Course Descriptions

SOWK 700/SWK 620. Human Behavior and Social Functioning I (3:3). Theories of human behavior and intervention with people in a variety of systems viewed from biological, sociological, and psychological perspectives.

SOWK 701/SWK 621. Social Welfare Policy and Analysis I (3:3). Explores the history and development of social welfare institutions and social work. Examines the relationships between social problems, social policies, and social work practice from historical and contemporary perspectives.

SOWK 702/SWK 625. Human Behavior in the Social Environment II (3:3). Provides students with concepts and knowledge necessary to understand family development, functioning, stress and diversity. Emphasizes the bio-psycho-spiritual nature of people in their family environment.

SOWK 703/SWK 622. Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families (3:3). Defines and describes direct social work practice; knowledge, skills and values necessary to provide a wide scope of developmental, preventive and therapeutic services to individuals and families.

SOWK 704/SWK 623. Social Work with Groups (3:3). Advanced course designed to teach group process and strategies, techniques, and skills for working with groups such as support groups and task groups in human services settings.

SOWK 705/SWK 624. Social Work Practice and Human Diversity (3:3). Examines cultural and social diversity; addresses theoretical and practical dimensions of social work practice with oppressed people of color, women, the aged, the sexually diverse, and the physically disabled.

SOWK 706/SWK 633. Social Welfare Policy and Analysis II (3:3). Reviews outcomes of social work practice in legislation, administrative and judicial directives, rulings and interpretations in the area of government; accountability of the delivery systems to their clients.

SOWK 707/SWK 626. Social Work Research Methods (3:3). Research methodology as it relates to the professional practice of social work. Examines quantitative and qualitative methods as means for solving social problems.

SOWK 708/SWK 627. Social Work Practice with Communities and Organizations (3:3). Practice in macro social work with broad scale social systems. Students acquire knowledge, analytical skills and professional behavior appropriate for work with groups, communities and organizations.

SOWK 709/SWK 628. Field Instruction I (5:0:24). Application of theories and concepts to the role of a professional social work practitioner within a field agency. Taken concurrently with 517 Field Seminar I. (Graded on S-U basis)

SOWK 7?/SWK 629. Field Seminar I (1:1). Field seminar to be taken concurrently with Field Instruction I; assists students to integrate theory and classroom knowledge into their agency field practice.

SOWK 710/SWK 637. Social Work with Families I (3:3). Advanced generalist social work practice with families, theory and intervention strategies, the influence of culture and gender upon family functioning, and use of self as a professional practitioner.

SOWK 711/SWK 642. Social Work with Families II (3:3). Expansion of knowledge, skill and understanding of the major conceptual frameworks and interventive strategies in the family field. Pr. 601.

SOWK 712/SWK 638. Social Work in Health Care and Mental Health I (3:3). Advanced generalist social work practice in health and mental health, theory and intervention strategies, current policy initiatives, and social work roles.

SOWK 713/SWK 643. Social Work in Health Care and Mental Health II (3:3). Second of two courses; assessment and treatment of knowledge, values, and skills for interventions with client physical or psychiatric problems.

SOWK 716/SWK 639. Social Work in Administration (3:3). Advanced generalist social work practice in social work administration, theory and practice strategies, the influence of culture and gender upon managerial practice, and the use of self as a professional practitioner.

SOWK 718/SWK 634. Research Designs and Data Analysis for Social Work Practice (3:3). Advanced skills in (a) conceptualizing research problems, (b) completing research in the social work domains: needs assessment, program evaluation, and single subject research, and (c) using inferential skills for data analysis.

SOWK 722/SWK 635. Field Instruction II (5:0:24). Application of theories and concepts to the role of a professional social work practitioner within a field agency. Taken concurrently with Field Seminar II. (Graded on S-U basis)

SOWK 723/SWK 636. Field Seminar II (1:1). Field seminar to be taken concurrently with Field Instruction II; assists student to integrate theory and classroom knowledge into their agency field practice.

SOWK 724/SWK 640. Field Instruction III (6:0:24). Application of theories and concepts to the role of a professional social work practitioner within a field agency. Taken concurrently with Field Seminar III. (Graded on S-U basis)

SOWK 725/SWK 641. Field Seminar III (1:1). Field seminar to be taken concurrently with Field Instruction III; assists student to integrate theory and classroom knowledge into their agency field practice. Includes capstone project.

Advanced Standing only

SOWK 731/SWK 631. Social Work with Individuals and Families: Theory and Practice (3:3). Emphasis on the practice of social work in assessment and intervention using personality theory, family theory and the family life cycle, and social work theory.

SOWK 732/SWK 632. Social Work with Groups, Communities, and Organizations (3:3). Emphasis on the practice of social work with groups and within communities and organizations through the examination and application of an advanced generalist framework.