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4.00 Credits
The final practicum continues the experience of SW 401. The student is expected to develop a strong professional commitment and identity and the skills necessary to function effectively as a beginning bachelor level professional social worker. These include the ability to develop and maintain a helping professional relationship with clients; the ability to understand social welfare policy as it relates to individual practice; the ability to identify and use existing resources; and the ability to function efficiently within a social work setting. May be taken on a pass/fail basis only. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Corequisite: SW 404. Social work majors only. 4 semester hours
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2.00 Credits
This course provides students with an opportunity for the integration of classroom learning with field experience. The field placement enables students to directly apply social work knowledge and skills through their work with diverse client populations. The senior seminar is a collaborative learning experience between students and instructors in which the students' field experiences are shared in various ways, including class discussions, role-plays, case presentations, and assignments. The seminar supports the students' socialization into the social work profession and the ability to apply the strengths-based model of generalist social work practice in agency-based practice. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Corequisite: SW 401. Social work majors only. 2 semester hours
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2.00 Credits
This course is the second part of the Senior Field Seminar sequence and continues to provide students with an opportunity for the integration of classroom learning with field experience. The field placement enables students to directly apply social work knowledge and skills through their work with diverse client populations. The senior seminar is a collaborative learning experience between students and instructors in which the students' field experiences are shared in various ways, including class discussions, role-plays, case presentations, and assignments. The seminar supports the students' socialization into the social work profession and the ability to apply the strengths-based model of generalist social work practice in agency-based practice. The students grow in confidence through ongoing generalist social work practice experiences and move toward autonomy as beginning generalist social workers. Prerequisite: SW 401, 403, and permission of instructor. Corequisite: SW 402. Social work majors only. 2 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
This is the first course in the year-long senior research sequence. Students in small groups complete an original research project on a social work topic over the course of two-semesters. The research projects provide students with an opportunity to integrate their prior social work course work in HBSE, policy, practice and research methods into a research study that contributes to the knowledge base of social work and the professional literature. Under faculty supervision, students design a research study, collect and analyze data, and prepare a journal article for publication in a social work journal. The students also give an oral presentation on their research projects to the social work faculty and students on Senior Research Day. Prerequisites: PSY 385; PSY 387 or SOC 382. For social work majors only. 3 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
This is the second course in the year-long senior research sequence. Students in small groups complete an original research project on a social work topic over the course of two-semesters. The research projects provide students with an opportunity to integrate their prior social work course work in HBSE, policy, practice and research methods into a research study that contributes to the knowledge base of social work and the professional literature. Under faculty supervision, students design a research study, collect and analyze data, and prepare a journal article for publication in a social work journal. The students also give an oral presentation on their research projects to the social work faculty and students on Senior Research Day. Prerequisites: SW 409; PSY 385; PSY 387 or SOC 382. For social work majors only. 3 semester hours
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0.00 Credits
In this course, students assess the suitability of, adapt, and develop material from stories, tales, and original literature into theatrical presentations. Emphasis is on ensemble acting and improvisational skills. Students rehearse, develop educational materials, and perform for local schools. Does not satisfy the humanities distribution requirement. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Students may enroll in the course up to three times. 0 credit hours
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3.00 Credits
Designed to increase students' awareness of the elements of theater and of the relationship of these elements to life, this course introduces students to the appreciation of and creation of good theater. Theater is viewed as a synthesis of a variety of skills. Fifteen hours of work on an actual theater production is required. Does not satisfy general education distribution requirements in humanities. 3 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
This is an intensive study of selected works by three playwrights of the modern theater (e.g. Chekhov, Shaw, and O'Neill) from the viewpoint of actual theatrical production. Following an orientation analyzing all of the required plays, students select one particular play for an intensive study emphasizing their particular area of interest in theater production. Each study, under the professional supervision of the instructor, is developed from initial selection of play to actual performance capability. Limited to fifteen students in seminar-type class. Does not satisfy general education distribution requirements in humanities. 3 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of the course is to introduce the student of theater, a many-faceted art, to the aesthetic as well as practical importance of the scenery, properties, light, etc. as the background for the play. Subject matter includes the techniques of designing, constructing and painting scenery; the methods of stage lighting; and the various types of settings (realistic, naturalistic, expressionistic, etc.) as exemplified by settings used in famous productions. Fifteen hours of work on an actual theater production is required. Does not satisfy general education distribution requirements in humanities. 3 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the basic elements of character study, character development, and scene study, and to the relationship between the rehearsal process, and the on-stage action. Students will work on improvisation and monologues and perform theater exercises. The plays to be performed by Theatre Widener in any given semester may provide the texts for the course. Does not satisfy general education distribution requirements in humanities. 3 semester hours
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