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This course provides an introductory overview of the development and purposes of social work and social welfare and the knowledge, values, and skills of the social work profession. Content focuses on introduction to the major systems, problems, and populations with which social workers practice. Students are oriented to the various social worker roles and the basic qualities, skills, and functions of effective practice in each of these capacities. The importance of the helping relationship and working in partnership with clients is emphasized. Students are introduced to the person-and- environment, strengths, and empowerment perspectives, and the micro, mezzo, and macro system levels. Topics covered include poverty and public welfare, child welfare, mental health, addictions, and medical social work, physical and mental disabilities, education and employment issues, immigration, family problems and services to families, criminal justice and juvenile delinquency, gerontological social work, racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of discrimination and oppression, and the impact of discrimination and oppression on access to resources, services and opportunities, and on the well-being of systems of all sizes. This course is a prerequisite for all 300-level and 400-level social work courses and is open to non- social work majors. Course is required for all social work majors and is the prerequisite for all social work courses required for the major except SOW 303, which may be taken concurrently. Individual & Society Exploration Offered fall and spring. 3 credits
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This elective course aims to uncover the dynamics involved in the taboo subject of family violence. The underlying values and norms related to family, community, the state, and society are explored as they shape and, sometimes constrain, responses to children and others affected by family violence. The course provides an overview of the various forms of family violence and approaches to understanding their effects on family members, with particular emphasis on child witnesses to domestic violence. Social, economic, and political factors are critically examined. Intervention approaches such as risk assessment and maximizing collaboration among community resources are addressed. Values Exploration Offered spring 3 credits
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This required course provides experiences in small group interaction with an emphasis on developing skills in group participation, leadership, problem solving, and decision making. Students develop an understanding of group processes through class exercises and written assignments. Students are challenged to develop critical thinking, self-awareness, communication skills, and respect for differences among group members. Topics include the various roles of social work practitioners as group participants and facilitators, different group types, functions, and compositions ranging from grassroots community groups to therapy groups. Individual & Society Exploration Offered fall and spring. 3 credits
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This class focuses on the broader perspectives that have guided and shaped policy in the area of families and children in the United States. Beginning with a historical view of the development of child welfare services, we will look at the emergence of the modern child welfare system in a multicultural society. Overarching themes of the course will include the development of social policy as it affects families and children from different cultural backgrounds and the formation and function of the public child welfare system. We will pay particular attention to the development of an infrastructure to suppor the needs of children and families, with particular attention to poverty, foster care & child abuse. Individual & Society Offered fall and spring. 3 credits
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This required course focuses on developing awareness, sensitivity, and respect for people and groups of diverse cultural backgrounds and developing self-awareness of one's own experiences of culture and difference as well as one's own biases and stereotypes. This course is taught from the framework of social work values of justice, respect and appreciation of diversity, dignity and worth of the person, social justice, and the importance of human relationships. Students are introduced to the concept of cultural competence with an emphasis on the need for social services to be culturally relevant and meet the needs of groups served. Students are introduced to the knowledge and skills required of professionals who practice cultural competence effectively. Students are challenged to develop awareness of the relationship between culture and personal identity, as well as to the ways in which group membership can influence experiences, access to resources and opportunities. Offered fall and spring. 3 credits
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This required course is taken in the second semester of the junior year. It builds on the introductory knowledge of social work and social welfare history obtained through SOW 210. The course teaches students about the history of social welfare and the development of the social work profession, within the context of changing social, political, economic, spiritual, and global contexts. Students are challenged to begin to understand the ways in which social structures interact to create and maintain social conditions, as well as to lay the groundwork for change. Students' understanding of the history of social work and social welfare is applied in SOW 402: Social Welfare Development, Policy and Services taken the following semester when students are in the ?rst semester of their senior year. Course is required of all social work majors. Prerequisite for social work majors: SOW 210. Taken concurrently with SOW 304, SOW 310, and SOW 311. Heritage Exploration Offered spring. 3 credits
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