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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Short off-campus courses offered in a variety of locations for students who wish to expand their understanding of the peoples and cultures of the world. Includes preliminary lectures and readings, and an individual project after returning from the off-campus site. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Avila University has affiliated with universities to offer study abroad opportunities in countries such as Switzerland, the Netherlands, England, Austria, Thailand, China, Japan, and Spain. Courses chosen are determined with the assistance of the academic advisor. Credits for study abroad will transcripted from courses completed at the university abroad. Students interested in information should contact the Academic Affairs Office in Blasco Hall. Study abroad is open only to current Avila students. Prerequisite: Completion of application and all paperwork required by deadlines set by the sponsoring university; good standing at Avila University.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to generalist social work practice and professional conduct. Students will learn the meaning of generalist practice and social work roles at the BSW level. The following frameworks and models will be introduced: empowerment; strengths; ecosystems; and economic and social justice. The course covers the values and ethics of the social work profession, and encourages the student to examine their own values and ethics. As values are examined, issues of diversity, oppression and populations-at-risk are interwoven with the current issues in social work. Integrated into the course is a 20 hour service learning experience in a local social work agency. Meets the Communication Intensive course requirement in the major. FA.
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3.00 Credits
Students will study social problems such as poverty, child abuse, crime, homelessness, disease, disability, oppression, and affordable health care in the United States. Institutional responses to these problems will be examined with a focus on the pursuit of social and economic justice for populations-at-risk. Students will be encouraged to explore the concept of "civic responsibility" and what they can do to promote social change and justice in their day-to-day lives. Core II. FA, SP.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the main patterns of growth and development of the person over the life span; emphasis on the social, intellectual, emotional, and physical development of the person. SP.
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1.00 Credits
This experiential course is designed to introduce the student to a specific field in the social work profession. The student will spend 45 hours in an approved agency over the course of the semester shadowing a professional BSW or MSW social worker. The student will receive an orientation to the agency, which will include: the range of services offered, social problems addressed, client services, and funding sources. The student will be able to observe social worker-client interactions as well as attend case planning/team meetings. May be repeated for credit, not to exceed course maximum credit of 2 credit hours. Prerequisite: SW 204. SP.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Seminars on current issues and topics in Social Work practice. May be repeated for credit, not to exceed course maximum credit of 3 credit hours. FA, SP.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of child maltreatments and the child welfare system, including laws, reporting, and foster care; an emphasis on effects of trauma on development; and an emphasis on resiliency and restoration as well as the relationship of the family to subsystems such as school, neighborhood, and community. FA.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course builds an understanding of the dynamics of how crises develop and what steps can be taken to intervene effectively in crisis situations. SP, alternate years.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview concerning the dynamics of child, spouse, and elder abuse. The etiology and effects of violence between family members will be discussed. Issues of treatment and prevention of abuse are highlighted. FA or SP.
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