May 22, 2024

Graduate School Course Catalog 2015-2016

HELP

Graduate School Course Catalog 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

Contract All Courses | Print this page.

Print this page.

Print this Page

Course Filter
Filter this list of courses using course prefix, course code, keywords or any combination.
Prefix:	Code or Number:	Keyword or Phrase:
Choose Course Prefix	Choose Course Number	Choose Keyword
Find whole word or phrase only.


Social Work
	SOCW 5303 - Child Welfare Practices (3) This course emphasizes social work practice with children and families. It structured to acquaint students with the origins of child welfare, the services that are provided for children and families, and the policies that govern service delivery. Considerable emphasis is placed on enabling the student to work with a socially diverse range of client systems toward the identification and formulation of problems, goal setting, problem-solving, and advocacy. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule
	SOCW 5304 - Social Work and the Juvenile Justice System (3) This course provides a detailed view of the juvenile justice system. Students in this course will become acquainted with the history of juvenile justice through readings and discussions. Students will also be provided an opportunity to examine, evaluate, analyze and articulate knowledge and beliefs about juvenile justice system in a scholarly fashion. Policy and practice issues will also be discussed. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule
	SOCW 5305 - Evaluating Social Work Practice (3) The course focuses on using and evaluating the knowledge base of social work practice. It applies concepts learned in Research Methods to the empirical evaluation of one’s own practice. The course stresses issues related to the conduct of research in a practice profession, including the relationship between research and practice, the application of principles of critical thinking to both research and practice, and the ethical consideration crucial in research development. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule
	SOCW 5309 - Social Work Practicum III (6) The primary purpose of the advanced field practicum is to provide students with opportunities to engage in experiences related to their area of concentration. These areas include direct practice (children and their families, and at-risk populations based on minority and social economic status); and juvenile justice (mezzo and macro social work practice). Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule
	SOCW 5311 - Advanced Field Seminar III (2) The field seminar is designed to help students integrate classroom learning with the experiences of the internship, and it serves as professional support group for discussing field issues. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule
	SOCW 5405 - Social Work in the Juvenile Justice System (3) This course examines the role of social workers within the juvenile justice and legal systems. The course will place special emphasis on theory, advocacy, and organizational change with diverse forensic populations: including offenders, victims, juveniles, and related systems. Furthermore, the course will focus on the role of social workers as experts in child welfare, expert witnesses, and as change agents will explored. The course adopts social justice, multi systems, and interdisciplinary perspective. The course also involves the examination of the behaviors and structures of “newly” formed families and communities that function to fill voids in traditional juvenile justice structures. This course will prepare advanced social work students with the knowledge and skills needed to be competent practitioners in communities and in their work with juveniles and their families. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule
	SOCW 5406 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment IV (Gangs and Family Redefined) (3) This course builds on the foundation year and theories discussed in SOCW 5103 (Human Behavior and the Social Environment I - Individual and Family Development), SOCW 5203 (Human Behavior and the Social Environment II – Discrimination and Inequality) and the advanced core course, SOCW 5303 (Human Behavior and the Social Environment III – Middle and Adolescent Development). This course involves the examination of the behaviors and structures of “newly” formed families and communities that function to fill voids in traditional structures. This course will prepare advanced social work students with the knowledge and skills needed to be competent practitioners in communities and in their work with juveniles and their families. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule
	SOCW 5407 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment IV (Children and Families with Multi- Problems) (3) This course advances students knowledge and skills for working with families and children with multiple problems such as the challenges of poverty, mental illness, sexual abuse, family violence, drug abuse, discrimination, and disenfranchisement. Emphasis is placed on integrating culturally sensitive perspectives and evidence based research to guide practice. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule
	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. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule
	SOCW 5409 - Social Work Practicum IV (6) The primary purpose of the advanced field practicum is to provide students with opportunities to engage in experiences related to their area of concentration. These areas include direct practice (children and their families, and at-risk populations based on minority and social economic status); and juvenile justice (mezzo and macro social work practice). Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule
	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. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule
	SOCW 5411 - Advanced Field Seminar IV (2) The field seminar is designed to help students integrate classroom learning with the experiences of the internship, and it serves as professional support group for discussing field issues. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule
	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. Click here for the Fall 2024 Class Schedule

Page: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7 \| 8

Contract All Courses | Print this page.

Print this page.

Print this Page