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Prerequisites: BIOL 105 or 155, PSY 154, SOC 101, SWK 210, 230, 320, 324. Corequisite: SWK 451. A study of the development of human behavior in the context of social systems. Primary emphasis will be placed on an exploration of needs and tasks of individuals, groups, families, organizations, and communities during various life-stages of growth and development. Environmental concerns affecting women, minorities and other special populations will be examined.
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An examination into the premises and practices of social science research. When addressing quantitative and qualitative approaches, students will explore the issues of research designs, data collection, and data analysis. In the end, students will be able to determine ways in which empirical studies can enhance their subsequent careers in the field of human services.
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Prerequisite: SWK 210. This course will provide students with a generalist perspective of social work through seminars as well as an opportunity to experience a helping relationship in a social service agency. Students will observe agency workers in helping situations and will practice attending skills, such as listening and documenting information, within a 120-hour mini-practicum. Students will also apply knowledge gained in the classroom to the practice experience.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with knowledge and beginning helping skills that can be applied to assist individuals who are having social/emotional problems.
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This course provides students with information about family interpersonal and social structural dynamics in the multiculturally diverse U.S. society of the 21st century. The course will increase students' awareness about the ways in which other social institutions such as the economy, religion, and education can either negatively or positively influence family structure and function. Crosslisted with SOC 335.
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This course provides a microscopic perspective of the institutions and programs that have evolved in response to understanding a class of persons traditionally dependent upon medicine and social programs. Emphasis will be placed upon review of the values, knowledge, and skills characteristic of the entry-level social worker in the community mental health agency. Crosslisted with WST 340.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on legal and legislative processes involving licensing and certification of the profession; rights of clients and special populations; access to legal and social services; testifying before judicial and legislative bodies; and other legal issues and concerns facing social work practitioners.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: formal program screen-in. This course is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to child abuse and neglect from a social work perspective. Students will learn the extent of the problem, effects on children, treatment issues, and social worker's role in a multidisciplinary team approach.
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3.00 Credits
Overview of strategies for addressing critical situations requiring immediate intervention. Subjects include threatened suicide, rape trauma, domestic violence, violent episodes of mental illness, and physical assaults.
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3.00 Credits
Causes of alcoholism and other substance abuse will be addressed as well as an overview of policy and practice issues for providing effective treatment of those afflicted. The course will include a comparison of existing treatment techniques and programs commonly used.
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