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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce the student to macro systems ad builds on the knowledge, skills, and values of generalist social work practice. Various community organizational roles, goals, and strategies will be examined to determine how social change occurs. There will be opportunities to assess the effectiveness of different approaches to community change such as grass roots empowerment, mass mobolization, leadership development, advocacy and links to various thories of organizing, and addressing issues in the global arena.
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3.00 Credits
The course is the first in a five-course practice sequence. The course gives the student an overview of generalist practice including knowledge about entry-level skills for the worker in activities and transactions with systems of all sizes (individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities). In this course, the generalist approach to social work practice will be introduced by both technological and traditional methods of instruction. Content to be highlighted includes systems theory and an ecological perspective. Students will become familiar with the problem-solving/planned change process of: engagement and problem identification, data collection, assessment and planning, intervention, evaluation, termination, and follow-up. Within the context of a Black perspective and the philosophy of empowerment, application of social work values and ethics, promotion of social and economic justice, and service to diverse groups will be highlighted as they pertain to each topic.Prerequisites: Second semester Sophomore status.Corequisites: SCWK 101, SCWK 201.Credit, three hours.
Corequisite:
AND SCWK 101 AND SCWK 201
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3.00 Credits
The course builds on the knowledge base of generalist social work practice that was covered in the preceding practice course, Seminar in Helping, and is structured as an experiential laboratory for skill development. Students will begin to develop practice skills for the appropriate application with different size client systems (individuals, groups, families, communities, and organizations) with diverse populations. Emphasis is on skills, which promote social and economic justices as well as serve diverse groups within the context of a Black perspective, strengths perspective, empowerment, and professional values and ethics.Prerequisites: Junior status with a declared Social Work major, SCWK 341.Credit, three hours.
Prerequisite:
SCWK 341
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3.00 Credits
The course examines the ways in which oppression and discrimination are institutionalized in various sectors of society and their effect on racial and ethnic groups. It explores the multiple faceted experience of being a person of color and/or a specific ethnic group. Institutional forces (economic, educational, familial, political, and social) that influence the structure and status of racial and ethnic groups are examined. Particular attention will be given to racial and ethnic disparities in the health care delivery systems. Emphasis is on connections among forms of oppression, the ideology of donation and subordination which perpetuates oppressions, and the role of social work in utilizing appropriate strategies in challenging oppression and fostering social change.Prerequisites: SCWK 101, SCWK 302, Junior status, or consent of the Instructor.Credit, three hours.
Prerequisite:
SCWK 101 AND SCWK 302
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3.00 Credits
The course examines violence in the family, including child, spousal, sexual, and elderly abuse. Violence in America and other countries will be explored and compared. Emphasis will be on determining mechanisms, therapies, and techniques, not only for treating the abuser and the abused, but also for preventing violence in the family.Prerequisites: SCWK 101, PSYC 201, Junior status, or consent of the Instructor.Credit, three hours.
Prerequisite:
SCWK 101 AND PSYC 201
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3.00 Credits
The course is designed to introduce students to the field of occupational social services. Content includes: an overview of the world of work; the history of occupational social welfare, organizational and structural arrangements of business, labor, and trade unions; and the various social work roles in industrial settings. Programs in mental health and substance abuse will be examined. Issues affecting special groups (e.g., women, minorities, and physically and mentally challenged) will be discussed.Prerequisites: Junior status.Credit, three hours.
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3.00 Credits
This course will prepare participants to think analytically about social and interpersonal conflict and critique the various models to understand the underlying assumptions, values and attitudes that influence them. Class participants will also analyze the relationship between defining conflict and attempting to resolve it. This course combines readings, lectures, in-class exercices and specialized training to develop students' competency in examining interpersonal conflict at the local, national and international levels. In addition, students will be introduced to mediation and restorative justice practices. There are over 300 conflict resolution practices. However, this course will focus on six major models. Specifically, three major models of mediation (facilitative, directive and transformative) and three restorative justice practices (Victime/Offender, Family Conferencing and Truth and Reconciliation Commission) will be introduced. Students will have the opportunity to asssess their own conflict management styles.
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3.00 Credits
A study of parent-school involvement from an interdisciplinary approach. The course explores home-school collaboration from a holistic viewpoint using historical, educational, and psychological, ethnic/social diversity, and sociological perspectives. The requirements, challenges, and opportunities as well as the roles and functions of social workers and early childcare teachers within a complex ecological system of home/school/community will be examined, differentiated, and compared. Students will be offered experiential opportunities to gain awareness and knowledge of social policies and governmental initiatives as well as community agencies that support families and children and the implications for prevention and/or intervention with a variety of systems.Prerequisites: SCWK 201, SCCJ 101, Senior status, or consent of the Instructor. PSYC 201, EDUC 206. Admission to TEP status.Credit, three hours.
Prerequisite:
SCWK 201 AND SCCJ 101 AND PSYC 201 AND EDUC 206
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3.00 Credits
The course prepares students with practical skills for improving financial health by integrating relational, behavioral, cognitive and emotional elememts with personal finace. Students will be able to understand the interconnected of thoughts, behaviors and personal finance. Additionall, students will examine theory and practice based models to help clients deal with financial stress and assess for and treat money disorders. Prerequisites: PSYC-201, SCWK-101 and Junior standing.
Prerequisite:
PSYC 201 AND SCWK 101
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3.00 Credits
This course explores theories, research, and treatment modalities related to various types of trauma (i.e., combat; childhood abuse and neglect; and exposure to violence, rape, and violence). Through the course work, students develop knoweldge related to post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder. Students also acquire knowledge related to vicarious stress/secondary stress, and explore unique aspects of working with individuals, groups, and communities who have experienced trauma.
Prerequisite:
(PSYC 201 AND SCWK 101)
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