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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
In this course, students develop an understanding of the bio-psycho-socio-spiritual issues involved when working with Asian-American clients. The course examines the history and diversity of ethnic groups and the impact of local, state, and national demographics, policies, economics, and service systems. Prerequisite: admission to the program or instructor permission.
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5.00 Credits
This course presents the brief modern history of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons. Special emphasis is given to the bio-psycho-socio-spiritual issues associated with this population and current social work trends in working with this population. Prerequisites: admission to the program or instructor permission.
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5.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide the student an understanding of communication, family dynamics, extended and fictive kinship impact on psychosocial service delivery within the African American family within the context of the African-American experience in the United States. Prerequisite: admission to the program or instructor permission.
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5.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of social work practice with elders and their families. It builds on knowledge of human development theories from SW520 as they relate to an ethnically and culturally diverse aging society at local, national and global levels. The course focuses on social work practice with elders with an emphasis on ethics, poverty, gender, ethnicity, caregiving, elderly abuse, long-term care, religion, spirituality, legal issues, health care, mental health care, and advocacy. Prerequisite: SW 520 or instructor permission.
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5.00 Credits
This course examines policies, problems, and trends related to aging adults. Students will analyze policies with regard to access, cost, and availability of services. The course will examine policies in the US and in other countries and will cover health care, mental health care, long-term care, housing, and cultural issues. Prerequisites: SW 520, SW 565, or instructor permission.
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5.00 Credits
This course uses national and global perspectives to focus on multicultural issues of older adults and their families. It provides a framework for social work interventions that are complicated by interactions of ethnic, gender, and sexual backgrounds of aging populations. Areas of study include individual, family, group, and community treatment of diverse elderly. Prerequisites: SW 520, SW 565, or instructor permission.
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5.00 Credits
This course examines political, economic, and social forces that have historically affected the practice of social work in the global community. Emphasis is placed on human rights, social justice, and social development perspectives in the provision of social welfare services. Students examine social work philosophy, theory, and practice in countries other than the United States. Prerequisite: admission to the program or instructor permission.
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5.00 Credits
This course examines approaches to health and healing in the East and West. From a holistic perspective, students examine the relevance of these approaches to micro, mezzo, and macro practice. Prerequisite: admission to the program or instructor permission.
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5.00 Credits
This course examines the dynamics of domestic violence within the family with an emphasis on understanding the cycle of violence and the impact of domestic violence on women and children. This course also focuses on the bio-psycho-socio-spiritual models and theoretical approaches to interventions with this population and society. Prerequisites: admission to the program or instructor permission.
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5.00 Credits
This course examines the impact of grief and loss throughout the life cycle with an emphasis on loss through terminal illness and the trauma of death. The course emphasizes clinical interventions, research, and the current theoretical perspective from a bio-psycho-socio-spiritual paradigm. Prerequisites: admission to the program or instructor permission.
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