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SOCWK221
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Introduction to Social Work
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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...
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SOCWK221SL
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Service Learning: Social Work in a Changing Society
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No Description Set
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SOCWK230
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Global Human Rights & Social Justice
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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...
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SOCWK250
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Foundations of Social Welfare
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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...
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SOCWK265
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Parent-Child Relationships
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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...
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SOCWK304
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Human Behavior Across the Lifespan
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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...
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SOCWK305
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Family Violence
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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...
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SOCWK305SL
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Service Learning: Family Violence
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No Description Set
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SOCWK306
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Social Environments & Human Behavior
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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...
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SOCWK310
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Social Work Practice I
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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...
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SOCWK310SL
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Service Learning: Social Work Pract I
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No Description Set
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SOCWK312
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Social Work Practice II
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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...
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SOCWK312HN
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Social Work Practice II: Honors
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No Description Set
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SOCWK312SL
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Service Learning: Social Work Practice II
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No Description Set
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SOCWK320
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Topics in Social Work
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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...
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SOCWK323
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Later Adulthood in Family Context
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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...
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SOCWK324
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Working With Older Adults
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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...
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SOCWK330
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International Perspectives on Women
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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...
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SOCWK350
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Death & Dying
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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...
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SOCWK360
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Research Methods in Social Science
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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...
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SOCWK408
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Social Policy Development & Analysis
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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...
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SOCWK412
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Social Work Community Practice
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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...
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SOCWK412SL
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Service Learning: Social Work Community Practice
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No Description Set
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SOCWK417
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Pre-Practicum Seminar
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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...
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SOCWK418
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Field Instruction
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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...
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SOCWK419
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Field Seminar
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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...
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SOCWK419SL
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Service Learning: Field Seminar
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No Description Set
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SOCWK498
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Independent Study
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No Description Set
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SOCWKELCT
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Social Work Elective
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No Description Set
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