Department: SOCWK Social Work

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SOCWK121 Introduction to Prevention Students will explore a comprehensive approach to understanding and preventing substance misuse and related behavioral health problems through the context of an ethical and culturally competent strategic prevention framework.
SOCWK131 Addictions Counseling I Students will explore substance use disorders, how these disorders are diagnosed and treated, along with ethical issues related to addictions counseling.
SOCWK132 Addictions Counseling II Students will further explore substance use disorders including differential diagnosis, treatment of special populations with addictions disorder, and legal and ethical issues in addictions counseling.
SOCWK202 Drugs and Society This course is designed to give students a general overview of the role and extent of alcohol and drug use in our society. Areas to be discussed include an examination of societal attitudes and social structures that impact policies towards drug use...
SOCWK221 Introduction to Social Work This course is designed to introduce students to the field of social work. It offers an overview of the settings in which social workers practice, the populations they encounter, the social problems they address, and the interventions they utilize. S...
SOCWK221SL Service Learning: Social Work in a Changing Society No Description Set
SOCWK230 Global Human Rights & Social Justice This course will explore global social justice issues through the lens of various human rights documents. Issues to be examined include forced labor, war and conflict, and violence against women and children. The history and development of these issu...
SOCWK233 Addictions Prevent, Assess, & Diagnosis Students will explore prevention of substance use disorder including, but not limited to: risk factors, models of prevention, needs assessments, and intervention strategies. Students will explore assessment and diagnosis of substance use disorder inc...
SOCWK234 Addictions Treatment Planning & Counsel Students will explore working with addiction populations including treatment planning, individual counseling, group counseling, and relationship counseling.
SOCWK237 Addictions Psychopharmacology Students will explore pharmacology of both drugs of abuse and those used in detoxification and the treatment of addiction and mental and emotional disorders including the action of pharmaceuticals and the physiological response, the interaction of ph...
SOCWK250 Foundations of Social Welfare This course examines and analyzes the history of social welfare in the United States to understand the context of social welfare movements and policies. Emphasis will be placed on the volunteer beginnings of social work which led to the development o...
SOCWK265 Parent-Child Relationships Explores parent/child relationships from infancy through adolescence. The course addresses parenting philosophies, child guidance strategies, family diversity, and challenges to contemporary parents and their children. The dynamics of parent/child in...
SOCWK293 Addictions Internship This 1-3-credit hour internship will involve time spent working with substance use individuals in a community agency and class time for reflection and process work. Hours may be counted toward LCDC licensure if student and supervisor complete the su...
SOCWK304 Human Behavior Across the Lifespan This course focuses on individuals as they develop over the life span and have membership in various systems such as families, groups, organizations and communities. It provides students with theories and knowledge related to biological, social, psyc...
SOCWK305 Family Violence This course examines the dynamics of power and control in intimate relationships. Theories from the social sciences, particularly sociology, are used to assess these dynamics and the socio-cultural setting in which they exist. Readings introduce the...
SOCWK305SL Service Learning: Family Violence No Description Set
SOCWK306 Social Environments & Human Behavior A continuation of the study of individual interaction with the social environment, particularly with larger systems such as organizations and rural and urban communities. Students learn the dynamics of oppression and the effects of oppression on the...
SOCWK310 Social Work Practice I This course is designed to provide students with a generalist approach to social work practice and basic knowledge of social work methods. Areas of study include social work values and ethics, problem-solving, the client-worker relationship, intervi...
SOCWK310SL Service Learning: Social Work Pract I No Description Set
SOCWK312 Social Work Practice II Continues the generalist approach to social work practice. Students learn the social work process, along with interviewing skill refinement, and the processes and skills involved in working with families. Attention is given to differential assessment...
SOCWK312HN Social Work Practice II: Honors No Description Set
SOCWK312SL Service Learning: Social Work Practice II No Description Set
SOCWK320 Topics in Social Work A focused study of a particular area of social work practice, including assessment of problem situations and helping efforts directed at remediating problems. Topics include case management, women's issues, working with children, and others. Course c...
SOCWK323 Later Adulthood in Family Context The study of later adulthood, focusing on relationships, kinship ties, living arrangements, and financial issues within the family context. The course will examine the reciprocal effects of decision-making and caring for an aging adult on the individ...
SOCWK324 Working With Older Adults This course provides a comprehensive approach to working with older adults. Areas of study include the ethical basis for practice, forming and maintaining the working relationship, interviewing skills, problem-solving with assessment and intervention...
SOCWK330 International Perspectives on Women This course focuses on women's issues from an international perspective and addresses the diversity and similarity of women's experiences worldwide. It considers the scope of gender injustice and the variety of factors (e.g. social, economic, politic...
SOCWK350 Death & Dying This course explores concepts related to death and dying, death perceptions from childhood through older adulthood, social and cultural attitudes, insights into the needs of the dying person and family, one's own beliefs and feelings toward the death...
SOCWK360 Research Methods in Social Science An introduction to methodological techniques of research in the social sciences. Emphasis is placed on quantitative and qualitative research methodologies as they relate to building knowledge for practice and to evaluating service delivery in all are...
SOCWK408 Social Policy Development & Analysis A continuing examination of social welfare policy, with emphases on current policy, policy analysis, and skills for influencing policy development. Students are exposed to theoretical frameworks and acquire practical skills in policy analysis and are...
SOCWK412 Social Work Community Practice This course focuses on the theories and strategies that allow a generalist social worker to recognize and act on the need for change in larger systems such as organizations, communities, and societal institutions in order to ensure that human and civ...
SOCWK412SL Service Learning: Social Work Community Practice No Description Set
SOCWK417 Pre-Practicum Seminar This course is designed to prepare students for beginning professional entry-level generalist practice. This course will review issues related to agency based work environments and service delivery in a generalist framework, discuss current issues in...
SOCWK418 Field Instruction Field Instruction is an integral part of the social work curriculum and takes place during the last semester of the senior year. Field Instruction gives students an intensive opportunity to apply social work knowledge, values, and skills in practice...
SOCWK419 Field Seminar A problem-solving seminar taken concurrently with Field Instruction in which students examine the social work knowledge base, practice skills, values, and policies as they relate to their experience in agencies. The seminar is designed to support and...
SOCWK419SL Service Learning: Field Seminar No Description Set
SOCWK498 Independent Study No Description Set
SOCWKELCT Social Work Elective No Description Set