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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Overview of the Social Work profession which includes values, history, fields of practice, issues of social welfare, social justice and vulnerable populations. Current controversies, future trends and career opportunities are explored.
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2.00 Credits
This course explores career opportunities in the helping professions. Fifteen professions are reviewed including clinical laboratory science, communication science and disorders, criminal justice, education, health information management, nuclear medicine technology, nursing, nutrition and dietetics, occupational science, physician assistant, physical therapy, psychology, public health, radiation therapy, and social work. Students receive presentations from faculty in each of these areas and engage in number of assignments to increase their knowledge of those professions in which they are most interested.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the interactions between and among individuals, groups organizations, societies, and economic systems. It includes theories and knowledge of biological, psychological, social, cultural, spiritual aspects of human life across the life span; the range of social systems in which in live; and the ways social systems promote or deter people from achieving well being.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of the evolution of the governmental and voluntary system of social welfare. Values and political factors in the shaping of social policy. Contribution of and response by social policy to poverty and vulnerable groups in society. The use of systematic models of policy analysis.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of the role of human diversity in social work practice. Focus is on differences and similarities in the experiences, needs and beliefs of people distinguished by ethnicity, gender, race, and sexual orientation. Offers a multi-dimensional, cross cultural generalist framework.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to social work practice and emphasizes basic communication skills necessary for effective practice. Students will learn oral and written communication skills such as interviewing, relationship building, documentation, scholarly writing skills and APA formatting. It provides a foundation in skills, theories , and methods of generalist social work practice that will be built upon in other practice courses.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to a generalist perspective utilizing a systems framework for social work practice with individual and families. Core knowledge, values and skills related to assessment, intervention, evaluation, and termination, are provided. Emphasis is placed on the establishment of profressional relationships characterized by mutuality, collaboration, and respect.
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3.00 Credits
Concepts central to empirical research and their application. Methods and techniques of research; the relationship between research, social work practice, and practice evaluation.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the core knowledge, values and skills for planning, implementing and evaluating groups used in generalist social work practice. This course uses a systems framework integrating a number of different group social work theories and perspectives.
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