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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course reconceptualizes the dynamics of the U.S. social welfare system from the perspective of gender, race and class. It examines the historical roots of gender roles and the effect upon women, family, and society. It will provide a practical framework for students to work with women and empower their female clients.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on generalist practice theory and skills as applied to communities, organizations and oppressed populations. Issues of social justice and social action are emphasized. Prerequisite: SWK 110, SWK 210, SWK 301
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on assessment of the intervention with elderly individuals and their families. It examines problems encountered by aging persons and prepares students with the wide range of skills and practice modalities necessary for effective practice with this population: group work, case management, consultation, and beginning skills in program planning and administration. The course also explores the development and scope of public policies directed toward older persons such as public and private insurance for chronic care needs, housing and community based services, income maintenance programs and future policies for the aged.
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3.00 Credits
Students choose from a variety of settings which provide applied experience in practice areas such as: gerontology, school social work, child welfare, family services, criminal justice, health, mental health, public welfare, developmental disabilities, hospice, domestic violence, medical social work, student affairs, research, needs assessment, community organizing and adolescent development. Prerequisites: Junior standing, SWK 110, SWK 301, SWK 310 and SWK 311. Fee.
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3.00 Credits
Continuation of SWK 411. Students choose from a variety of settings which provide applied experience in practice areas such as: gerontology, school social work, child welfare, family services, criminal justice, health, mental health, public welfare, developmental disabilities, hospice, domestic violence, medical social work, student affairs, research, needs assessment, community organizing and adolescent development. Prerequisites: Junior standing, SWK 110, SWK 301, SWK 310, SWK 311, and SWK 411. Fee.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of human relationships. It is an introductory survey of the concepts, theories and methods used to explain social behavior.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the great diversity of living cultures revealing the range of human values, world-view, language and adaptations to survival. Theories of differences of culture-pre-literate and modern, the formation of personality and the importance of social structure will be studied.
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3.00 Credits
This course will offer students an overview of the entire field of criminal justice. Students are introduced to: elements of criminal law, profiles of offenders, profiles of victims of crime, the prevalence of crime, the enforcers of law, and the punishment of criminals. The course will also include information about the prevention of criminal activity.
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3.00 Credits
In this course American perspectives on social problems and social welfare are placed in historical and theoretical context. Emphasis is given to: 1) the impact of social disparity and political and economic forces on problem/need definition; and 2) the contributions of different theoretical perspectives to problem analyses and strategies of social intervention.
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3.00 Credits
A study of male-female relations from a cross-cultural perspective. Consideration is given to the place of men and women in the social, economic, political and religious realms of various societies, including contemporary America, and to differing theories and conceptualizations of gender role differences and similarities.
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