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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA This course provides an overview of issues in the field of aging which are related to social-work practice. Changes among the elderly such as health, finances, and social roles are studied with particular reference to potential need for assistance. Social-work methods and intervention with older people and their families in a variety of settings are examined. Field trips to agencies are required. Prerequisite: SOCW 230 or PSYC 321 or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA This course surveys the evolution of major social-welfare programs and analyzes recent government responses to social-welfare needs in the United States. Emphasis is placed on analysis of and alternatives to current social-welfare policies and programs. Content includes: social welfare as a right or principle, models of government programs, social-welfare structures, and social insurance. Course content is enriched by a concurrent field education experience. Prerequisites: SOC 101, SOCW 230
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA Empirically based theories and knowledge of human growth and development are studied for their usefulness in understanding human behavior across the life span as impacted by social and cultural diversity, political and economic barriers, and opportunities. The focus of this course is the individual within the social context of family and larger social institutions such as education, commerce, government, and spiritual organizations, and the ways that systems promote or deter people in maintaining or achieving health and well-being. Prerequisite: SOCW 230 or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA A study of the nature of alcoholism and its effect upon individuals and dynamic family systems. The physiological, psychological, and social impact of alcohol on specific groups, especially women, children, and adolescents, will be addressed. Issues of the adult child of the alcoholic will also be discussed. Students will develop assessment skills to identify alcoholics and their families within the social-service population. Prerequisite: SOC 101 or SOCW 230 or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA This course offers students the opportunity to explore the needs of persons who suffer from addiction to alchol and other substances as well as mental disturbance, intellectual impairment, and/or physical challenge. The course addresses issues of case identification, assessment, treatment, and policy. Students are encouraged to examine critically existing assessment and diagnostic frameworks, ethical dilemmas in relation to delivery of service, and personal beliefs as they affect response to this population.
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1.00 Credits
One Credit Students are assigned to social service agencies to observe and apply beginning social-work skills based on theoretical content provided in previous and concurrent courses. A minimum of 72 hours of field education and a minimum of four integrated class seminars are required. Prerequisite: OPEN TO MAJORS ONLY
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits Building on SOCW 230 and SOCW 330, this course continues the study and application of social-work knowledge, values, and skills relative to generalist social-work practice. The person-in-environment context is the focal point for application of the social-work process of assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, and termination. A concurrent required field education experience (SOCW 382) enriches course content. Prerequisite: SOCW 330; OPEN TO MAJORS ONLY
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
One to Three Credits each LA ?pecial topics" courses serve as a vehicle by which a department may offer a topical or thematic study not included in the regular course offerings. The specific content is indicated when the course is listed in the schedule of classes. Prerequisites: SOCW 230 and permission of Program Director and Dean
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA This course is designed to heighten the student's knowledge, awareness, and tolerance of differences among people, as well as raise consciousness and sensitivity to the kinds of problems in which these differences result. Ethnic minorities, undervalued groups, and protected classes will be studied in the context of language, poverty, powerlessness, institutional racism, sexism, and ageism. Frameworks for social-work practice will focus on how social workers can be equipped to improve the status of minorities and undervalued groups. Course content is enriched by a concurrent field education experience. Prerequisites: SOC 101, SOCW 230, SOC 336
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits This is the final course in the practice sequence. Here, students study an expanded range of empirically tested practice intervention models and techniques within the context of generalist practice. Course material relates practice theory to a common core of concepts, skills, tasks, and activities essential to generalist social-work practice with client systems of various sizes and types. Concurrent field practicum provides students with the opportunity to apply these varied interventions. Prerequisites: SOCW 382, SOCW 383; OPEN TO MAJORS ONLY
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