SOW 4910 - Senior Seminar

Institution:

Iona University

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Description:

The Senior Seminar is the capstone course for social work majors. It has three purposes: 1. To facilitate students' understanding and exploration of ethical issues and dilemmas that confront social workers in practice with clients, colleagues, supervisors, agencies and communities. A model for ethical decision-making is presented and applied. Students consider how gender, racial and/or ethnic background, sexual orientation and physical and/or mental disability influence value systems and impact ethical decision-making in practice. 2. To provide a locus for oversight and coordination of the Senior Capstone Conference including the individualized mentoring of students in the development and preparation of the capstone presentation. The course's instructor will act as mentor for the preparation process. Individual meetings with the mentor constitute the fourth credit of this course. 3. To prepare students for entry into the profession through the development of a professional social work portfolio. This course is open only to students majoring in social work. Corequisite: SOW 3620. Students have generally completed all other courses in the major. 4 credits. S

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.iona.edu

Phone Number:

(914) 633-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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