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3.00 Credits
Research II builds upon the knowledge, methods, and skills provided in Research I. Students will continue to learn how to critically assess research from ethical, multicultural, and social justice perspectives, particularly in the context of agency-based research and program evaluation. Students will conduct a research evaluation project. This includes 1) formulating a question, 2) designing and implementing a study, and 3) interpreting and presenting the study findings. An expectation is for students to collaborate with their field placement instructors, employers, or a community group with the aim of improving individual or community health (using the WHO definition). Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work.
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3.00 Credits
Policy I course examines social welfare policy and practice with a primary focus on the role professional Social Work plays in the development, implementation and evaluation of social welfare policy and the impact social welfare policy has on professional Social Work practice. This course provides an historical overview of social welfare policy and Social Work as a profession. Course content includes the values and ideologies that informed the evolution of Social Work and social welfare and the contradictions that have historically plagued them. The impact of social movements and political action on social welfare policy will be discussed, including policy advocacy and social protest. Social Work history will be explored from its 17th through19th century origins to its 20th and 21st century controversies. This course focuses on how systemic oppression and social justice emerge in social welfare policy and community settings. Professional Social Work ethics, which require social workers to engage in advocacy practice that promotes social justice, equity, and equality will be examined, as will the potential for the profession to be used as an agent of social control. Must be enrolled in one of the following: Master of Social Work, Non-Matriculated Social Work, Conditional Social Work.
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3.00 Credits
Policy II presents the opportunity for students to apply their knowledge and skills for advocacy practice, policy development, and policy evaluation either at the Federal, state, municipal, or community level. This examination also includes how social policies are funded and how they affect the lives of people, organizations and communities. Professional Social Work ethics, which require social workers to engage in advocacy practice that promotes social justice, equity, and equality will be examined, as will the potential for the profession to be used as an agent of social control.
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3.00 Credits
Social Work Practice I introduces students to generalist social work practice defined as planned change, at every system level, implemented through collaborative relationships with clients, colleagues, and community partners. The theoretical framework of this course is based on empowering and relational theories for practice and concentrates on the integration and application of health promoting knowledge, values and skills that support and sustain client resiliency informed by the core social work values of self-determination, diversity, human dignity and social justice. Students are encouraged to critically examine knowledge and to develop skills for culturally attuned practice. Students are exposed to tenets of evidence-guided practice. Students learn and apply skills for health-promoting practice with individuals, families, and groups including assessment, engagement, interpersonal relationship building and intervention planning. Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work.
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3.00 Credits
This course builds on students¿ understanding of generalist social work practice, beginning with the planned change process within larger systems and moving into integrative multilevel practice. The theoretical framework of this course is based on empowering and organizational change theories for practice, informed by the core social work values of self-determination, diversity, human dignity and social justice. Students are encouraged to critically examine knowledge and to develop skills for culturally attuned practice. Students are exposed to tenets of evidence-guided practice utilized within larger systems. Students learn and apply skills for change with and within organizations and communities including assessment and planned change strategies. Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work.
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2.50 Credits
This course serves as an introduction to understanding the impact of material disadvantage, social exclusion (racism, sexism...), adverse childhood experiences, and psychosocial development on the lives of individuals and families. The effects of inequity on human development will be examined through the lens of lifecourse (or cumulative impact) theory and research, as well as those theories that promote and explain human resilience. Course content will cover the application of these perspectives to social work practice at the micro and macro levels. This course is restricted to Advanced Standing students. Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work.
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4.00 Credits
Foundation Practicum I provides students with a supervised practice experience in a social service agency/organization. The practicum includes experiential learning in social work practice skills in a specialized setting. A weekly seminar provides students with an opportunity to discuss and reflect on professional social work issues from their practicum experience regarding assessment, specific interventions with client systems, and the application of practice theories. The seminar introduces the UN Declaration of Human Rights and the WHO Definition of Health into discussions of how resource equity, social justice, and universal health care across the life spans impacts work with client systems. Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work.
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4.00 Credits
Foundation Practicum II provides students with a supervised practice experience in a social service agency/organization. The practicum includes experiential learning in social work practice skills in a specialized setting. A weekly seminar provides students with an opportunity to discuss and reflect on professional social work issues from their practicum experience regarding assessment, specific interventions with client systems, and the application of practice theories. The seminar introduces the UN Declaration of Human Rights and the WHO Definition of Health into discussions of how resource equity, social justice, and universal health care across the life spans impacts work with client systems. Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work.
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8.00 Credits
Field work concentrates skill development in agency or other professionally appropriate social work settings supervised by experienced social work professionals. This course is not an option for fulltime incoming students. Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work
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2.50 Credits
Introduction to Advanced Practice (IAP) is an intensive summer course which builds on the foundation practice knowledge that Advanced Standing students bring to Master's level education. IAP is intended to solidify and strengthen students' knowledge, values, and skills and serve as a bridge to second year courses. IAP integrates a strengths-based orientation to social work and reflects a strong commitment to ethical practice and the values of human dignity, cultural diversity, self- determination, and social justice. This course provides students with an opportunity to engage in critical examination of issues that impact the profession of social work. The course focuses on developing students' abilities to research, examine and critically evaluate a variety of issues, from a personal perspective that is ethical and consistent with the students' values and beliefs. This course is restricted to Advanced Standing students. Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work.
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