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  • SW 314: Field Instruction in Macro Practice

    3.00 Credits
    Western New England University

    This course, taken concurrently with SW 303, and SW 313, provides students with the opportunity to experientially learn about social work practice at the macro level. Students spend eight hours per week practicing social work in a community setting under the supervision of a skilled community worker. This experience enables students to integrate knowledge and skills from their social policy and macro methods courses while gaining practice in advocacy, community education, empowerment, and policy analysis. This course is graded on a pass/fail basis. 3 cr.
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  • SW 320: Dynamics of Oppression and Empowerment

    3.00 Credits
    Western New England University

    Prerequisite: Junior standing. This is an examination of the impact of oppression on human functioning focusing on teaching students specific practice approaches for empowerment practice with oppressed groups. Students examine the social worker's ethical role as an advocate for social justice. Specific approaches for helping clients gain access to opportunities for growth are taught from micro and macro level perspectives. The course helps students continue to develop culturally sensitive social work practice skills and an appreciation of the impact of power on the client-worker relationship. 3 cr.
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  • SW 383: Women's Issues

    3.00 Credits
    Western New England University

    This course is designed to give students an understanding of the nature of the difficulties that women bring to social workers. Topics such as incest, rape, eating disorders, alcoholism, woman battering, poverty, ageism, sexual harassment, and other forms of violence against women are explored from individual, family, and societal systems perspectives. Sociocultural theories of female development are contrasted with traditional theories of personality development. The unique problems of special populations of oppressed women, such as women of color and lesbians, are explored as are issues related to women outside the United States. The course gives students a framework for understanding women's oppression and addresses women'shuman rights as well as focusing on women's strengths. 3 cr.
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  • SW 390: Special Topics in Social Work

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Western New England University

    Topics in social work that are not offered on a regular basis are examined. The course may be repeated for credit if the topic varies. 1-3 cr.
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  • SW 409,410: Field Instruction in Social Work I

    3.00 Credits
    Western New England University

    Prerequisite: SW 302, SW 303, and senior Social Work standing. Corequisite: concurrent registration in SW 414. This is an introduction to the practice of social work in an agency setting (240 clock hours). Students have the opportunity as trainees to develop an identity as a social work practitioner by actual socialization within the agency and by beginning participation in the delivery of some services under the supervision and guidance of professional personnel. Students are limited to a total of six credits for SW 409 and SW 410. These courses are graded on a pass/fail basis. 6 cr.
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  • SW 411,412: Field Instruction in Social Work II

    3.00 Credits
    Western New England University

    Prerequisite: SW 409, SW 410, and senior Social Work standing. Corequisite: SW 415. Students continue experiential learning through engagement in actual practice (240 clock hours) under the supervision and guidance of professional personnel. The placement experience allows the implementation of theoretical learning and its integration with the demands and constraints of practice. The trainee should develop a sense of competence and self-reliance as a future practitioner in social work. Students are limited to a total of six credits for SW 411 and SW 412. These courses are graded on a pass/fail basis. 6 cr.
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  • SW 414: Seminar in Field Instruction I

    3.00 Credits
    Western New England University

    Prerequisite: SW 301, SW 302, SW 303, and senior Social Work standing. Corequisite: Concurrent registration in SW 409 and 410. This is a seminar emphasizing the integration of academic knowledge with fieldwork education. The focus is on helping students adjust their new roles as social work interns. Discussion topics relevant to the knowledge, values, and skills of social work practice are generated by students in their field practica. The seminar emphasizes ethical issues faced by student interns in their field practicum settings. Students create research proposals for field-based research projects and design and carry out a project related to the impact of diversity issues in their field placements. 2 cr.
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  • SW 415: Seminar in Field Instruction II

    3.00 Credits
    Western New England University

    Prerequisite: SW 409, SW 410, and SW 414. Corequisite: Concurrent registration in SW 411 and 412. This is a continuation of the emphasis on the integration of academic knowledge with fieldwork education. Students present problematic cases from the field in a "team conference" setting to enablethem to develop critical thinking abilities with cases from a variety of settings. Students are responsible for carrying out research projects evaluating a component of their field practicum experience and continuing the diversity project developed in SW 414. 1 cr.
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  • SW 419: Social Work and Research

    3.00 Credits
    Western New England University

    Prerequisite: PSY 207 or MATH 120, and senior standing. This course is designed to equip social work majors with a basic understanding of research procedures and analysis so that they will become more sophisticated consumers of professional research and mass media reporting. The focus is on understanding research procedures related to the social worker's own practice and agency programs. Ethical issues in social work research are addressed. 3 cr.
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  • THTR 101: Acting I

    3.00 Credits
    Western New England University

    Learn the fundamental techniques of the craft of acting through theatre exercises, presentations, and scene work from popular Broadway and Off-Broadway Plays. 3 cr.
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