School of Social Work
SWK 600 - Selected Topics 1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest Exploration of a topic in social work, not covered by the standard curriculum, but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. Repeatable
SWK 601 - Fundamentals of Social Work Practice I 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Preparation for beginning social work interventions. Theories of practice and rehearsal of problem solving and communication skills with individuals, families, and groups in client, target, and action systems. COREQ: SWK 671
SWK 602 - Fundamentals of Social Work Practice II 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Design, implementation, and evaluation of intervention strategies in social work practice. Intervention with individuals, families, and groups in the context of agencies, organizations and communities.
SWK 611 - Social Welfare Policy and Services 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Historical antecedents of social welfare policy, programs. Social work values, roles. Structure and organization of public and voluntary strategies for achieving economic security, health, and mental health welfare goals. Cultural, racial, ethnic, gender diversity. Policy analysis frameworks.
SWK 626 - Persons in Social Context 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: WGS 626 Assessment of behavior of diverse individuals, groups, and social systems. Applying concepts from the biological, behavioral, and social sciences in identifying and understanding forms and causes of behavior.
SWK 628 - Human Diversity in Social Contexts 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: WGS 628 Diversity, including race, gender, sexual orientation, and selected topics. Examines individual, group, and institutional identity formation. Theories of biopsychosocial development, reference group affiliation, social stratification, oppression, and institutional discrimination. Implications for social work practice.
SWK 635 - Readings in Feminist Psychological Theories 3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest Crosslisted with: WGS 635 Feminist psychological theories will be identified and analyzed. The intersection of feminist theory and traditional psychological theory, with particular critique to mental health interventions and programs will be examined.
SWK 640 - Issues in Health Care 3 credit(s) Irregularly Aspects of health care delivery for social work practice. Social patterns of illness and utilization of health care facilities relevant to present and future organization of health care facilities. Repeatable
SWK 641 - Divorce Mediation 3 credit(s) Only during the summer Crosslisted with: MFT 641 Basic theory and skills of divorce mediation. Includes introduction to conflict resolution theory, divorce law, financial planning, custody issues, and marital and family dynamics related to divorce.
SWK 657 - Processes of Aging 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Double Numbered with: SWK 357 Intrinsic aging processes, changing needs, and characteristics of aging populations, and the impact of age related forces in American society, with special attention to aged groups disadvantaged by virtue of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and poverty. Additional work required of graduate students.
SWK 658 - Practice and Policy in Adult Corrections 3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest Double Numbered with: SWK 458 Overview of adult corrections. Criminal justice policies related to ethnicity, poverty, gender. Substance use, health and disability, and violence are explored within the context of correctional setting and offender populations. Applications to social work practice.
SWK 662 - Applied Research in Social Work 3 credit(s) Every semester Crosslisted with: MFT 663 Design and execution of research in human service settings. Proposal development, creation of quantitative and qualitative instruments, coding of data, computer-based data analysis, and production of research reports.
SWK 671 - Field Instruction I 3 credit(s) Every semester Supervised practice experience to apply knowledge, social work principles, values, and methods and obtain increasing competence and skill for professional practice. No credit will be given for completion of only one semester of field work. COREQ: SWK 601
SWK 672 - Field Instruction II 3 credit(s) Every semester Supervised practice experience to apply knowledge, social work principles, values, and methods and obtain increasing competence and skill for professional practice. No credit will be given for completion of only one semester of field work. PREREQ: SWK 671 COREQ: SWK 602
SWK 689 - Individualized Readings Program 3 credit(s) Every semester Selected readings in social work and related fields under guidance of appropriate faculty.
SWK 690 - Independent Study 1-6 credit(s) Every semester In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department. Repeatable
SWK 700 - Selected Topics 1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest Exploration of a topic in social work not covered by standard curriculum, but of interest to second year graduate students and faculty in a particular semester. Repeatable
SWK 702 - Social Work Practice in Family Mental Health 3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest Advanced family systems practice. Exploration of topics including chronic mental illness, chronic physical illness, couple issues, child focused families, alternative families, aging and death. Political and social contexts of practice. PREREQ: SWK 732
SWK 703 - Direct Service with the Elderly 3 credit(s) Irregularly Analysis of social work practice models/theories, and development of professional skills as they apply to practice problems confronted in work with the elderly. PREREQ: SWK 601 , SWK 602 , SWK 657
SWK 707 - Short Term Intervention in Social Work 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Development of clinical skills in Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Cognitive Therapy and Narrative Therapy. Intervention effectiveness is stressed,. Role playing, lecture, group processing and assignments specific to each approach are used to facilitate skill development. PREREQ: SWK 601
SWK 709 - Practice with Children, Adolescents and Families 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Intervention models examined in the framework of family empowerment and advocacy for organizational change. Examines implications of diverse, culturally based child rearing practices for design of intervention strategies to strengthen and empower families. PREREQ: SWK 730
SWK 710 - Topics in Advanced Social Work Practice and Policy 1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest Developing issues and current trends. Shifting directions in social work practice and theory: methods, strategies, and techniques of intervention. Services to diverse populations.Developing issues and current trends. Shifting directions in social work practice, policy, and theory. Service models, techniques, and strategies of intervention for diverse populations. U.S. or international. Repeatable
SWK 712 - Clinical Social Work with Groups 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Experiential seminar explores frameworks for therapeutic intervention with formed groups. Focuses on students’ prior experience, aids in integration of new models and techniques into social work model for clinical work with groups. Requires concurrent work with short term group. PREREQ: SWK 601
SWK 713 - Social Work Case Management Practice 3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest Micro, mezzo, and macro levels of system intervention for populations at risk. Emphasis on empowerment strategies. PREREQ: SWK 601
SWK 714 - Supervision, Consultation and Staff Development 3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest Functions, methods, and techniques of supervision and consultation within an organizational context. Design, implementation, and evaluation of staff development programs. Emphasis on overcoming barriers to multicultural groups and enhancing staff morale, motivation, and effectiveness. PREREQ: SWK 602
SWK 715 - Administration in Human Services 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Organizational and administrative theories and principles are applied to a range of human services. Administrative issues related to effective delivery of services include job design, resource procurement and allocation, strategic planning, and quality management. PREREQ: SWK 601
SWK 724 - Psychopathology 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: MFT 724 Stressful processes of living, focusing on individual attitudinal and behavioral responses that may be maladaptive. Traditional mental health theories and classifications, and relevant perspectives from sociology, social psychology, and biology.
SWK 727 - Family Violence: Policy, Practice and Research 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Examines family violence from a social work perspective. Integrated understanding of causation and intervention. Direct practice and policy issues. Role of research in the family violence field.
SWK 730 - Family Systems Theory 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Exploration of foundational and current couple and family therapy theories as they relate to functional and dysfunctional interactions, and to the practice of Social Work with individuals, families and groups. PREREQ: SWK 626 Repeatable
SWK 732 - Advanced Practice with Individuals, Families and Groups 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Application of systems thinking to advanced social work practice with individuals, families, and groups. Intervention with problems of aging, child welfare, health, mental health, and in the workplace. PREREQ: SWK 730 COREQ: SWK 771
SWK 733 - Social Work Practice in Mental Health 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Advanced practice course in clinical social work concentration. Focuses on integration of knowledge in SW program, while including group therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy and professional use-of-self perspective. PREREQ: SWK 730 AND SWK 732 COREQ: SWK 772
SWK 735 - Principles and Methods of Social Work Practice with Black Families 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Principles and methods in working with black families. Practice interventions are examined within a cultural context. Attention will be given to the historical underpinnings that have molded the black experience in America. PREREQ: SWK 601
SWK 736 - Evidence-Based Approaches to Mental Health Treatment 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Evidence-based practices within recovery-oriented paradigm for treating individuals with serious mental illness. Focus on assessment, treatment outcomes, and translating research into practice. PREREQ: SWK 601
SWK 737 - Strategies for Community Behavioral Health Practice 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Skills related to engagement and motivational enhancement for social work practice with individuals within community-based settings. Models: recovery-oriented practices, person-centered planning, motivational interviewing, and classroom experience involves interaction with agency practitioners.
SWK 738 - Core Concepts in Trauma Treatment for Children and Adolescents 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Introduction of core concepts that inform evidence-based assessment and intervention with traumatized children and adolescents. Addresses the level of functioning of primary caregiving environments and assesses capacity of the community to facilitate restorative processes. PREREQ: SWK 601
SWK 739 - Applied Neuroscience in the Human Services 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring The course explores key findings in neuroscience and consideration of implications for human service practitioners across disciplines and settings. Enables integration of scientific findings, related controversies, and ethical issuesinto approach to practice and policy.
SWK 740 - Treatment of Complex Trauma with Individuals 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Preparation for clinical practice with individuals who have experienced complex trauma. Current interventions for trauma treatment and factors involved in appropriate treatment selection are addressed.
SWK 742 - Violence, Bullying, & Trauma: Clinical Perspectives 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Analysis of violence, bullying, harassment, hazing, and traumatic effects that result. A systems theory perspective is applied to organizations and to families. Evidence-based approaches for intervention and remediation are discussed.
SWK 761 - Mental Health Policy 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Policies, programs in mental health and developmental disabilities fields. Deinstitutionalization, community-based services. Special mental health issues related to poverty, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation. Policy analysis. PREREQ: SWK 611
SWK 763 - Health Care Policy 3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest Present organization of health care services, development of government legislation, and regulation. Organization and growth of public and private services and their impact on special populations. PREREQ: SWK 611
SWK 765 - Public Policy and Aging 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Identify social policy formulations relevant to the changing lifestyle of the elderly. Implications of such policies for the social institutions and delivery systems serving elderly persons and their families. PREREQ: SWK 611
SWK 766 - Seminar in International Social Welfare Policy and Social Work 3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest Cross-national comparisons. PREREQ: SWK 611
SWK 768 - Family & Child Welfare Policy 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Examines policies, programs affecting three groups of families and children: supportive services for all, target services for those at risk, and intensive interventions to protect children with acute problems. Measurement and political dimensions of policy making analysis. PREREQ: SWK 611
SWK 771 - Field Instruction III 3 credit(s) Every semester Supervised practice experience in social agencies related to student’s concentration choice. No credit will be given for only one semester of field work.
SWK 772 - Field Instruction IV 3 credit(s) Every semester Supervised practice experience in social agencies related to student’s concentration choice. No credit will be given for only one semester of field work. PREREQ: SWK 771
SWK 774 - Proposal Writing and Program Development 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Planning, development, and funding of social service programs in both private nonprofit and public settings.
SWK 775 - Program Evaluation 3 credit(s) Every semester Evaluation of human service programs reflected in students’ field placements. Evaluability assessment. Program description. Posing evaluation questions. Quantitative and qualitative methods of needs assessment, information management, process evaluation, outcome evaluation, cost analysis, reporting results. PREREQ: SWK 662 COREQ: SWK 771 OR SWK 772
SWK 776 - Clinical Practice Evaluation 3 credit(s) Every semester Evaluation of clinical practice reflected in students’ field placements. Principles of measurement. Single system design. Critical thinking in clinical decision making. Quantitative and qualitative methods of systematic self-evaluation, instrument design, data analysis. PREREQ: SWK 662 COREQ: SWK 771 OR SWK 772
SWK 777 - Community Organization and Development 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Theoretical orientations and skills required for social work practice of community economic development in urban and rural settings. PREREQ: SWK 602
SWK 778 - Policy Practice and Advocacy 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Social policy analysis, planning and advocacy knowledge, methods and skills applied to social reform and social change in health and welfare arenas. PREREQ: SWK 611
SWK 779 - Seminar in Organizational Development and Leadership 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Theories, research, and practice models of organizational development and leadership. How organizations function and personal exploration of the self as change agent. Skills of analysis and synthesis for organizational change in public and nonprofit settings. PREREQ: SWK 771
SWK 781 - Alcohol and Other Drugs in Social Work Practice 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: MFT 781 Introduces theory and practice strategies appropriate to understand and address alcohol and other drug problems among clients in various human services settings. Prerequisite does not apply to MFT students. PREREQ: SWK 601
SWK 785 - AIDS: Social and Preventive Issues 3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest Studies policy and practice issues affecting individuals infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Examines nature of illness, its psychosocial sequelae, differential impact on ethnic/cultural groups in U.S., and strategies for ethnic sensitive practice.
SWK 789 - Individualized Reading Program 1-4 credit(s) Every semester Selected readings in social work and related fields under guidance of appropriate faculty.
SWK 790 - Independent Study 1-6 credit(s) Every semester Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department. Repeatable
SWK 997 - Masters Thesis 0-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest Individual thesis guidance. Comprehensive research plan is presented for faculty approval. Thesis submitted to Graduate School for examination.
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