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  • SWRK 4010: Social Work Practice:Intervention and Evaluation

    3.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    This is the second of three practice courses. Students learn practice theories and intervention strategies for use with individuals, families, and groups, and focus on problems related to violence, substance abuse, and crisis. Emphasizing the generalist intervention model, students learn social work roles, including advocate, facilitator, case manager, and broker. Methods of practice evaluation are presented, including single-subject design. Students study the practice implications of gender, race, and other aspects of diversity. Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: SWRK 4000 and completion of a minimum of 87 credit hours. Corequisite: SWRK 4100. Credits: 3 hours
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  • SWRK 4020: Social Work Practice:Policy Analysis and Organizational Context

    3.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    This course combines conceptual analysis and training in practice skills. It focuses on the effects of social policy and organizational context on social work practice. It examines the basic process of policy development and the relationship between policy, ideology, and values. It pays particular attention to the impact of social policy on human service organizations, analyzing the effects of specific policies on workers, clients, and organizational structure and goals. It helps students develop skills for effective functioning in the organizational environment including organizational change and utilization of organizational resources for effective service delivery. Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: SWRK 4010, ECON 2010, and PSCI 2000. Corequisite: SWRK 4110. Credits: 3 hours
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  • SWRK 4100: Field Experience and Seminar I

    4.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    This is the first of two field practice courses that entails two hundred (200) hours in a human service agency, a three-day communication lab, and 12 hours in an on-campus seminar. Students apply knowledge and develop skills in conducting interviews, problem identification, data collection, problem assessment, and goal formulation with client systems in the context of social work values. Students integrate self-awareness and appreciation of diversity into professional practice. Students develop a working knowledge of the agency's functions, structure, processes, and its service provider role within the community. Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Completion of a minimum of 87 credit hours. Corequisite: SWRK 4010 and SWRK 4020. Notes: Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Credits: 4 hours
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  • SWRK 4110: Field Experience and Seminar II

    4.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    This is the second of two practicum courses that entails two hundred (200) hours in a human service agency and 14 hours in an on-campus seminar. Students further integrate and apply social work knowledge, skills, and values in their field practicums, including the problem-solving process, interviewing, use of self, and understanding of diversity. Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: SWRK 4010, SWRK 4020 and SWRK 4100. Corequisite: SWRK 4600. Notes: Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Credits: 4 hours
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  • SWRK 4130: Social Policy and Service Delivery in Selected Problem Areas

    3.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    Intensive study in selected field of service specialization and social problem areas. Attention is focused on learning about the major social policy issues associated with the service or problem area. Specific topics will be announced each semester. Credits: 3 hours
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  • SWRK 4200: Ethical Issues in Substance Abuse Services

    3.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    Human service professionals have a responsibility to engage in ethical behavior. They are involved in situations which are increasingly more complex with fluctuating and competing values. The purpose of this course is to help students become more effective in dealing as professional persons with ethical questions in social policy and practice situations. The course focuses on ethical issues and laws impacting employee assistance programs. It is structured to facilitate development of a greater awareness of one's personal values and the values and ethics of the profession. It is presented from a social work perspective. Ethical dilemmas are presented at different levels–client, colleague agency, community, and society. Students are introduced to moral and philosophical analysis of ethical problems and a model for ethical decision-making. Credits: 3 hours
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  • SWRK 4500: Individual Studies in Social Work

    1.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    This course will be arranged on an individual basis to provide students the opportunity to pursue independently the study of special areas of interest. May be repeated for credit. Credits: 1 to 4 hours
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  • SWRK 4600: Social Work with Communities

    3.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    This course involves an examination of major theoretical and conceptual tenets of community practice from a social work perspective. It also involves a practical integration of theoretical and conceptual knowledge of community practice through assignments which will focus on communities that are available through field placements or other arrangements. Students will examine the contributions communities make to the functioning of individuals, families, groups, and organizations, as well as how individuals, families, groups, and organizations contribute to the functioning of communities. Students will integrate into an understanding of community practice social work's historical and contemporary emphasis on “empowerment” and the person-environment interface (i.e., interaction among biological, cultural, social, psychological, political, and economic aspects of human development and functioning).Credits: 3 hours
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  • SWRK 4610: Social Workers and Social Movements

    3.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    This course aims at helping social workers understand how social movements operate and how they can effectively and uniquely contribute to the just goals of social movements. The course addresses the rich heritage of social movements' accomplishments in American history; the theories exploring how social movements begin, endure, and effectively influence society; and how social movements have impacted critical issues in our nation's history. Students will learn elements of strategy to mobilize successful nonviolent social movements. The unique and specific contributions social workers make to social movements are explored. Credits: 3 hours
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  • SWRK 4620: Community Organization in Urban Areas

    3.00 Credits
    Western Michigan University

    Social welfare planning and social action methods are studied as approaches for preventing and resolving aspects of social problems. Emphasis is placed on the organizing of neighborhood and consumer groups in order to increase social interaction and improve social conditions. Credits: 3 hours
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