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2020-2021 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Social Work
  

  • SOCW 5408 - Special Topics in Children and Family Practice (3)

    This course builds on the foundation year and theories discussed in SOCW 5203  to address theories about the impact of race, culture, and gender on family intervention. It focuses on theories that help practitioners assess families from a variety of cultural backgrounds in addition to helping practitioners formulate culturally respectful interventions. This course has a special focus on the intersection between culture and family issues, such as divorce, violence, and substance abuse. Social class, immigration history, and rural versus urban environments, as well as ethnicity will be viewed as playing important roles in families’ cultures. Similarly, the course examines social and family constructions of gender roles and how these impact the adjustment of children and the course of family intervention.


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  • SOCW 5409 - Social Work Practicum & Seminar IV (4)

    Pre- or Co-requisite: SOCW 5309  -  Social Work Practicum & Seminar III ( 4 )   The primary purpose of the advanced field practicum is to provide students with opportunities to engage in experiences related to the concentration advanced generalist practice with individuals, families, group, organizations, and communities. These areas include direct practice (individuals,families,and groups), and macro practice (organizations, and communities). The field seminar is designed to help students integrate classroom learning with experiences of the internship, and it serves as professional support group for discussing field issues. 


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  • SOCW 5410 - Special Topics in Juvenile Justice (3)

    Restorative Justice offers a refreshingly different framework for thinking about wrongdoing. It moves beyond the confines of traditional justice systems to embrace social justice principles. The course will be structured around intensive readings in restorative justice in correctional and juvenile justice settings globally and in community and correctional settings in the United States. The course offers students an opportunity to study the leading restorative justice practices to explore the possibilities that restorative justice offers to move beyond the limitations of retributive justice. The goal is to increase students’ knowledge of how different cultures have utilized the community corrections movement and to note how, despite vast cultural differences, many countries have adopted similar practices. Moreover, one of the ultimate objectives of this class is to encourage students to critically examine if, how, and whether these international practices could be adopted here in the United States.


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  • SOCW 5513 - Masters Research Project (3)

    The Masters Research Project is a capstone experience in which students demonstrate mastery of the knowledge, values, and skill content of the foundation, advanced and concentration components of the MSW curriculum. The focus of the research project is on the ability of the student to analyze, conceptualize, and apply important social work knowledge and skills to the understanding of and solutions to current issues and problems associated with at-risk youth and families and juvenile justice issues. Students will be expected to demonstrate skills in implementation of data collection, data analysis, interpretation of findings, and their application and implication of social work practice.


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  • SOCW 6110 - Advanced Standing Transitional Seminar I (3)

    Pre- or Co-requisite: Undergraduate degree in social work (BSW). The seminar course is taught the first summer session.  This seminar provides content on CSWE foundation areas:  1) Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 2) Social Work Profession and Social Welfare, with an emphasis on social and economic justice and system change, 3) Values and Ethics, 4) Diversity distinguished by age, class, culture, disability, ethnicity, family structure, gender, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation, 5)Micro level practice, and 6) Research.


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  • SOCW 6120 - Advanced Standing Transitional Seminar II (3)

    Pre- or Co-requisite: Undergraduate degree in social work (BSW). This seminar course is taught the second summer session.  This course provides content on CSWE foundation areas:  1) Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 2) Social Welfare Policy, with an emphasis on social and economic justice and system change, 3) Values and Ethics, 4) Diversity distinguished by age, class, culture, disability, ethnicity, family structure, gender, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation, 5) Micro, Mezzo and Macro level Practice, and 6) Research.


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  • SOCW 6130 - Forensic Social Work (3)

    This introductory course to forensic social work prepares social workers to practice in multidisciplinary settings including social work, public health, and legal system in order to address contemporary social problems, such as social injustices, and mass incarcerations of vulnerable populations.  Many forensic populations, such as racial and ethnic minorities, at-risk living in impoverished communities.  In addition, course participants will learn and apply human rights legal framework and social injustice empowerment theories to guide multi-level prevention, assessment, and interventions with historically vulnerable individuals, families, and communities.  Students will learn innovative practice, research and advocacy solutions that address the psychosocial determinants of health, well-being, and navigate the legal/justice.


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  • SOCW 6135 - Social Work and Psychopathology (3)

    This practice course aims to convey a knowledge base in, and orientation to, psychopathology, which will facilitate advanced social work practice.  The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-V (DSM-5) (APA, 2013) is used as the organizing framework for reviewing major mental disorders.  The course will focus on the identification and description of mental disorders, and what is known (and not known) about their social context and etiology (biological, psychological and socio-cultural factors).  Issues of diversity related to diagnosis and treatment of specific mental disorder categories will be explored.

    This course will not provide in-depth, skill-based learning in specific clinical interventions, instead, a review about effective treatments for specific classes of disorders (psychological, social and psychopharmacological) will be discussed.  The primary focus of the course will be on assessment and case planning that integrates diagnostic information to ensure that interventions are consistent with the individual’s strengths and needs.


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  • SOCW 6140 - Leadership, Administration and Community Practice (3)

    This course is designed to prepare students for effective administration and leadership practice in a variety of settings.  This course will provide students with models, tools, and techniques to assist in maximizing their leadership potential as current and aspiring leaders.  This course places emphasis on strengths-focused assessment of one’s own and others’ leadership styles based on a firm grounding in theoretical and evidence-based conceptual frameworks.  Students will demonstrate their learning, in part, through engagement in self-assessments, leadership practice critiques, and strategic planning activities.  These learning activities will ultimately enhance students’ self-awareness and capacity for effective leadership.


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  • SOCW 6145 - Special Topics in Mental Health/Substance Abuse (3)

    This course prepares students to understand developmental life stressors, disruptions, and challenges, and to identify research-informed social work interventions that provide primary and supportive mental health and substance abuse evidence-based practices.  This course teaches the skills and strategies used in work with children, adolescents, adults, aging adults, and their families who are challenged with mental health and substance abuse issues using several social work modalities.


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