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3.00 - 15.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Consent of the department; formal application required A field experience offers qualified students the opportunity to gain practical experience in their field of study. Placements are made in both public and private agencies and are designed to complement the student’s theoretical study. This course may be repeated for a maximum of 15 credits.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Consent of the department; formal application required Directed study is open to all juniors and seniors who have demonstrated critical and analytical abilities in their studies and who wish to pursue a project independently. May be taken twice for a maximum of six credits. Either semester.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Open to all freshmen with a writing placement score of 3 or above or a SAT score of 500 or above. Students with 24 or more transfer credits will have this requirement waived. First Year Seminars (FYS) are writing-intensive, topic courses that introduce students to academic thought, discourse and practices. FYS courses prepare and orient students toward productive and fulfilling college careers by actively engaging them in a specific academic area of interest. Students will improve their writing, reading, research and basic information and technology skills while learning to work both collaboratively and independently. These courses will fulfill the First Year Seminar requirement and may fulfill other requirements for the core curriculum. Each course may fulfill different requirements and topics may change each semester. Only one FYS course may be taken for credit. (CFYS)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or SOCI 102 This course includes the analysis of the conceptions of social welfare, the historical development and function of social welfare and the value systems underlying the political, economic and social response to human needs. It offers an overview of the roles of the social worker and the varied settings in which interventions are employed. Includes a 30-hour service-learning experience. Either semester. (CSOC)
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the concepts of diversity and oppression from a social work perspective. It provides the opportunity to define (and deconstruct), discuss and examine critically the phenomena of race, ethnicity, gender, culture, difference, power, pluralism, oppression, multiculturalism, social justice, empowerment, assimilation and social identity. It looks at various ethnic, racial, cultural and sociological populations from the perspectives of their history, identity, status, strengths, challenges, needs, power and context. (CMCL; CSOC)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: _ _ _ _ 199; Open to all sophomores and juniors who have completed ENGL 101, and the speaking skills requirement. Students with 54 or more transfer credits will have this requirement waived. Cannot be taken if _ _ _ _ 299 is taken for credit. Second Year Seminars (SYS) are speaking-intensive, topic courses that build on the academic skills and habits introduced in the First Year Seminar. SYS courses engage students in a specific academic area of interest and provide them with the opportunity to reinforce, share and interpret knowledge. Students will improve their speaking, reading, research and basic information and technology skills while building the connections between scholarship and action that are required for lifelong learning. These courses will fulfill the Second Year Seminar requirement and may fulfill other requirements for the core curriculum. Each course may fulfill different requirements and topics may change each semester. Only one SYS course may be taken for credit. (CSYS)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: _ _ _ _ 199; Open to all sophomores and juniors who have completed ENGL 101 and ENGL 102. Students with 54 or more transfer credits will have this requirement waived. Cannot be taken if _ _ _ _ 298 is taken for credit. Second Year Seminars (SYS) are writing-intensive, topic courses that build on the academic skills and habits introduced in the First Year Seminar. SYS courses engage students in a specific academic area of interest and provide them with the opportunity to reinforce, share and interpret knowledge. Students will improve their writing, reading, research and basic information and technology skills while building the connections between scholarship and action that are required for lifelong learning. These courses will fulfill the Second Year Seminar requirement and may fulfill other requirements for the core curriculum. Each course may fulfill different requirements and topics may change each semester. Only one SYS course may be taken for credit. (CSYS)
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1.00 Credits
This course will provide an introduction to “women’s reality” in terms of current research on women’s values and needs. The course will cover such topics as power and conflict, sexuality and intimacy, creativity, ethnicity and the effects of oppression as well as the emotional problems that appear to affect women, e.g. depression, eating disorders, etc.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Nine hours in behavioral studies In this course students will learn how to protect children and support families at risk for child abuse and neglect. The course will teach students how to conduct a risk assessment and engage families and children in effective services. Practice, policies and program design of various methods of intervention including family preservation, kinship and foster care, and adoption will be covered. Attention will be given to the relationship between substance abuse and domestic violence and child abuse. Ways of promoting healthy child and family development will also be addressed. Either semester.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: SCWK 250 and one human biology course from the following: BIOL 100, BIOL 102, BIOL 110, BIOL 111, BIOL 112, BIOL 115, BIOL 117, BIOL 121, BIOL 128. SCWK 320 must be completed before SCWK 498 This sequence examines the effects of biological, psychological and socio-cultural factors upon human behavior throughout the life span. Using an ecological perspective and social systems approach, this theoretically-oriented sequence chronologically explores human development. Human diversity, the various issues that may impel persons to maladaptive behavior, and the ways in which individuals shape and are shaped by their interactions with one another and within social institutions are all areas of focus in the sequence. Either semester.
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