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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to promote the development and functioning of effective interdisciplinary teams in diverse practice settings. Course content will emphasize proven strategies for improving communication, enhancing cross- disciplinary collaboration, facilitating effective teamwork, and identifying and developing leadership skills. There will also be material on how to develop and clarify one's professional identity, including roles, responsibilities, and self care strategies. Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work.
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3.00 Credits
APA provides students advanced knowledge and skills in the assessment of client concerns. The course emphasizes the impact of the structural and personal effects of inequity and cultural oppression on assessment and on psychopathology. APA provides substantial content on understanding psychopathology while placing this understanding within the context of social work¿s historical emphasis on the person in environment. Students taking this course will be prepared to understand the major concepts and presentations of psychopathology, and have skills in the diagnostic process. They will also be able to exhibit advanced skills in assessing the full psychosocial context and to bring a social work perspective to interventive planning. Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work.
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3.00 Credits
This summer intensive course covers individual and group practice techniques for counseling older adults and their families. Using a strengths perspective, assessment and treatment techniques used to address issues such as later life depression, substance abuse, a diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease and anxiety will be covered as well as ways to empower elders through the use of support groups. Types of case management with elders and an overview and methods of accessing geriatric health and long term care resources are also covered. This course is offered one day per week for seven consecutive weeks. (Cross-listed with GER 520) Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Students may propose independent studies for 1, 2, or 3 credits by consulting with a sponsoring faculty member and submitting a proposal. This proposal must include a course description, learning objectives, and demonstration of outcomes. The proposed course must not duplicate another course offered in the curriculum, and requires the approval of the Director of the School and the Dean of the College. Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the social roots of heterosexism and the social construction of difference with respect to sexual orientation. The course enables students to develop and practice skills to join sexual minority clients in challenging the barriers imposed by heterosexism and prejudice against those who are "different." A critical assessment of historical and current theories regarding "normal" human development and "mental health" is included. A major focus is critical examination of social work's historical and current practice with sexual minorities and current social policy issues relevant to sexual minorities. Along with the goal of developing a respectful standpoint towards sexual minorities is the development of skills for organizational and community practice, social policy and direct practice skills for working with members of sexual minorities. Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work.
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3.00 Credits
The course is designed to introduce students to a range of clinical theories, to the evolution of those theories, and to the essential relationship of each to the other. The course will trace aspects of the evolution of drive, ego, object, and self from Freud to contemporary theorists, including cognitive, behavioral, and family systems. The course will explore how the environment is central to clinical theory and practice. Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work.
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3.00 Credits
This course will expose, explore and examine disparities in health and health care. These two interests are related, but not the same. Resolution of disparities in health insurance and access to adequate and culturally appropriate health care, while vitally important and necessary, cannot resolve the disparity in health. New models are needed and the foundations for them will be explored. (Cross-listed with IHH 605) Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work.
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3.00 Credits
While this model was originally developed as a form of brief therapy, the course will emphasize the solution- orientation as a more broadly applied approach to social work practice. Students will be able to explore and develop knowledge and skills in both theoretical understanding and practical skills of doing solution-oriented social work. The course emphasizes skill development through experiential learning and case presentations. Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the multiple relationships between human sexuality and social work practice. The focus is on critical examination of the dominant discourse about sex, gender and sexual orientation and its relation to social work practice. Students develop skills to sensitively and effectively address both client concerns about sexuality and social policies as they relate to sex, gender and sexual orientation. Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work.
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3.00 Credits
This course discusses the concepts and practices of the discipline of grant research and proposal writing; the techniques and strategies of grant research and proposal writing and tracking of proposals once submitted, and follow up on submitted proposals. We will also explore the types of financial assistance available to agencies and individuals. Using the Internet and relevant published materials as well as lecture and discussion, students will develop the skills to develop and submit grant proposals. Must be enrolled in: Master of Social Work.
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