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19:910:503
Social Work with Latinos (3)
This
course examines aspects of service delivery to Hispanic populations at
both the macro and micro levels. Students will develop knowledge about
aspects of Latino culture that are relevant to the development of
cultural competency. They will develop skills in providing
evidence-based culturally relevant practices in services to this group.
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19:910:511
Clinical Social Work I (3)
Focuses 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 individuals, client groups, couples, and family systems. Case examples are drawn particularly from the client populations.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of the generalist curriculum courses.
Corequisite: Must be taken concurrently with Field Education Practicum III (19:910:600).
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19:910:512
Clinical Social Work II (3)
This course addresses therapeutic work with couples, families, and groups. The focus
is on the professional use of self in differentiated ways to enhance
therapeutic outcomes. Reinforcement of the connections among theory,
evidence-based practice, interventions, and culturally appropriate and
anti-oppressive stances toward social work practice occurs.
Prerequisite: 19:910:511.
Corequisite: Must be taken concurrently with Field Education Practicum IV (19:910:601).
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19:910:513
Clinical Social Work: Adolescents (3)
The 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.
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19:910:514
Understanding Addictive Behaviors (formerly HBSE: Understanding Addictive Behaviors) (3)
Focuses on the etiology, prevalence, and policy implications of common addictive behaviors, including alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs; pathological gambling; and compulsive overeating or sexual behavior. Students will learn to evaluate the pharmacological mechanisms of dependence, components of addiction-related behavioral change, and issues involved in prevention, intervention, and evaluation of these addictive behaviors. The course will also examine the impact of age, race, gender, social class, culture, ethnicity, spirituality, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, and physical and mental ability on patterns of addiction. Content includes major theoretical perspectives on biological, sociological, and psychological bases for addiction and the impetus for change, and an examination of the empirical evidence for various perspectives.
Prerequisites: 19:910:502 or 19:910:898 or 19:910:899.
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19:910:515
Financial Capabilities of Individuals, Families, and Communities (3)
This course examines ways to improve the financial stability and
security of low-income individuals, families, and communities in the
United States. Students will learn the difference between income assistance and
asset-based policies, which aim to help individuals and families build
savings and acquire assets that will improve their financial security
over the long-term. Historical patterns of institutionalized racism and
oppression largely explain racial wealth disparities that justify asset
development as a practice and policy strategy to achieve social and
economic justice. This course uses a
comprehensive approach to examine social programs and direct practice
interventions, financial services, and policies that can move
individuals, families, and communities along the asset-building
continuum. The impact of issues such as life stage, social class, and
cultural background will be examined. Policy issues include social
insurance programs, savings, consumer protection, tax credits, public
benefits, and innovative programs; practice issues include financial
assessment and goal setting, financial coaching, and integrating
financial interventions with traditional psychosocial interventions.
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19:910:516
Clinical Social Work: Health (3)
Problem-solving model of direct practice is applied
at an advanced level for individuals, families, and groups in health
care settings. Skills of crisis
intervention, case management, and discharge planning addressed. Professional practice as part of an interdisciplinary team.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of generalist curriculum courses.
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19:910:517
Clinical Social Work: Mental Health (3)
Contemporary interventions with clients who have severe psychiatric disorders and their families, in institutional and community settings. Intervention techniques with the more severe and chronic forms of psychiatric disorders, as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, text revision (DSM-IV-TR); psychotropic medications; case management; the treatment orientations to care; and special issues in work with children and adolescents.
Pre- or corequisite: 19:910:511.
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19:910:518
Clinical Social Work: Children (3)
Focuses on children (ages birth to 18), and the ways their development and circumstance as a dependent population affect the well-being of individuals and communities. As children generally reside in families, various family forms and risk statuses will be examined with a focus on anti-oppressive social work practice. Emphasis is on assessment of developmental aspects of child well-being and aspects of family well-being (with a broad and diverse definition of family); identification of risks, strengths, and resiliency factors; and sociological and psychological knowledge of how family and community contexts affect children. Intervention modalities include direct work with children and their families, case management, promotion of resilience, crisis intervention work with community service systems, and the use of the legal system.
Pre- or corequisite: 19:910:511.
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19:910:519
Clinical Social Work: Families (3)
Advanced practice with family systems, with
emphasis on a 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.
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19:910:520
Clinical Social Work: School (3)
Clinical social work 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.
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19:910:521
Clinical Social Work: Addictive Behaviors (3)
A continuation of content taught in 19:910:571, this course focuses on various approaches to the evaluation, intervention, measurement, treatment, and relapse prevention of common addictive disorders, including those resulting from substance misuse, problem gambling, and compulsive overeating or sexual behavior. Evaluation of the biopsychosocial etiological factors that bear on the formation of addictive behavior patterns, as well as erroneous thinking patterns and cognitive triggers that lead to habituating these patterns over time. Instructs students on utilizing measures for screening, conducting diagnostic evaluations using motivational interviewing and stages of change, formulating a treatment plan, and conducting session-by-session treatment for various DSM-IV-TR-based addictive disorders. Students will also learn necessary components for posttreatment relapse prevention and considerations in pretreatment intervention. Examines the impact of age, race, gender, social class, culture, ethnicity, spirituality, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, and physical and mental ability on recovery from addictive disorders.
Prerequisite: 19:910:571, and pre- or corequisite: 19:910:511.
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19:910:523
Clinical Social Work: Survivors of Abuse and Trauma (3)
This course examines social work practice theories and intervention approaches and skills as they apply to practice with childhood and adult survivors of physical, sexual, and other forms of abuse and trauma. Particular attention will be made to the use of engagement, assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, and follow-up on the micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice. An emphasis will also be placed on diversity and use of social work ethics and values when working with survivors of abuse and trauma.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of the generalist curriculum courses.
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19:910:525
Clinical Social Work: Aging (3)
Examines social work practice theories, multidimensional assessment, and intervention approaches and skills as they apply to practice with older adults and their families. Diversity among older people will be emphasized, including discussion of the lifelong integration of personal experiences and client populations that range from well elders to older adults and their families who are facing end-of-life issues. Late-life opportunities, transitions, and challenges will be addressed. Implications for policy that impacts older persons will also be included.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of the generalist curriculum courses.
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19:910:527
Politics, Policy & Racial Justice
This course will allow students to engage with some of the most complex, potentially difficult, yet absolutely imperative issues that social workers must deal with in today's society. We focus on the role of social work and social workers: 1) confronting issues of racial justice, with specific focus on anti-Black racism; 2) in the prison-industrial complex and the carceral state; 3) and in politics and the political process.
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19:910:528
Human Resource Management (3)
Core theories, dynamics, functions, and ethics of human resource
management in nonprofit and public human services organizations are
analyzed with particular focus on the knowledge, skills, and abilities
necessary to successfully recruit, retain, and develop the workforce
necessary to achieve the mission of an organization. The substantive
areas covered in this course include industry standard human resource
policies and procedures in the areas of staff recruitment and
selection; developing classification and compensation systems; establishing employee performance standards and conducting performance
evaluations; developing and supporting a diverse workforce; employee
and organized labor relations; maintaining a safe, discrimination- and
harassment-free workplace; training and professional development; and
strategic human resource planning.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of the generalist curriculum courses.
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19:910:529
Adolescents Understanding Risk and Resilience (formerly HBSE: Adolescents at Risk) (3)
Explores the developmental stage of adolescence (from ages 12-19 years),
with specific focus on how at-risk youth populations navigate the
normative tasks associated with this stage.
Prerequisites: Successful completion 19:910:502 or 19:910:898 or 19:910:899.
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19:910:530
Solution-Focused Therapy (3)
Students learn to apply this strength-based, brief model of treatment
to assist adults, children, couples, and families to discover their own
resilience and problem-solving abilities. Although the focus of this
course will be on clinical practice, implications for case management,
as well as intervening with larger systems such as agencies and
communities, will also be addressed.
Pre- or corequisite: 19:910:511.
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19:910:531
Children's Mental Health Services (3)
This course is designed to promote critical thinking about children's
mental health services that support the development of effective
programs, services, and treatment for children's mental health. It
introduces students to the nature and scope of mental health problems
for youth in the United States, and examines the mental health delivery
system for them, with particular attention to the influential system of
care model developed in New Jersey and throughout the United States. Students
will explore clinical and programmatic complexities of engagement and
collaboration, service utilization, and treatment interventions, and
will investigate the persistent problem of disparities in, and barriers
to, mental health care.
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19:910:533
Special Topics in Social Work Research (3)
Special Topics: The D.C. Experience - Policy Advocacy in Action
Prerequisite: 19:910:504
Advocacy on behalf of clients to promote social justice and social
change is a core mission of the social work profession. This course
combines online and in-class instruction with a three-day trip to
Washington, D.C., to provide students with hands-on advocacy experience
around a specific population or social problem. Students will learn
about the legislative process and the roles of relevant governmental and
nongovernmental actors, understand the current policy landscape,
examine the policy construction of a focal social problem and potential
policy reforms, and actively engage in policy advocacy practice by
meeting with legislators, lobbyists, and activists to discuss their
proposals.
Special Topics in Social Work
Research: SWPS II: Policies and Programs for Children and Youth
Prerequisite: 19:910:504
This advanced level policy course focuses on various policies, programs, and
services for children and youth, with a particular emphasis on child-serving
systems. The course will explore current federal and state policies and their
impact on the intended recipients of these policy interventions as well as on
social work professionals. The course will also examine recent trends in myriad
social problems affecting children, youth, and their families.
Special Topics in Social Work Research: Military Culture: Life and Issues
This course provides an extensive exploration of the world of being a
service member and the unique culture and socialization that takes
place in this process: the values, norms, language, rank as caste
system, military justice, family life and being a "dependent" [wife,
husband or child]. The course includes the preparing for the war zone
and training to become ready for combat missions for the service member:
adjusting to uncertainty, killing others, death, bonding and fighting
for each other, and sheer tension of being always on alert and aware.
Material on potential means for building resiliency prior to facing
combat/trauma for service members and deployment for families, including
children.
Special Topics in Social Work Research: Perinatal Death, Dying, and Bereavement
Pregnancy loss and
infant death can be devastating and traumatic events for women and their
families, with potentially serious implications for one's physical and mental
health. This course will examine the biopsychosocial aspects of perinatal death
(pregnancy and newborn loss) by exploring the impact on women and their
families who experience perinatal death, dying, and bereavement. This course
approaches perinatal death through an interdisciplinary lens by integrating
works from the applied health (genetics, medicine, nursing) and
behavioral health (psychiatry, psychology, social work) professions, and by
drawing from knowledge spanning a variety of disciplines in the social sciences
(anthropology, sociology), arts and humanities (history, literature,
philosophy/bioethics, women's studies, theology). Of particular relevance for
students in, or planning to enter, the applied professions of health,
behavioral health, and theology, the course will also be of interest to any
student who wants to learn more about perinatal death, dying, and bereavement,
and what this means in different perinatal contexts.
Special
Topics: Perpetration of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse This elective course examines the
theories and policies along with prevention and intervention strategies
surrounding perpetrators of adult violence and abuse. The spectrum of theories
and conceptual frameworks used to explain physical, sexual, and other forms of
interpersonal violence (IPV) are explored.
Criminal and civil policies are also covered as a response to perpetration.
Perspectives on preventing and intervening with perpetrators are presented,
with an understanding of the role of culture and environmental contexts.
Special Topics in
Social Work Research: Policies and Programs for Children and Youth
Prerequisite: 19:910:504
This advanced-level policy course focuses on various policies,
programs, and services for children and youth, with a particular
emphasis on child-serving systems. The course will explore current
federal and state policies and their impact on the intended recipients
of these policy interventions as well as on social work professionals.
The course will also examine recent trends in myriad social problems
affecting children, youth, and their families. Special Topics in
Social Work Research: Social Justice and Public HealthThis course explores the interplay between social and economic
disadvantage, and its health consequences. It also examines how health
inequalities in society affect social inequalities. Through an
understanding of these bidirectional relationships, this course
reinforces a unified approach to thinking about the fields of social
work and public health. Such an approach is critical for social workers
interested in working in health or mental health, and public health
professionals interested in working in human service settings.
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19:910:534
Child Welfare Management (3)
Core theories, dynamics, functions, policies, and ethics associated with
the management of private and public child welfare services are
analyzed and examined with particular focus on the knowledge, skills,
and competencies necessary to successfully lead organizations providing
such services in the environment of today and the future. Emphasis is
on the adaptation of generic external (public and community relations,
media, and legislative relations, etc.) skills to the child welfare
setting and specific issues associated with the management of child
welfare functions, such as foster care and adoption, residential care,
family preservation, forensic investigations in intrafamilial and
institutional settings, legal affairs, programs treating co-occurring
disorder, and others.
Pre- or corequisite: 19:910:511 or 535.
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19:910:535
Management Practice and Theory (3)
Core theories, elements, and functions of human services management are analyzed with a particular focus on the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to lead public and private human
service agencies in the environment of today and the future successfully. Emphasis on internal management functions such as budget and finance, human resource administration, applications of information technology, and governance relationships; and on external functions such as
legislative, media, and community relationships. Crosscutting topics enhance skills in leadership, mediation, and conflict resolution.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of the generalist curriculum courses.
Corequisite: Must be taken concurrently with Field Education Practicum III (19:910:600).
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19:910:536
Program and Strategic Planning (3)
Processes and technologies of strategic planning and program
development in human service organizations from problem formulation
through program design, resource mobilization, and implementation.
Special attention to designing programs and meeting the needs of
at-risk populations.
Prerequisite: 19:910:535. Corequisite: Must be taken concurrently with Field Education Practicum IV (19:910:601).
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19:910:537
Financial Management (3)
Overview of fiscal responsibilities of social agency executives. The accounting process, financial statements, budgeting, internal controls, audits, tax compliance, and fund accounting.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of the generalist curriculum courses.
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19:910:538
Law 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.
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19:910:539
Community Organization (3)
Focuses on identifying, developing, and testing community organizing
skills. Special attention given to leadership development and community
analysis.
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19:910:540
Supervision 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.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of the generalist curriculum courses.
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19:910:541
Fundraising and Marketing (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.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of the generalist curriculum courses.
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19:910:542
Advanced Contemporary Policy:Health and Aging (Formerly Social Welfare Policy and Services II: Health and Aging) (3)
Models
of policy analysis applied to understanding the strengths and
limitations of the U.S. health care system and services, as well as
policies, programs, and services for the aging population. Addresses
understanding of values and sociopolitical forces that define problems,
affected populations, current policies and programs and their impact,
service delivery and resource allocation, unmet needs, trends and
analysis of political processes, and change strategies.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of the generalist curriculum courses.
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19:910:543
Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees (formerly HBSE: Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees) (3)
Explores
the ever-changing dimensions facing social workers who work with
refugee and immigrant clients. The social work profession was founded
on aiding the cultural adjustment of newcomers to the United States.
Topics include becoming a refugee, the international experience before
arrival in the United States, the refugee experience, cultural adjustment,
culture shock, posttraumatic stress, and war and refugee trauma.
Special groups will be discussed, including survivors of torture,
victims of human trafficking, detainees, and asylum seekers. Special
attention will be paid to family issues, intergroup conflict, and
intergenerational issues. Post-9/11 issues facing refugees and
immigrants will be discussed as well as the role that social workers
can play in the fight against anti-immigrant policies, sanctions, and
discriminatory practices.
Prerequisites: 19:910:502 or 19:910:898 or 19:910:899.
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19:910:544
Poverty, Inequality, Discrimination, and Public Policy (formerly HBSE: Poverty, Inequality, Discrimination, and Public Policy) (3)
Confronting issues of poverty and inequality is a core value of the
social work profession. This course will provide students with a
theoretical, empirical, and analytical understanding of poverty and
inequality in the United States. Throughout the course comparisons will be made
with other developed nations.
Prerequisites: 19:910:502 or 19:910:898 or 19:910:899.
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19:910:545
Global Social Work and Social Development (3)
Explores international social work, past and present, and the
application of social work to vulnerable groups within the global
context of today. Students will learn about different social service
delivery systems around the globe and initiatives aimed at reforming
systems of care with an emphasis on developing countries. Students
will explore their international career goals through the focused
exploration of a specific developmental issue within a country or region
of the globe.
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19:910:546
Spanish for Social Workers
This multi-level language and culture online course is designed for current or pre-service social workers who want to learn or improve their Spanish for the professional setting and learn more about the Spanish-Speaking World Culture. It combines language learning practice with awareness of language and cultural diversity.
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19:910:547
Social Work with Loss Across the Life Span (formerly HBSE: Loss across the Life Span) (3)
Addresses many types of loss that occur across the lifespan and incorporates a developmental approach to loss and grief.
Prerequisites: 19:910:502 or 19:910:898 or 19:910:899.
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19:910:549
Latinos, Culture, Community, and Social Welfare (3)
This course provides an overview of Latino peoples in the United
States. It examines concepts and theories that apply to ethnicity,
racial and social identity, and acculturation as they apply to the
various Hispanic groups in the United States. It begins with brief
histories of the major Hispanic groups and the political and social
forces that provided the impetus for their location/relocation here. It
continues with the cultural similarities and differences among the
groups. Also to be discussed, the current social and economic condition
of Hispanics and specific problems related to their status in the United States
and implications for social work. In addition, a model of viewing
Hispanic identity will be presented as a basis for social work
assessment and intervention.
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19:910:550
Play Therapy (3)
This course will cover elements of play therapy, which consists of the
systematic use of theoretical models to establish an interpersonal
process wherein social workers use the therapeutic powers of play to
help children prevent or resolve psychosocial challenges and achieve
optimal growth and development. The course is grounded in knowledge
about trauma and consists of basic principles of intervention as
well as guidelines for assessment and treatment of traumatized children.
Expressive therapies such as art, play genograms, and other nonverbal
and symbolic techniques that enable children to externalize and process
overwhelming experiences in a nonthreatening way will be covered.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of the generalist curriculum courses.
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19:910:553
Environmental Justice and Social Work (3)
This course will highlight theories to enhance the students'
understanding of "Person-in-Environment" to be inclusive of the physical
environment. Students will develop a paradigm regarding the
interconnection of social work and environmental justice with an
understanding of the bidirectional relationship of people and nature.
Students will examine social work history and create an emerging
perspective of social workers' role with respect to the environment.
This course will help students achieve the updated Council on Social
Work Education (CSWE) competency "Advance Human Rights and Social,
Economic, and Environmental Justice" by developing awareness of
ecological crises, environmental injustices, and movements that are
intended to serve marginalized populations. Students will discuss how
social workers can increase equality through advocacy, education, and
action.
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19:910:557
Issues in Public Organizational Management (3)
This course provides students in the M.S.W. management and policy
concentration/specialization the opportunity to further develop their
knowledge and skills obtained from the two required advanced practice
courses. It is also intended to appeal to students with a broad array
of interests in management of public organizations and the public
aspects of nonprofit and private sector organizations. Student will
gain a deeper understanding of selected management issues and challenges
facing public organization managers today, with emphasis on
applications to management processes and structure, human side of
management, and innovation and reform. Students will also be exposed to
management issues in comparative context based on case studies.
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19:910:559
Sexual and Gender Diversity in Social Work (Formerly LGBTQ Issues) (3)
This course provides foundation knowledge and general
practice skills for working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and
questioning (LGBTQ) individuals. Students will gain knowledge of LGBTQ
historical and political perspectives, the development of LGBTQ
identity-formation, health, mental health and familial issues, and LGBTQ issues
across the life span including the coming-out process. Intersectionality of race, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity will
be addressed along with ethical and legal issues which impact LGBTQ individuals
and their families. Students will learn how to practice with LGBTQ
clients in culturally relevant ways, and resources for support and information
will be identified.
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19:910:560
Current Issues in Developmental Disabilities (3)
Prepares the social worker to be an effective practitioner in the field
of developmental disabilities and examines the complexity of social issues
and how they affect social work practice, including the issue of current
legislation and policies.
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19:910:561
Group 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.
Prerequisite: 19:910:500.
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19:910:562
Chronic Illness and Disability (3)
Examines chronic illnesses and disability among adults, focusing
on the medical and psychosocial aspects of various mental and physical health
conditions. This course aims to foster understanding of how social workers work
with clients with chronic illness and disability, as well as their significant
others, within health care and community systems. Also reviews
relevant policies and welfare system components intended to support those with
chronic illness and disability.
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19:910:564
Gender, Women & International Social Justice (formerly Women'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 practices that facilitate institutional and individual changes are discussed.
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19:910:565
Field Education Practicum III AS (3)
Opportunities
provided to become competent in providing advanced social work services
and applying theory and concepts to practice in preparation for advanced
professional practice.
Corequisite: To be taken concurrently with 19:910:512 (clinical social work specialization) or 19:910:536 (management and policy specialization).
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19:910:566
Understanding Violence and Abuse in Adulthood (formerly HBSE: Violence and Abuse in Adulthood) (3)
Examines the definitions, scope, and impact of violence and abuse in adulthood. Explores the spectrum of theories and conceptual frameworks used to explain violence. In particular, the course focuses on the prevalence, etiology, myths, and dynamics of intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual violence, trafficking, and elder abuse. Perspectives on working with both victims/survivors and perpetrators are presented, with an understanding of the role of cultural and environmental contexts. The course includes a review of the conceptual frameworks used to guide current services, interventions, prevention efforts, and policies aimed at remedying and eliminating violence in our society. A special emphasis is placed on the advocacy role of the social worker in creating social change.
Prerequisites: 19:910:502 or 19:910:898 or 19:910:899.
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19:910:567
Understanding Violence and Abuse in Childhood (formerly HBSE: Violence and Abuse in Childhood) (3)
Examines the definitions, scope, and impact of violence and abuse in childhood. Explores the spectrum of theories and conceptual frameworks used to explain violence. In particular, the course focuses on the prevalence, etiology, myths, and dynamics of child physical abuse, childhood neglect, child sexual abuse, sibling abuse, and trafficking. Perspectives on working with both victims/survivors and perpetrators are presented, with an understanding of the role of culture and environmental context. The course includes a review of the conceptual frameworks used to guide current services, interventions, prevention efforts, and policies aimed at remedying and eliminating violence against children in our society. A special emphasis is placed on the advocacy role of the social worker in creating social change.
Prerequisites: 19:910:502 or 19:910:898 or 19:910:899.
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19:910:569
Intersectionality in Social Work Practice with HIV/AIDS (formerly HBSE: AIDS) (3)
Explores the impact of HIV infection and AIDS on the individual, family, society, and institutions that provide care. Examines the political, social, legal, ethical, spiritual, and public health issues and the perspectives of people living with HIV infection and AIDS that are needed to inform practice and policy.
Prerequisites: 19:910:502 or 19:910:898 or 19:910:899.
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19:910:572
Aging Services: A Critical Perspective (3)
Provides an overview of older adults as a population group and of aging as a
biopsychosocial process. Explores aspects of social services and health care
systems intended to help individuals, families, and communities confront
aging-related challenges and capitalize upon aging-related strengths.
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19:910:574
Developmental Perspective on Infants and Child Well-Being (formerly HBSE: Developmental Perspective on Infants and Child Well-Being) (3)
This course focuses on understanding, analyzing, and applying theories
of development for infants and children (through middle childhood). The
course will use child development theories in application to case
studies and child observations with infants and children. Particular
consideration will be given to theories of change, culturally responsive practice, and privilege.
Prerequisite: 19:910:502 or 19:910:898 or 19:910:899.
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19:910:577
Social Work Practice in Complex Times
Introduction to working with diverse populations in complex situations.
This course is presented in 3 sections: 1) it addresses social work
practice in the context of COVID-19; 2) the importance of self-care to
prevent vicarious traumatization and preserve students¿ wellbeing, and
3) the use of communication technology (e-social work) in
providing social work services. The sections are taught in 3 separate 5
week modules creating the single class across the 15 week semester.
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19:910:582
Spirituality and Social Work (3)
Provides a
framework of knowledge, values, skills, and experiences for spiritually
sensitive social work. Students develop skills and insight into
responding competently and ethically to diverse spiritual and religious
perspectives in social work settings with individuals, organizations,
and communities. Attention given to collaboration
with faith-based organizations, as spirituality enters into the
dimension of policy and service delivery and "secular" and "spiritual" come together to address human need in society. Attention also given to both micro and macro aspects of social work.
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19:910:583
Human Sexuality for the Helping Professions (3)
This course is a survey of issues and attitudes associated with human
sexuality. It is primarily intended for social workers and other
helping professionals who currently work with clients or plan to in the
future. Using a biopsychosocial perspective, emphasis will be placed on
the social, cultural, familial, and individual differences in sexual and
reproductive attitudes, values, and behavior. Students will be
introduced to common sex-related issues and to the particular concerns
of various sexually oppressed groups. Information will also be provided
about childhood sexual abuse and its relationship to the intimacy issues
that clients typically present in direct practice.
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19:910:584
Advanced Contemporary Policy:Interpersonal Violence (formerly Social Welfare Policy and Services II: Violence against Women and Children) (3)
Models of analysis applied to policies affecting adult and childhood survivors of physical, sexual, and other forms of violence. Addresses understanding of values and sociopolitical forces that define problems, affected populations, current policies and programs and their impact,
service delivery and resource allocation, unmet needs, trends, and analysis of political processes and change strategies.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of the generalist curriculum courses.
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19:910:585
Advanced Contemporary Policy:Economic Justice for Families & Communities (formerly Social Welfare Policy and Services II) (3)
Models of policy analysis applied to children and family issues and
problems. Addresses understanding of values and sociopolitical forces
that define problems, affected populations, current policies and
programs and their impact along with their unintended consequences, service delivery and resource allocation, unmet needs, trends, analysis of political processes and
change strategies, and the role of evaluation.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of the generalist curriculum courses.
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19:910:587
Advanced Contemporary Policy:Mental Health (3)
This course focuses on contemporary policy issues related to mental
health including social determinants of mental health, treatment and
access to care, rights and privacy, systems transformation, and
disparities in care are examined in this course. The role of social
workers in policy advocacy, the history and evolution of mental health
policy, and recent mental health policy proposals are discussed.
Students will learn to analyze mental health policy and advocate for
policies that advance human rights and social, economic, and
environmental justice. This course is open to ALL advanced year students, including those in any certificate programs.
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19:910:588
Direct Practice: Theory and Models (3)
Introduces students to the ways that theory and evidence are used to guide intervention with individuals, families, and groups. Focuses on the ways that effective direct practice intervention must integrate different sources of knowledge: evidence (what has worked in the past with people with similar problems), theory (frames of reference for understanding how problems are generated and solved), clinical wisdom, and client preferences. Students will learn straightforward rubrics for locating and evaluating research evidence that may be used to generate intervention possibilities. Students will study and critique several key intervention theories and models (psychodynamic, cognitive, behavioral, family systems, group work) and apply them to case materials. Finally, the class will explore processes and problems that cut across direct practice models, such as the enhancement of change motivation.
Prerequisite: 19:910:500. This elective may only be taken by students during the generalist curriculum.
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19:910:591
Advanced Contemporary Policy:Children & Youth (formerly SPWS II:Policies & Programs for Childlren & Youth
This course will examine the broad array of state and federal policies
for children, youth, and their families, with a particular emphasis on
understanding policies and services for populations involved with
child-serving systems. The course will also examine the historical
foundations of these policies and how they have evolved over time in
response to unmet needs. Students will develop critical frameworks for
assessing the strengths and weaknesses of these policy interventions and
of the delivery of child-oriented social services based on social and
behavioral science research evidence and through the lens of
multi-culturalism and social justice values. Emphasis will be placed on
the role of the social work practitioner in enhancing the well-being of
children and youth through social policy development, implementation,
evaluation, and advocacy. The course uses a children's rights lens to
examine different child policy topics.
Successful completion of the generalist curriculum courses.
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19:910:594
Environmental Justice and Social Work
This course will highlight theories to enhance the students'
understanding of "Person-in-Environment" to be inclusive of the physical
environment. Students will develop a paradigm regarding the
interconnection of social work and environmental justice with an
understanding of the bi-directional relationship of people and nature.
Students will examine social work history and create an emerging
perspective of social workers¿ role with respect to the environment.
This course will help students achieve the updated Council on Social
Work Education (CSWE) competency "Advance Human Rights and Social,
Economic, and Environmental Justice" by developing awareness of
ecological crises, environmental injustices, and movements that are
intended to serve marginalized populations. Students will discuss how
social workers can increase equality through advocacy, education, and
action.
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19:910:595
Methods 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.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of the generalist curriculum courses.
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19:910:600
Field Education Practicum III (3)
Opportunities provided to become competent in providing advanced social work services and applying theory and concepts to practice in
preparation for advanced professional practice.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of the generalist curriculum courses and 19:910:509. Specialization specific. Corequisite: To be taken concurrently with 19:910:511 (clinical social work specialization) or 19:910:535 (management and policy specialization). Placement is determined by choice of specialization.
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19:910:601
Field Education Practicum IV (3)
Continued learning experiences in specialized settings in preparation for advanced professional practice.
Prerequisite: 19:910:600. Corequisite: To be taken concurrently with 19:910:512 (clinical social work specialization) or 19:910:536 (management and policy specialization).
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19:910:800
Matriculation Continued (0)
May be used only if a student has a written, official leave of absence granted by the associate dean for student affairs. Students may not take a leave of absence during the first semester of the program.
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