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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with a framework of knowledge and skills to prepare them for effective and ethical decision making that is congruent with codes of ethics and standard practice in the social-work profession. Also explored are the principles of ethical decision making and various value systems.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOW 1054, SOW 3203, SOW 3350, and SOW 4341. This course focuses on the development of generalist practice skills with various kinds of groups: educational, socialization, and support. This class covers practice skills that contribute to group effectiveness, including composition, structure, dynamics, goal setting, and evaluation. Content also includes examining the empirical bases of a range of theories and models for social work group practice.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOW 1054, SOW 3203, and SOW 3350. This is the foundation course for generalist social work practice that grounds students with practice knowledge, values, and skills that are demonstrated across direct practice roles with individuals and families in social work. The empirical bases of a range of theories and models of social work practice are examined, along with applications to generalist social work practice. Ways to promote social and economic justice while practicing as a social worker are also discussed.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the history, theoretical underpinnings, and strategies of case management in various service delivery systems. Contemporary issues and implications for the changing practice environment are highlighted.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOW 1054, SOW 3203, SOW 3350, and SOW 4341. This course focuses on the development of generalist practice skills at the mezzo and macro levels in task groups, organizations, and communities. In addition, the integration of mezzo- and macro-level skill sets is emphasized. The empirical bases of a range of theories and models of group, organization, and community behavior are examined, along with applications to generalist social work practice. The course utilizes an applied perspective whereby students work in task groups to carry out projects in organizational and/or community settings.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: SOW 4414. This course introduces students to qualitative and quantitative research methods in order to provide an understanding of a scientific, analytic, and ethical approach to building knowledge for practice. Students' mastery of course content prepares them to develop, use, and effectively communicate empirically-based knowledge. Research knowledge is used by students to provide high-quality services; to initiate change; to improve practice, policy, and social service delivery; and to evaluate their own practice from an evidence-based perspective.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: SOW 1054, SOW 3203, and SOW 3350. This course introduces students to quantitative tools used to describe and interpret data used in social work practice, research, and policy formation. Course content prepares students to understand, interpret, and conduct the statistical analyses necessary for the evaluation of effective social work practice, social policies, and social programs. Students learn to plan and conduct analyses guided by an understanding of social work values and ethics. Specific topics to be covered in class include descriptive statistics, basic probability, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, correlation, and regression.
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3.00 Credits
Particularly in the public and not-for-profit sectors, grants may be necessary to expand the type or number of resources available to clients; therefore, grant writing is related to social work objectives that stress access to and availability of resources. This course covers the basics of proposals: purpose statements, background and justification, aims or objectives, personnel, time line, methods, budget, and evaluation, and how to effectively manage grants once they are funded. The needs of disenfranchised groups or communities are discussed in this course, along with the particulars of proposals that may be most effective in meeting such needs.
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6.00 Credits
Prerequisites: A 3.0 GPA in social work courses and completion of all the required social work courses and prerequisites. Corequisite: SOW 4522. Supervised direct social work experience is provided in various human service settings. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve semester hours.
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3.00 Credits
Corequisite: SOW 4510. This course assists students in the integration of their social work courses with social work practice. The course utilizes an ecosystems perspective, focusing on the students' ability to apply the knowledge and skills of generalist social work practice to systems of all sizes.
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