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SWK1100 Careers in Social Work
(4 semester hours)
Designed for the undergraduate student considering a major in the profession
of social work or who holds an interest in volunteer community service. Explores
the nature of helping relationships, social justice, and the empowerment of
individuals, families, and communities. Covers the mission, values, philosophy,
knowledge base, roles, and skills as well as the nature of professional education
itself. Course includes a service learning component. This course, when completed
along with SWK2100 Social Work in American
Society constitutes the equivalent of SWK3100,
Introduction to Social Work for social work majors.
No Prerequisites
Meets General Education "Knowing Ourselves and Others" Group A
SWK2050 Drugs and Human Behavior
(4 semester hours)
Overview of the history of both the use and abuse of a range of psychoactive
drugs based upon current research. Various mood altering substances as well
as theories used to explain drug use and addiction are examined. Emphasizes
the physical, emotional, and psychological dimensions of addiction, the impact
of substance abuse on the individual, the family, and the community, and the
controversies regarding national and international drug policies.
No Prerequisites
Meets General Education "Knowing Ourselves and Others" Group A
SWK2100 Social Work in American Society
(4 semester hours)
Provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the profession of social
work and its relationship to the social welfare system. Explores the history
of the profession and distinguishes social work form other helping professions.
Introduction to generalist social work practice grounded in the profession's
Code of Ethics. Special attention is placed upon underserved and historically
oppressed populations. Familiarizes students with the Council on Social Work
Education's standards for professional Education and relevant issues facing
social workers today. This course, when completed along with SWK
1100 Careers in Social Work, constitutes the equivalent of SWK3100,
Introduction to Social Work for social work majors.
No Prerequisites
Meets General Education "Knowing Ourselves and Others" Group A
SWK2150 Violence in America
(4 semester hours)
An overview of the various aspects of violence in American society. Places violence
in an historical context and emphasizes the causes and possible solutions. Violence
related to family violence, including child abuse and spousal battering, police
brutality, gun violence and gun control, media violence, school violence, workplace
violence, youth and gang violence, drug violence, hate crimes, murder and capital
punishment are addressed. Differential causes and impact of violence related
to culture, race, gender, and age are examined.
No Prerequisites
Meets General Education "Knowing Ourselves and Others" Group A
SWK3100 Introduction to Social Work
(4 semester hours)
Overview and historical perspective of the social work profession, discussion
of social work values, knowledge, and skills. Introduction to generalist social
work practice, human diversity within the social work profession, and fields
of practice. Discussion of the Curriculum Policy Statement adopted by the Council
on Social Work Education, as well as relevant issues facing BSW social workers
today, e.g., licensure.
Prerequisites: SOC1100 and PSY1100;
open to non-majors.
SWK3140 Social Work Practice With
Groups (4 semester hours)
Overview of group work theory including group development, leadership, group
formation, group process, group roles, communication, non-verbal behavior, and
ethics. Development of group leadership skills as well as group dynamics are
taught through the use of experiential group activities.
Pre- or Corequisite: SWK3100; majors
only.
SWK3150 Social Welfare: Institutions
and Policies (4 semester hours)
Social welfare and community services as social institutions (societal response
to social problems): values, motivations, and methods by which institutions
are developed, issues and social policies affecting programs and services, including
analysis of policy-making process.
Prerequisites: PSC2110, SWK3100;
majors only.
SWK3300 Community Organization and
Social Service Organizations (3 semester hours)
Basic concepts and principles of community organization and organizational theory
including social structures and processes, social change, social control, social
stratification, and socialization through community organizations and institutions.
Emphasizes community and organizational assessment and intervention, ethics,
and the roles of the social worker in working within an organizational context
and within a community.
Prerequisites: SWK3100 and SWK3150;
majors only.
SWK3400 Human Behavior and Social
Environment: (HBSE) Integrative Seminar (4 semester hours)
Study of human behavior from an ecological perspective as organism-environment
transactions. Social systems concepts; biological, psychological, socio-structural,
and cultural variables; concepts of stress, adaptation, coping, social support,
social networks, and biculturalism with implications for generalist social work
practice.
Prerequisites: SWK3100; majors only.
Pre- or Corequisite: PSY3350 or PSY3360
may be taken as corequisites
SWK3710 Child Welfare Services
(3 semester hours)
Theory, principles, issues, and trends in social work with children and youth;
common and special needs. Case management, treatment planning, case monitoring.
Exploration of authority-helper role and problems of working with non-voluntary
clients.
Prerequisites: SWK3100 or consent of
instructor.
SWK3730 Social Development and Prevention
Programs (3 semester hours)
Social work has long been concerned with providing opportunities for the growth
and development of youth, their families, and communities. Recently, foundations
and policy groups have been reemphasizing the critical importance of services
that are often referred to as "primary social services." This course will be
examining primary social service networks for youth, family, and community development.
Prerequisites: SWK3100 or consent of
instructor.
SWK3750 Substance Abuse
(3 semester hours)
Basic information regarding alcohol as a substance and its psychological and
physiological impact. Roles and dynamics are examined in families where alcohol
use is problematic. Intervention and the range of techniques used to address
alcoholism.
Prerequisites: SWK3100 or consent of
instructor.
SWK3770 Social Work Practice with
Older Adults (3 semester hours)
Study of major theories of aging and their implications for social work practice.
Focuses on community services for the aged and examines current issues and trends
related to the service delivery system.
Prerequisites: SWK3100 or consent of
instructor
SWK3780 Computer Applications in
Social Work (3 semester hours)
Computer applications for social work practice. Emphasis on electronic communication,
acquiring, using, and critically evaluating web based information, and web site
design for human service agencies. Exploration of ethical issues related to
the use of information technology.
No prerequisites
SWK4100 Social Work Practice with
Diverse Populations (3 semester hours)
Foundation and basic conceptual framework for understanding and appreciating
unique characteristics and socio-structural factors that affect population groups
identified by the social work professional as traditionally undeserved and oppressed.
Traditional as well as alternative social work intervention methods are discussed
and evaluated for their efficacy in working with these groups.
Prerequisite: SWK3400; majors only.
SWK4110 Generalist Social Work Practice
I (4 semester hours)
The first course in a two-course practice sequence. Develops and builds on skills,
knowledge, values, and ethics of the social work profession. Emphasizes developing
practice competence by studying the generic principles of the helping process
and applying systems theory, the ecological and strengths perspectives, and
problem solving methods of working with individuals, families, groups, and communities.
The engagement and assessment phases of social work are addressed. Practice
issues prompted from the field experiences are an integral part of the course.
Prerequisite: SWK3400; majors only.
Corequisite: SWK4210.
SWK4120 Generalist Social Work Practice
II (4 semester hours)
Further facilitates the student's integration of classroom field learning. Emphasizes
improved handling of oneself and the overall development of practice competence
as well as the middle and the ending phases of intervention with families, individuals,
groups, and communities. A continued focus on ethical considerations; theory
and skill development, the development of the student's own practice theory
are addressed. Includes a day long meeting where the students evaluate their
academic and field learning and terminate with each other.
Prerequisite: SWK4110; majors only.
Corequisite: SWK4220.
SWK4200 Social Work Research I
(3 semester hours)
Research knowledge and competencies essential to the beginning professional
worker for effective practice and for entry into graduate social work programs;
gathering relevant data; describing, monitoring, and accounting for one's own
practice and participating in research efforts and agency information systems.
Prerequisite: SWK3400, majors only.
SWK4210 Field Instruction I
(4 semester hours)
Taken in conjunction with Generalist Social Work Practice I (SWK4110);
minimum of 225 clock hours for each semester (fall). Learning experiences in
the field setting are under the instruction of an MSW with at least two years
experience. Experiences include direct work with individuals, groups, families,
and communities, as well as participation in staff activities.
Prerequisite: SWK3400; majors only.
SWK4220 Field Instruction II
(4 semester hours)
Taken in conjunction with Generalist Social Work Practice II (SWK4120);
minimum of 225 clock hours for each semester (spring). Learning experiences
in the field setting are under the instruction of an MSW with at least two years
experience. Experiences include direct work with individuals, groups, families,
and communities, as well as participation in staff activities.
Prerequisite: SWK4210; majors only.
SWK4250 Social Work Practice With
Families (3 semester hours)
Development of a variety of frameworks to be used in understanding and analyzing
the family and how it functions. Reinforcement of the sociological, demographic,
and cultural factors that influence family values and goals and affect the social,
emotional, and instrumental functioning in relation to social work practice
and policy. Selected family practice theories are introduced and evaluated in
terms of their implications for social work practice with families in various
fields of practice.
Prerequisite: SWK3100, majors only.
SWK4300 Social Work Research II
(3 semester hours)
Statistical methods course acquaints the student with data analysis using SPSS.
Basic concepts of descriptive and inferential statistics, descriptions of central
tendency, dispersion, association and difference; inference via statistical
estimation, hypothesis testing, and tests of significance are covered to enable
students to conceptualize, apply, and interpret statistical methods in relation
to problems which confront the field of social work.
Prerequisite: SWK4200; majors only.
SWK4740 Family Violence: Issues and
Intervention (3 semester hours)
Socio-cultural analysis of the victimization, through violence, of women in
the family, with a particular focus on the problems of battering and incest.
Exploration of preventions, intervention strategies and implications for social
work practice.
Prerequisites: SWK3100 or consent of
instructor.
Posted
31 December 2003
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