Prerequisites: POLS 2100. A review of the history, principles, and issues in American environmental politics with a focus on both governmental institutions and organizations.
Prerequisites: POLS 2100 and ECON 2200 or ECON 2100. A course designed to be an advanced-level introduction to a range of theoretical and applied concerns regarding political economy. It is an exploration of the fundamental questions about government, policies, and the relationship between global market systems.
POLS 4060 - Special Topics in Civic Engagement and Public Policy (3)
Prerequisites: POLS 2100. This course will examine special topics related to civic engagement and public policy. Topics may focus on issues such as education, healthcare, voting rights, housing, the criminal justice system, inequality, poverty and other related issues.
POLS 4100 - Internship in Political Science (3-12)
Prerequisites: POLS 2100, POLS 3000, Advanced junior classification or permission of the Chair. (This course can be taken multiple semesters for a maximum of 12 credit hours). The course is designed to give students the opportunity to gain practical experience in political science.
Prerequisites: POLS 2100. An examination of the development of political philosophy from Plato to the early eighteenth century to the advent of the modern state system.
POLS 4200 - Contemporary Black Political Thought (3)
Prerequisites: POLS 2100 or POLS 3510. A course to study alternative philosophical and political strategies based on the analysis of various black political movements.
Prerequisites: POLS 2110. An analysis of major Russian political trends, institutions, and actors, with a focus on explaining the paradox of a weak state with a highly repressive regime.
POLS 4310 - International Law and Organization (3)
Prerequisites: POLS 2100 or permission of the instructor. A study of the United Nations, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, and their contribution to the development of international law.
Prerequisites: POLS 2100, POLS 2110 or POLS 2115. A study of processes and forces involved with political integration and economic development in selected countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
POLS 4340 - Civil Rights: Problems in Administration and Compliance (3)
Prerequisites: POLS 2100 and POLS 3310 or permission of the instructor. An advanced study of public administration and constitutional problems in the context of civil rights laws.
POLS 4350 - Directed Research in Civic Engagement and Public Policy (3)
Prerequisites: POLS 2100. In collaboration with a community or policy advocacy organization and under the direction of a political science instructor, students will propose and conduct a research project that will produce a major research paper or portfolio.
Prerequisites: POLS 2120 or permission of instructor. An advanced exploration of legal issues involving federal and state powers and the conflicts that arise from competing claims of sovereignty.
Prerequisites: POLS 2120 or permission of instructor. A seminar-style class for advanced undergraduates exploring topics and legal issues with immediate consequences for the American political system.
Prerequisites: POLS 2100 or permission of instructor. An examination of the political and social thought of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud. Topics discussed include: capitalism, socialism, communism, human nature, social conflict, human emancipation, the psychological-political relationship, race and capitalism, ideology, power, and the future of humanity.
POLS 4500 - Revolution and Ideology in the Third World (3)
Prerequisites: POLS 2100, POLS 2110, POLS 2115 or permission of instructor. A study of political movements and ideas among nations and groups challenging the structure of global power.
Prerequisites: POLS 2110. An analysis of formal power structures of Sub-Saharan African countries and an examination of the relations African states have with each other and with the global system.
Prerequisites: POLS 2100. An analysis of formal power structures of Middle Eastern countries and an examination of political forces impinging upon and undergirding the foreign policy of these nations.
Prerequisites: POLS 2100 or permission of instructor. An examination of how “beauty” has been used as a political ideology to sustain patriarchal systems of power throughout history. The course analyzes how political philosophies have influenced gender identity, and contributed to corporeal practices that adversely affect the health and wellbeing of women and men.
Prerequisites: POLS 2100, advanced standing, and permission of the instructor or department chairman. Honors course offered for senior political science majors with a 3.0 grade point average. This course focuses on important political works and requires independent research.
Prerequisites: POLS 2100, advanced standing and permission of the instructor or department chairman. Honors course offered for senior political science majors with a 3.0 grade point average. This course offers additional readings beyond Senior Honors I and independent research.
(This course is not required for psychology majors.) An introduction to psychological terms, facts, and principles designed to aid the student in understanding individual behavior. Behavior is analyzed and interpreted through activities and discussions of such topics as motivation, emotion, perception, learning, and intelligence.
Prerequisites: PSY 2100. (For Psychology majors.) This course will provide students with an overview of the discipline of psychology, including expectations for the psychology major, career options for students completing a bachelor’s degree in psychology, and career options for students who pursue a graduate degree in psychology. It will also emphasize development of skills required for library research, writing in the style of the American Psychological Association, and understanding ethical and professional issues in the discipline of Psychology. This is a writing intensive course.
Prerequisites: PSY 2100 and/or PSY 2120. This course will provide an overview of Sports Psychology. The course will use an interdisciplinary approach to exam the interaction among psychological factors and performance in sports and physical activities. The course will cover the following topic areas: Personality, Motivation, and Physiological Arousal and Stress; Group and Team Dynamics; Aggression in Sports; Enhancing Performance and Arousal Regulations; and Sports and Psychological Well-Being.
PSY 2400 - Introductory Statistics for Students of Psychology (3)
Prerequisites: PSY 2100 or PSY 2130 and completion of Math GEC courses with a grade of “C” or higher. A first course in statistics for students of psychology and other behavioral and social sciences. Assignments, class activities, and lectures are designed to develop a conceptual and analytical understanding of statistics and prepare students for the required quantitative courses. Descriptive statistics, correlation, the concepts of variance, and elementary inferential statistics are analyzed.
PSY 2410 - Intermediate Statistics for Students of Psychology (3)
Prerequisites: PSY 2400. This class is a continuation of PSY 2400 that focuses on the introductory statistical techniques used in behavioral and social science research. A study of statistical concepts, principles, and procedures in the areas of basic descriptive statistics and inferential statistics including measures of central tendency, variability, probability, and mathematical distributions, hypothesis testing, chi-square, analysis of variance and multiple correlation.
Prerequisites: PSY 2100 or PSY 2130. An orientation to the concepts of abnormal behavior with emphasis on the functional disorders of modern civilizations and the significance of social and emotional problems on normal conduct.
. An introduction to the concepts and theories of experimental psychology covering the fields of learning, memory, problem solving, developmental, psychometrics, environmental and social processes and the various statistical analyses (using SPSS) associated with each research design.
Prerequisites: PSY 2120, PSY 2400. An introduction to the study of psychological tests, methods, and results in the measurement of intelligence, achievement, and personality. Included are such topics as social perception conformity, attitude change, cognitive consistency, leadership and authority, techniques of data collection, and experimental design.
Prerequisites: PSY 2100 or PSY 2130. This course is designed to provide an overview of the field of Health Psychology from a biopsychosocial perspective – that is, that health and illness are determined by the interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors of an individual’s life.
Prerequisites: PSY 2100. The course will provide an overview of Sports Psychology. The course will use an interdisciplinary approach to exam the interaction among psychological factors and performance in sports and physical activities. The course will cover the following topic areas: Personality, Motivation, and Physiological Arousal and Stress; Group and Team Dynamics; Aggression in Sports: Enhancing Performance and Arousal Regulation; and Sport and Psychological Well-Being.
Prerequisites: HIST 1530 or HIST 1540 and PSY 2130. This course will provide students with an introduction to the field of African Americamn psychology. Emphasis will be given to such issues as the African/African American worldviews and the manner in which cross cultural systems of social reality impact the African experience in America. The course will cover theories of African/Black personality, psychological health and mental disorder, identity, and family and social relationships. Moreover, the course will discuss issues that impact Africans in America and throughout the Diaspora.
Prerequisites: PSY 2130, PSY 3300. An examination of how people influence the beliefs and behaviors of others, viewed from the perspectives of the influencer and the object of the influence. Included are such topics as social perception, conformity, attitude change, cognitive consistency, leadership and authority, techniques of data collection, and experimental design.
Prerequisites: PSY 3300. An examination and evaluation of current theories of learning with special attention given to concepts of classical conditioning and instrumental learning.
Prerequisites: PSY 3100 or PSY 3200. A focus on the structure and development of the normal personality. Influences of childhood experiences upon personality; and significance of emotional development, integration, and measurement of traits and personality types will be systematically examined.
Prerequisites: PSY 2100 or PSY 2130. An examination of psychological theories and research methods and findings regarding the intellectual, emotional, perceptual, and social development of the adolescent. Special coping or adjustment difficulties of the adolescent will be an integral part of the course.
Prerequisites: PSY 2100 or PSY 2130 and PSY 3300. This course introduces students to concepts, theories, methods, and applications of cognition, or higher mental processes. Cognition deals with how people acquire, represent, and use information. We review the history of cognition, basic research, theory, and its applications in several areas of society. Understanding the nature of cognition also helps us understand people’s adaptive and mal-adaptive behaviors. The course involves laboratory experiences using online activities present in CogLab. Topics include perception, attention, memory, imagery, thinking, language acquisition, and problem solving.
PSY 4310 - Applied Industrial and Organizational Psychology (3)
Prerequisites: PSY 2130. The study of efficient and effective ways to improve industrial and organizational performance via personnel selection, classification, isolating motivational factors, engineering, and man/machine interface.
Prerequisites: PSY 2130 or PSY 2100, PSY 2400, or its equivalent in another academic discipline. The psychology of perception is an introduction to the mental processes humans use to sense and gain awareness of the physical, internal, and personal environments. Basic philosophical questions in perception such as the transduction of physical energy to psychology energy are undertaken in the major sensory modalities with emphasis on the experimental and neurological methods of perception. Diverse theoretical approaches incorporating the physiological, psychophysical, ecological, cultural, social, and motivational aspects of perception further frame the discussions.
Prerequisites: PSY 2130. A study of physiological mechanisms which underlie behavior adjustments. Special attention is paid to the receptors, neural and effecter mechanisms, involved in perception, learning, and emotional behavior.
Prerequisites: PSY 4410 and permission of the department. Opportunities will be provided for the students to develop and write a supervised major research paper in any area of psychology that is agreed upon by the student and the advisor. The major objectives of the course are to ensure that students are able to do adequate research, use qualitative tools and instruments in the field, and develop and defend a final paper in a format stipulated by the instructor.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior status and at least a 3.0 GPA. This course is designed for honors or high achieving majors to discuss, test, and explore their research interests.
Prerequisites: Senior status. This course is designed to be a capstone experience for students majoring in psychology. As such, the aim of this course is to both unify and provide a broader context for knowledge about the field of psychology gained throughout the undergraduate years. Students will integrate what they have learned in their courses and convey the skills needed to succeed in the professional workforce or in graduate school. This course is writing intensive.
PADM 3130 - Computer Applications to Public Administration Problems I (3)
This is an introductory course in computer application to such public administration areas as personnel and financial system file maintenance and retrieval, survey and aggregate data analysis, and data transformation systems.
This course is designed to familiarize students with the role of financial administration and budgeting in the determination of governmental policy, administrative planning, control of governmental operations, and intergovernmental relations.
This course examines the administrative aspects of urban problems. It examines the causes, effects, and possible solutions to these problems making use of such techniques as gaming simulation, field research, and interaction with public administrators. The scope of problems considered varies as the urban scene changes. Currently, it includes planning, financing, housing, racism, welfare, poverty, education, crime, transportation, and health care. These problems will be examined in light of such concepts as citizen participation, ethnic politics, and the politics of decision making.
This course examines the role of human resources in public and nonprofit organizations from a strategic perspective. The student will learn human resource functions from recruitment and selection to career development.
PADM 3470 - Public Administration and Public Policy (3)
This course will define the public policy-making process in the United States. The major focus will be on defining specific areas of public policy such as housing, welfare, health education, planning, etc., analyzing those policies and proposing alternative delivery systems. The student will be exposed to the processes of public policy formulation, implementation and evaluation. A working knowledge of aggregate data analysis will be helpful to the student.
This course examines the administrative aspects of policies that cross governmental jurisdiction lines, i.e., local, state, and federal. It focuses upon the cooperation, conflicts, and competition among the various levels of government and how they affect the administration of public programs. The course will include intergovernmental legislative and personnel problems.
PADM 3520 - Urban Planning and Public Administration (3)
This course focuses on planning theory and practice as they relate to urban areas. It will examine the planning process; it will relate planning to various urban problems, housing, education, health, transportation, etc.; it will relate planning to the administrative process; and it will give an overview of the role of planning in national development, i.e., regional planning and other forms of sub-national planning. It will closely examine the relationship between the planner and the administrator in urban areas.
Prerequisites: Minimum 3.2 GPA and permission of the instructor. Students are introduced to public administration research and must plan and begin the senior thesis. One chapter of the senior thesis must be written and approved in this course.
PADM 4130 - Computer Applications to Public Administration Problems II (3)
Prerequisites: PADM 3130. This is an advanced course in computer application, which deals with the study of advanced computer techniques including multivariate analysis, index, and scale applications to public administration systems and research using several computer routines.
PADM 4230 - Administration and Organizational Theory (3)
Prerequisites: PADM 2400. This is an advanced course in public administration designed to strengthen the student’s understanding of the theory and practice of administrative organizations.
Prerequisites: PADM 3400, PADM 3460, PADM 3470, PADM 3490, PADM 4230, and senior status. This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to synthesize the various aspects of the public administration program. Students will be expected to draw on all of their experiences, lecture courses, internship and directed readings, and to address the issues and problems in the field of public administration.
PADM 4300 - Public Administration Internship I (3)
Prerequisites: PADM 2400, PADM 3130, PADM 3400, PADM 3460, PADM 3470, and senior status. This internship is a highly structured course designed to help the student integrate theoretical, textbook knowledge with the real world of public administration. The nature of this internship is experiential, and the student is under close supervision by the internship director and trained agency personnel, while working on clearly defined projects.
PADM 4310 - Public Administration Internship II (3)
Prerequisites: PADM 4300. This course is a continuation of PADM 4300, in which the student will complete additional hours in a public or nonprofit agency. A final paper describing the internship experience is required.
PADM 4620 - Special Topics in Public Administration (3)
This course involves an investigation of in-depth, research-based analyses of on temporary topical areas in public administration not covered in other courses. It is designed to address the emerging issues related to the discipline.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior status. This course includes independent readings and research under the supervision of an instructor. The course may be repeated twice as different topics or readings are selected for examination.
RECR 1000 - Introduction to Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Studies (3)
An introduction to the parks and recreation/sports field, with emphasis upon understanding the conceptual foundations of play, recreation, and leisure for all populations and settings. An overview of career opportunities in the profession and professional organizations and agencies providing leisure services. This course now shares a uniform “Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies” course title
RECR 2000 - Recreation and Leisure in Modern Society (3)
An introduction to the parks and recreation field with emphasis upon understanding the conceptual foundations of play, recreation, and leisure for all populations and settings. An overview of agencies providing leisure services.
RECR 2120 - Leadership in Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies (3)
Prerequisites: RECR 1000. Development of the ability to use various leadership techniques to enhance individual, group, and community experiences and the process of activity leadership in conjunction with development of skills and knowledge in activity areas. Understanding of the significance of play, recreation, and leisure throughout the life span and of group dynamics and processes. This course now shares a uniform “Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies” course title. Writing Intensive.
Prerequisites: RECR 1000. An introduction to concepts and practices of effective sport management at the professional, athletic and recreational levels. Topics include: overview of sport and sport management, social and behavioral dimensions of sport, business aspects of sport, issues and trends, professionalism, and an overview of career fields in the sport industry.
Prerequisites: RECR 1000. An examination of the leadership and supervision of counselors in camping and in outdoor recreation settings with emphasis on camp administration and operation. A study of the interrelationship between leisure behavior and the natural environment and of environmental ethics and its relationship to leisure behavior. (formerly RECR 3230) This course now shares a uniform “Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies” course title.
RECR 2250 - Introduction to Recreation Therapy (3)
Prerequisites: RECR 1000. A review of conceptual cornerstone and current practices in recreation service delivery systems to consumers with disabilities. Examines the nature and etiology of varied physically disabling conditions, programming standards, and strategies for inclusion. (formerly RECR 3250) This course now shares a uniform “Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies” course title.
Prerequisites: RECR 1000. RECR 1000, RECR 2120, plus three additional semester hours in the park and recreation curriculum. A study of professional practice. Designed to provide directed practicum experiences in a park and recreation agency under the supervision of a faculty advisor and an approved agency supervisor. A formal field experience(s) of at least 100 total documented clock hours in appropriate professional recreation organizations/agencies. This course now shares a uniform “Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies” course title.
RECR 2500 - Special Topics in Recreation, Physical Education, and Sport (1 to 3)
Prerequisites: RECR 1000. Examines current issues in recreation, physical education, and sport agencies, facilities, and settings. Topics may vary with the instructor. This course may be repeated for credit if topic differs.
An introduction to the organization and administration of fitness, instructional, informal, intramural, extramural, club sports competitions, with emphasis upon tournament design, league maintenance, and planning.
RECR 3120 - Processes and Techniques in Recreational Therapy (4)
Prerequisites: RECR 1000. RECR 1000, RECR 2250. Analysis of key concepts and operational definitions, theoretical constructs, recreational therapy processes and models and medical and psychiatric terminology. This course is three lecture hours with two laboratory hours per week.
Demonstration and knowledge and skills required in human resources management in park, recreation, sport, and leisure services management. An analysis of organizational needs, job designs, recruitment, diversity, professional competence, performance appraisal, disciplinary and grievance procedures. This course now shares a uniform “Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies” course title.
This course will expose students to management theory, principles, administrative processes and functions with emphasis upon ethical practices and management procedures. The course includes the examination of the roles, interrelationships, and uses of diverse leisure delivery systems to promote community development. This course now shares a uniform “Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies” course title. Writing Intensive.
RECR 3800 - Research Methods in Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Studies (3)
Prerequisites: RECR 1000. RECR 2300. This course applies basic principles of research and data analysis related to recreation, park resources, sports, and leisure services. This course now shares a uniform “Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies” course title.
A study of the principles and practices of operating sport and recreation service delivery areas. Emphasis placed on the examination of facility planning, design, operation, and maintenance including consideration of the inclusive practices approach to facility design and program operation. The course also investigates regulatory agents and methods of compliance as well as trends and issues impacting recreation managers. This course now shares a uniform “Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies” course title.
RECR 4140 - Program Design and Evaluation in Recreational Therapy (3)
Prerequisites: RECR 1000. RECR 3120 and RECR 2300. Focus upon skills for systematic design and evaluation of programs using selected systems techniques, including activity and task analysis procedures, and summative and formative evaluation processes.
RECR 4142 - Methods and Practices in Recreational Therapy (3)
Prerequisites: RECR 1000. RECR 3120 and RECR 2300. This course will review the theoretical and practical examination of contemporary interventions in recreational therapy. Specifically, students will have a chance to master some non-traditional intervention techniques, and to expend their knowledge and practices in recreational therapy.
RECR 4145 - Facilitation Techniques in Recreational Therapy (3)
Prerequisites: RECR 1000. RECR 3120 and RECR 2300. Analysis of recreation therapy facilitation techniques currently utilized by practicing Recreation Therapy professionals in myriad settings with emphasis on evidence-based practices.
An analysis and application of concepts and principles of recreation and leisure services program development, with attention to examination of recreation activity taxonomies, methods of assessing needs, the process of program planning, and development, evaluation, and promotion of a master program plan. This course includes a one hour lab. This course now shares a uniform “Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies” course title.
RECR 4270 - Advanced Concepts in Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Studies (3)
Prerequisites: RECR 1000. A study and critical analysis of selected theories and concepts that influence the development of leisure behavior and the delivery of recreation services. Analysis of pertinent research, including understanding the research process. This course now shares a uniform “Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies” course title.
RECR 4610 - Finance in Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies (3)
Prerequisites: RECR 1000. RECR 2300, RECR 3500, RECR 3600. Development of the principles and procedures of budgeting and financial management. Developing and presenting financial plans, operating and capital budgets, acquiring revenues, building financial relationships, auditing, and grant writing are core components of the class. This course now shares a uniform “Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies” course title.
RECR 4625 - Pre-internship in Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies (1)
Prerequisites: RECR 1000. RECR 2300, RECR 3500, RECR 3600. Procedures, preparation of materials, and selection of an agency for internship. This course now shares a uniform “Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies” course title.
RECR 4630 - Internship in Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies (9)
Prerequisites: RECR 1000. RECR 4625 pre-internship and permission by faculty advisor or recreation faculty. An examination of professional practice. Designed to individually assign the student to a 10-to-12-week program in an approved recreation/sport or leisure services agency. Internship consists of a full-time placement for a minimum of 400 clock hours. (Senior status required; 18 semester hours in the park and recreation curriculum. ) This course now shares a uniform “Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies” course title.
RECR 4635 - Internship in Recreational Therapy (12)
Prerequisites: RECR 4625 pre-internship and permission by faculty advisor or recreation faculty. Students will apply classroom learning to the practice of Recreational Therapy. Interns will be exposed to components of the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC) Job Analysis Task Areas. Internship hours should comply with the up-dated NCTRC requirement.
RECR 4800 - Independent Study in Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Studies (3)
Prerequisites: RECR 1000. Consent of instructor. Independent reading and research for upper-level undergraduate physical education and recreation majors under faculty supervision. This is an opportunity for advanced study in a special area in physical education and/or recreation.
RECR 4900 - Technology Applications in Recreation, Physical Education & Sport (3)
Prerequisites: RECR 1000. RECR 1000 or PEDU 2000. Exploration and examination of technology applications relevant to recreation, physical education, and sport. Emphasis will be placed on a hands-on approach exploring how various technologies, including computing, can be used in recreation, physical education, and sport settings. This course now shares a uniform “Parks, Recreation/Sports, and Leisure Service Agencies” course title.
An integration of basic elements of energy, atomic and molecular structure, data acquisition and interpretation, and life as self-structured matter. Themes draw upon knowledge, from biology, chemistry, environmental science, geography, and physics. Critical thinking and analytical skills are developed through experiments and class activities. Reading assignments emphasize the connections between science, other disciplines, and society. (Five hours per week with time devoted to lecture and laboratory as needed)
This course is one of the two prerequisites to all subsequent social work courses and is designed to provide an introduction to the development, fields and knowledge and value base of the social work profession, and the general principles underlying the process of giving and receiving help.
This course is a prerequisite to all subsequent social work courses. The course is designed to provide the student with a comprehensive introduction to the broad framework of social welfare activities and to social work as a profession. Students are introduced to the philosophy, values, and methods of the social welfare system.
SOCW 3420 - Social Policy and Community Resources (3)
Prerequisites: SOCW 2500, SOCW 3410. This course examines the processes and issues associated with decision-making within the social welfare sector. The essential focus of the course is on various conceptual approaches to the solution of human problems within a market economy resulting from the unequal distribution of resources.
SOCW 3500 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment (3)
Prerequisites: SOCW 2500, SOCW 3410: An examination of bio-psycho-social determinants of behavior at each stage of the life course. This course focuses on the varying life course stages and levels of environmental influence on behavior.
SOCW 3600 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment II (3)
Prerequisites: SOCW 2500, SOCW 3410, SOCW 3500. This course employs systems theory and social entities such as culture, communities, and formal organizations. Groups and families are conceptualized as macro, mezzo, and micro systems that form the social environment of the individual. The course is based on the social work principle that human behavior and problems are determined by interaction between individuals and macro, mezzo, and micro systems by which they are surrounded.
SOCW 3610 - Interventive Methods in the Helping Professions (3)
Prerequisites: SOCW 2500, SOCW 3410, SOCW 3420, SOCW 3500, SOCW 3600. Students must be fully admitted into the BSW program to enroll in this course. An introduction to the practice methods component of the social work concentration. The knowledge, skills, and value orientations acquired serve as a basis for the field placement practicum. The course focuses upon the nature of social work as a field of study and its methods of intervention. The student is expected to develop a beginning conceptualization of the generic knowledge, values, and skills essential to the practice of social work.
SOCW 3620 - Interventive Methods in the Helping Professions II (3)
Prerequisites: SOCW 2500, SOCW 3410, SOCW 3420, SOCW 3500, SOCW 3600, SOCW 3610. Students must be fully admitted into the BSW program to enroll in this course. A continuation of SOCW 3610. This course, which is taken simultaneously with SOCW 4110, serves as a technical laboratory for the integration and application of theory and practice for planned change.
SOCW 3700 - Human Diversity and Social Work Practice (3)
This course aims to provide students with knowledge and skills for social work practice with disadvantaged and oppressed people. Such people in the United States typically include people of color, women, people with disabilities, gay and lesbian people, and poor people. Students should leave this course with a better understanding not only of themselves but also diverse groups and human behavior in the social environment (HBSE).