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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
Course provides supervision and research guidance for the final project. Students will complete a final project independently or as part of a group to complete the MSUS degree requirements. The form of the final project is flexible and should be linked to the student's self-defined sustainability challenge. Part two of two.
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3.00 Credits
In this course students in the final semester of the Master of Sustainability program revisit materials from the first semester of the program in the context of their projects, areas of focus, and summer placements.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the basic sociological concepts, including sociological imagination, socialization, social institutions, social stratification, and social inequality. Emphasis is placed on conceptual tools necessary for the analysis of the influence of social structures on human behavior and life chances.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines selected social issues as well as related social welfare policies and programs. It introduces the profession of social work, key aspects of the professional knowledge base, fields of practice, and populations served by social workers. This course is appropriate for students who are considering social work as a profesion and as well as for those with an interest in related fields such as psychology, counseling, and public policy.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the impact of culture on health care services and delivery in the United States. The influence of cultural difference on patient/provider interactions will be considered within the cultural competency model. The context of health and illness for groups including African-Americans, Asian-Americans, and Latin-Americans will be included.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the development of individuals, couples, and families from birth to adolescence within the framework of relevant biological, psychological, sociological, and social work research and theory. Additionally, it examines the evolution of families, groups, organizations, institutions, and communities as systems and their influence on human development and behavior. Attention is also given to the interactions of systems that influence development as well as the impact of gender, race, ethnicity, social, and economic influences on systems and behavior, and implications for social work practice. Prerequisite(s): PSY 101 or permission of the instructor.
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PSY101
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the development of individuals, couples, and families from birth to adolescence within the framework of social work research and theory. Also explored are systems that influence gender, race, ethnicity, social, and economic influences within the context of families, groups, organizations, institutions, and communities.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of SWK 201W. It examines the development of individuals, couples, and families from adolescence to death within social work research and theory. Also explored are systems that influence gender, race, ethnicity, social, and economic influences within the context of families, groups, organizations, institutions, and communities.
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3.00 Credits
Understanding the aging process through an introductory examination of the biological, psychological, and physiological aspects of aging. A systematic examination, using an ecological framework of social aspects of aging; of the political, familial, educational; economic; and religious institutions and other noninstitutional forces affecting the elderly in Western society.
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3.00 Credits
A topic of current interest in social work. Topics will vary from year to year depending on interest and needs of students. Possible topics include alcoholism and other drug addictions, social work with the developmentally disabled, domestic violence, advocacy in social work, or conflict resolution skills.
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