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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Matriculation in the MSW program and SCWK 530; must be taken concurrently with SCWK 591; or consent of program coordinator This course introduces the knowledge, skills and values needed to enhance the responsiveness of communities and organizations to the needs of their constituents. The health and resilience of individuals and families depends substantially on the policies and practices of the communities and social institutions in which they dwell. The course aims to prepare social workers to work with community members to ensure the provision of needed resources to all and to enable human services agencies to deliver effective services. Techniques for analyzing communities and organizations and skills for facilitating system change such as coalition-building, lobbying, and using the media will be covered.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Matriculation in the MSW program This course introduces students to the role of research in social work and familiarizes students with the basic concepts and methods of social science research. It emphasizes ethical decision-making within the research process as it introduces students to research techniques including surveys, experiments, single-subject designs, qualitative methods and program evaluation. The stages of the research process including question formulation and hypothesis generation, research designs development of research instruments, and understanding findings will be addressed. Throughout, attention will be paid to the evaluation and application of existing social science research in social work practice and to the contributions made by social workers to new knowledge. Offered once annually.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Matriculation in MSW program and SCWK 540; or consent of program coordinator The second required course in the research sequence builds on the skills introduced in SCWK 540 and introduces students to issues and procedures involved in analyzing social science research data. Students will learn what questions to ask regarding the selection of analytic strategies, how to understand the data analysis process, and how to use SPSS as an analytic tool. They will increase their skills in evaluating the data analysis decisions of other researchers, and, thus, their findings. They will also be introduced to the process of presenting analytic data through graphs and tables and through written reports. Offered once annually.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Matriculation in the MSW program or as an Advanced Standing student; must be taken concurrently with SCWK 593 This is the first of two concentration practice courses. This course will present theoretical analysis of clinical models for working with families and integrate those models with current best practices for social work practice. This course will also focus on community employed models of community intergenerational family-based social work practice with diverse families. Offered once annually.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Matriculation in the MSW program; must be taken concurrently with SCWK 592 This is the second of two concentration practice courses. This course will present theoretical analysis of clinical models for working with individuals and integrate those models with current best practices for social work practice. This course will also focus on community employed models of community intergenerational individual-based social work practice with diverse individuals. Offered once annually.
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3.00 Credits
(Country to be determined) This course will offer students a first-hand, supervised cross cultural travel and study experience from a historical and social perspective of social problems in the country they visit. Students will participate in lectures, site visits, research and other academic experiences, including pre and post-travel activities, as appropriate. Topics focus on historical development of world cultures, practices, beliefs and response to social problems. This course is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing upon perspectives such as visual and performing arts, religious traditions, political organization, economic development, social and family life. This course may be repeated for different destinations.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Matriculation in the MSW program and SCWK 541 This capstone course provides an opportunity for students to synthesize, expand and apply the learning achieved during the MSW program. Focusing on the program’s theme of intergenerational family-based practice utilizing a strengths and resiliency model of intervention, students will engage in a planned change process on behalf of populations at risk. They will apply their knowledge of human functioning, policy analysis, program evaluation and new program development to preparing a comprehensive approach to social work practice. Offered once annually.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Matriculation in the MSW program and SCWK 508; or consent of MSW coordinator This advanced policy course will examine mental and physical health care policy to promote students’ in-depth knowledge regarding policy in the United States and globally. Utilizing a social justice knowledge base, students will examine mental and physical health care policy, the history, present and future as it impacts various client systems, including individuals, families, groups and communities. The focus will include the role that social policy plays in social work practice as well as the role of the social work profession in the development of health care policy. Students will consider the social construction of “health” and “illness” as it relates to policy development. Students will explore issues relating to confidentiality, ethical practice, as well as equitable access to quality care. They will conduct in-depth examinations of the role of the various levels of government in the provision of services, as well as the organizational structures of service delivery, including financing and delivery of mental and physical health care. Finally, students will become knowledgeable in mental and physical health care policy in Massachusetts.
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1.50 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Dependent on topic Special topics of current relevance in social work will be offered each semester. Topics to be addressed will be announced prior to registration. This course may be taken four times with different topics for a maximum of six credits.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Matriculation in the MSW program; must be taken concurrently with SCWK 530 This is the first of a two-semester practicum that provides for the integration of the student’s learning into the field. Students are placed in a single social work setting for 16 hours per week, working directly under the supervision of an MSW professional. Students meet in lecture sessions once a week for two hours for the purpose of integrating field practice experiences and the application of social work theory, knowledge, skills and values. Barriers to full participation by the disadvantaged in society’s economic, political, and social processes are explored, as are the economic and ethical challenges to professional practice. Graded on a (P) Pass/(N) No Pass basis. Offered once annually.
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