Field Practicum I (2) Practice social work in agency settings under qualified educational supervision. Includes service to vulnerable and oppressed populations while learning generalist skills. Corequisite: 19:910:500. |
19:910:509Field Practicum II (3) Furthers learning of problem-solving skills and strategies begun in Field Practicum I and prepares students to enter the advanced field curriculum. Corequisite: 19:910:501. |
Advanced Curriculum and Electives
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19:910:511Advanced Direct Practice I (3) Focus on advanced social work clinical and client advocacy skills and techniques at each stage of the helping process and with difficult practice situations as these apply to work with individuals, client groups, couples, and family systems. Case examples drawn particularly from the client populations addressed in the clusters. Prerequisite: Successful completion of professional foundation courses. |
19:910:512Advanced Direct Practice II (3) Validity, relevance, and differential use in practice of various selected psychotherapeutic theories that have influenced social work direct practice with individuals, families, couples, and groups. Ethnic-sensitive and feminist perspectives important critical filters. Continuing concern for the relevance of these theories for people of color, women, and gay and lesbian persons. Prerequisite: 19:910:511. Corequisite: Advanced direct practice and cluster- appropriate field placement. |
19:910:513Advanced Direct Practice with Adolescents (3) Physical, psychological, social, and cultural dimensions of adolescence in today`s culture, with focus on advanced direct practice with typical problems of adolescents. Particular attention paid to high risk groups. Pre- or corequisite: 19:910:511. |
19:910:514Advanced Theory and Practice Group Work (3) Skills developed regarding direct interventions with individuals in groups, with groups as a whole, and with groups to influence their environments. Addresses program building, consultation, and teamwork in developing group work services for individual and social change, especially for ethnic/cultural minorities, the oppressed, and the victimized. Pre- or corequisite: 19:910:511. |
19:910:517Advanced Direct Practice: Individuals with Mental Illness (3) Contemporary interventions with clients with severe psychiatric disorders and their families in institutional and community settings. Topics include intervention techniques with the more severe and chronic forms of psychiatric disorder as defined in DSM IV, psychotropic medications, case management, the treatment orientations to care, and special issues in work with children and adolescents. Pre- or corequisite: 19:910:511. |
19:910:518Advanced Direct Practice with Families and Children at Risk (3) Focus on families of social and ethnic minorities and other oppressed groups of special concern to the child welfare system that are at risk of neglecting or abusing their children. Emphasis on assessment of risk, crisis intervention and case management skills, work with community service systems, and utilization of the legal system. Pre- or corequisite: 19:910:511. |
19:910:519Advanced Direct Practice with Families (3) Advanced practice with family systems, with emphasis on systems-analytical perspective that includes environing systems, as well as internal dynamics of the family system. Differential use of the major theoretical approaches in family therapy. Emphasis on a social work framework and on such traditional family social work techniques as advocacy, brokerage, and provision of concrete services. Pre- or corequisite: 19:910:511. |
19:910:520Advanced Direct Practice in School Settings (3) Advanced direct practice with children and adolescents, in the context of the public school setting, individually, in groups, and with their families. Emphasis on the role of the school social worker in a host setting that is bound by governmental statutes and regulations, and on relationships with teachers and school administrators, with other members of the professional team, and with community agencies and groups. Pre- or corequisite: 19:910:511. |
19:910:521Advanced Direct Practice: Intervention with Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Misusers (3) Various models and intervention approaches to working with alcohol, tobacco, and other drug misusers. Families and other client systems addressed. Emphasis on assessment to identify ATOD problems in a variety of practice settings with various populations, and on matching interventions according to the client system, the substance(s) misused, the extent of misuse, personal resources, social networks, and availability of services. Research findings and theoretical perspectives are central. Pre- or corequisite: 19:910:511. |
19:910:537Fiscal Procedures (3) Overview of fiscal responsibilities of social agency executives, including the accounting process, financial statements, budgeting internal controls, audits, tax compliance, and fund accounting. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the professional foundation. |
19:910:538Law and Social Work (3) Law in health and human services. Reading, using, and finding law. Law in practice in relation to law on the books. Topics include due process, equal protection, discrimination, confidentiality and duty to warn, child abuse, domestic violence, AIDS, sexual harassment, mental health, developmental disabilities, courtroom testimony, malpractice, and administrative liability. |
19:910:539Community Organization (3) Focus on identifying, developing, and testing community organizing skills, with special attention to leadership development and community analyses. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the professional foundation. |
19:910:540Supervision and Consultation (3) Analysis of supervisory roles in human service organizations. Covers the three functions of supervision-supportive, educational, and administrative. Emphasis on frontline supervision. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the professional foundation. |
19:910:541Marketing and Grantsmanship (3) Introduction to current strategies and procedures for identifying, obtaining, and maintaining a diverse portfolio of social service funding sources; review of methodologies for packaging, marketing, and selling program proposals to social service funders and consumers. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the professional foundation. |
19:910:557Integrative Seminar: Children and Families (3) Integrates learning from the professional foundation, field instruction, practice methods, and the area of children and families. Emphasis on problem solving, integrating issues across social work methods, linking theory to practice, and furthering the skills of intervention. Prerequisites: 19:910:585, 595. To be taken during final term of the M.S.W. program. |
19:910:561Group Dynamics (3) Emphasizes the study of small groups, both cognitively and experientially, by focusing on theory and research about the processes, structures, and functions of small groups as they relate to social work practice in human services. |
19:910:562Understanding the Impact of Death and Terminal Illness (3) Life consequences of various ways of understanding death; attempts to cope. Social work intervention with dying individuals, their families, and the bereaved; ethical issues. |
19:910:564Women's Issues (3) Examines women in different parts of the world, the institutional factors and values of society that impact on personal roles, status, and discrimination of women, and the social and individual problems that affect women because of their gender. Feminist theories and feminist practice that facilitate institutional and individual change discussed. |
19:910:566Family Violence (3) Examination of the definitions and scope of family violence in today`s society. Focus on the prevalence, etiology, myths, and dynamics of child physical abuse, incest, date rape, marital rape, sibling violence, women battering, and elder abuse and neglect. Includes a review of the issues, policies, programs, and services aimed at remedying and eliminating violence in the home. |
19:910:567Child Sexual Abuse: Assessment and Intervention (3) Focuses on the initial assessment, intervention, and management of child sexual abuse from a multidisciplinary perspective. Specific topics include personal values and reactions to child sexual abuse, conceptual frameworks, psychosocial dynamics, offenders, investigative interviewing, crisis intervention, child growth and development, medical management, and preparing for court testimony. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the professional foundation. |
19:910:569Social Work Perspectives on AIDS (3) Impact of HIV infection and AIDS on the individual, family, society, and institutions that provide care. Political, social, legal, ethical, spiritual, and public health issues; perspectives of people living with HIV infection and AIDS needed to inform practice and policy. |
19:910:571Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (3) Action of drugs, epidemiology; consequences of ATOD use, abuse, and addiction; and issues of prevention, intervention, and evaluation addressed. Attention given to various populations. Research findings and theoretical perspectives are central. |
19:910:572Gerontology (3) Survey of research literature on the aged as a population group and aging as a process. Social, economic, physiological, and psychological aspects of aging; prevalent theories of aging; social issues in both national and international perspectives; assessment and intervention with the elderly. |
19:910:585Issues in Social Policy: Children and Families (3) Models of policy analysis applied to children and families issues and problems. Content addresses understanding of values and sociopolitical forces that define problems; populations affected; current policies and programs and their impact; service delivery and resource allocation; unmet needs; trends; and analysis of political processes and change strategies. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the professional foundation. Required for students in the children and family cluster. |
19:910:595Methods of Social Work Research II (3) Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of agency programs and individual practice. Participation in hands-on small group research projects to cover all phases of the research process and use of computer technology. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the professional foundation. |
19:910:600Field Practicum III (3) Opportunities provided to become competent in providing advanced social work services and the applying theory and concepts to practice in preparation for advanced professional practice. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the professional foundation and 19:910:509; cluster and concentration specific. To be taken concurrently with 19:910:511 Advanced Direct Practice I or 19: 910:535 Advanced Administration, Policy, and Planning Practice I. Placement is determined by choice of concentration and cluster. |
19:910:601Field Practicum IV (4) Continued learning experiences in specialized settings in preparation for advanced professional practice. Prerequisite: 19:910:600. To be taken concurrently with 19:910:512 Advanced Direct Practice II or 19:910:536 Advanced Administration, Policy, and Planning Practice II. |
19:910:610Individual Study (BA) A tutorial elective may be arranged with a faculty member in an area of mutual interest. Students may earn no more than 3 credits in any term. Completion of a student/faculty contract and approval of the dean required. Students may earn no more than 3 credits. Completion of a student/faculty contract and approval of the dean required. |
