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  • SWK 516: SOC WORK IN HEALTH CARE

    1.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This one-credit elective course is designed to help the advanced-year graduate student in social work who is interested in direct practice with families in health care settings toward a fuller understanding of the applications of specialized methods of intervention in social work practice with a broad array of families. It builds on knowledge of families in the social environment as considered in SWK 500 as well as knowledge related to generalist social work practice and the current social policy environment in healthcare.
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  • SWK 519: QUALITATIVE RES IN SW

    1.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This one-credit, elective course for advanced-year graduate students in social work builds on the foundations in social science research as presented in the Master's of Social Work curriculum. Its particular focus is on the critique and practice of qualitative research methods. Students will be introduced to the philosophy behind qualitative research, with attention to its applicability to the study of diverse client groups. Students will develop an understanding of the interpretive perspective through examination of grounded theory, qualitative research design, and methods of data collection, analysis and presentation.
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  • SWK 520: COMM SOCIAL NEEDS ASSESS

    1.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course will focus on community needs assessment techniques. In particular students will be exposed to a variety of approaches to needs assessment including social indicators, key informants, community forums and focused groups, and community surveys. Issues associated with particular methods and techniques in using these approaches will be studied. Emphasis will be placed on designing data collection and analysis techniques. Ethical and policy issues will be examined.
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  • SWK 524: PROG EVALUATION & SOC WRK

    1.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This short-term course will develop the students' capacity to be an intelligent consumer and a producer of program evaluation. It provides an in-depth examination of the issues associated with the design and implementation of a program evaluation, introduces a model of outcome measures, examines community needs assessment techniques and provides a framework for a cost-benefit analysis.
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  • SWK 525: INFO TECH & SW PRATICE I

    1.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This short-term course is the first in a series of information technology courses aimed at developing skills for effective use of computers and information technology in social work practice, research, and the administration of social service programs. Students will become familiar with information processing concepts and develop social work applications using popular microcomputer word processing, spreadsheet, and database management software.
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  • SWK 526: INFO TECH/SW PRACTICE II

    1.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This short-term course is the second in a series of information technology courses aimed at developing skills for effective use of computers and information technology in social work practice, research, and the administration of social service programs. Students will develop social work applications using popular microcomputer-based web, database management, statistical, and presentation software. In addition, students will be sensitized to the ethical questions and issues arising from the use of information technology.
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  • SWK 527: SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP & SWK

    1.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course is one of a group of social work elective courses in entrepreneurial social work. This course applies to concepts of social entrepreneurship to social work practice including agency program development and private social work practice. Students will build upon foundation level graduate curriculum in social work where students are exposed to change strategies with agencies and communities. Students will develop an understanding of social entrepreneurship, its application to social work practice, and its difference from social service delivery. It will identify entrepreneurial opportunities that can impact social change and benefit the larger community and society.
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  • SWK 528: SWK & NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP

    1.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course is one of a group of social work elective courses in entrepreneurial social work. This course examines and applies leadership of social entrepreneurial enterprise and its relationship to the social work practice of understanding and addressing social change. Students will build upon foundation level graduate curriculum in social work where students are exposed to change strategies with agencies and communities. Students will utilize this course to develop an understanding of transformational leadership capable of influencing others to bring about change in agencies and communities.
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  • SWK 529: FIN SUSTAIN OF ENTREP SWK

    1.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    This course is one of a group of social work elective courses in entrepreneurial social work. This course introduces financial management of social entrepreneurial enterprise and its relationship to the social work practice of understanding and addressing social change. Students will build upon foundation level graduate curriculum in social work where students are exposed to change strategies with agencies and communities. Students will utilize this course to develop an understanding of multiple sources of financing including grant writing, philanthropy, and fundraising, along with financial management of entrepreneurial opportunities that can impact social change that benefits the larger community and society.
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  • SWK 536: WORK. W/NEW IMMIGR.& FAM.

    1.00 Credits
    Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

    With the increase in the U.S. immigration in the recent years, the number of immigrants and their families needing social services has risen dramatically. Assisting the new immigrants and their families to adjust to their new host environment has been a challenge to social work professionals. This course takes an ecosystems perspective on working with the immigrant family, paying special attention to the interactions between and amongst family members and their social environment. (1 s.h., 1 c.h.)
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