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3.00 Credits
Students are introduced to the development of social work as a profession. The course focuses on major social welfare policies and programs and the philosophical, economic, social, and political forces that shape their development. Students will explore contemporary approaches to social problems, such as health and welfare issues facing families, children and older adults; poverty, unemployment, homelessness, AIDS, mental illness, and developmental disabilities. The course highlights issues of social and economic justice and the inequities that exist and affect ethnic and racial minorities, women, and other at-risk populations. Prerequisite: Junior standing and permission of Director of Social Work Program. 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
Students will be introduced to theories, concepts, and skills common to professional practice. Specific attention will also be devoted to those skills required for working with individuals, and collectives (family, groups, communities) and for intervening in the client’s environment. Students will examine the phases of the helping process, starting with the initial phase and assessment and consider their application in different life situations, especially with at-risk populations. Students will be taking this course concurrent with their field work placement. Prerequisite: SOWK 322. Open only to majors. 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course builds on the content introduced in Social Work Practice II. Students will continue to examine the helping process concentrating on the ongoing and ending phases. The focus will be on using assessment to determine opportunities for multiple levels of intervention and the use of different helping approaches for problem solving. Students will deepen their knowledge of generalist practice concepts and skills for providing service to individuals, families, groups, and communities and their application in work with different populations, especially those at-risk. The course also emphasizes specific strategies for representing clients’ needs and securing resources through environmental interventions and in carrying out case management and interdisciplinary team activities. Students will learn skills for evaluating their practice. This course is taken concurrently with field work. Prerequisite: SOWK 423. Open only to majors. 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with the knowledge, values, and skills required to identify social problems and to assess and influence the communities, organizations, and social policies that affect their clients’ lives. The focus will be on locating dysfunctional structures, processes, and policies that create unjust and oppressive conditions and on developing strategies to influence change. Professional dilemmas or obstacles encountered in that pursuit will be examined. Prerequisites: SOWK 342 and SOWK 423.
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6.00 Credits
Students are assigned to social agencies or social work programs for 20 hours a week (a minimum of 275 hours a semester.) These settings provide students with assignments to acquire skills in social work practice and with the opportunity to apply theories and principles learned in the classroom to work in the field setting. Students receive individual weekly supervision from a professional social worker and attend periodic field seminar meetings at the College. This course is taken concurrently with SOWK 423. Open only to majors. 6 sem. hrs. 6 crs.
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20.00 Credits
A continuation of Field Practicum I. Students remain in the same field placement for 20 hours weekly (a minimum of 275 hours a semester ) and attend periodic field seminar meetings at the College. This course is taken concurrently with SOWK 424. Prerequisite: SOWK 431. 6 sem. hrs. 6 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the settings that provide services to children and adolescents. Students explore special problems that children and adolescents experience and how these problems affect them and their families. Students learn intervention strategies and techniques, specific to work with this population. Ethical issues and the impact of legislation and policy on practice and resources are considered. Prerequisite: SOWK 322. 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of health and mental health settings and the current policies that affect the delivery of services. Emphasis is placed on the major roles carried out by social workers in work with clients and with interdisciplinary staff. Students are familiarized with the range of problems that affect this population and their families and learn strategies and methods for offering help. Prerequisite: SOWK 322. 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
Independent study is designed for students interested in areas beyond scheduled courses. Studies are supervised by a faculty member. 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
A beginning Spanish course designed to help develop listening and speaking skills in the Spanish language. The course will help students deal with real everyday situations ( identifying needs, shopping, seeking medical assistance, gathering information, etc.). The aim of the course is to enable students to understand basic spoken Spanish within the limits of the topics presented in the course, including (but not limited to) business, travel, and social interaction. This course is not open to students who have studied Spanish in high school for more than two semesters or to students who have native or near-native fluency in Spanish. 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs.
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