A workshop-style intensive course to assist students in becoming more aware of their unique ways of communicating and more ready to communicate effectively with others.
Service-based Learning.
Undergraduate Courses
Course Delivery DEFINITIONS:
- Online Courses: In online teaching, 100% of instruction takes place online via Canvas and with supplemental platforms like Zoom. There are two types of online courses: asynchronous and synchronous.
- Asynchronous online: Course is fully online, with lessons, assignments, and activities posted in Canvas with due dates. Students complete coursework, engage in discussions, etc., based upon their own schedules, but are required to meet posted deadlines.
- Synchronous online: Online course that includes real-time class meetings using technology (e.g. Zoom). The number of required meetings varies based upon the particular class, but meetings take place during the scheduled class times. Faculty will inform students of the schedule for real-time meetings in their courses.
- Hybrid Courses: Hybrid courses combine both in-person, on-campus meetings with online instruction. All face-to-face activities take place during the regularly-scheduled meeting times in the rooms assigned on the course listing. The number of in-person meetings varies by course. Faculty will notify students of the exact meeting schedule for their courses.
If your class is not listed as online or hybrid, it will meet fully face-to-face following the noted class schedule.
A workshop-style intensive course to assist students in becoming more aware of their unique ways of communicating and more ready to communicate effectively with others.
Service-based Learning.
The purpose of this course is to provide flexibility within the course offerings and an opportunity to explore areas of current or topical interest which are not available in the regular course offerings. Sample topics include marriage and family violence.
This course focuses upon the intersection of the person and cultural environment, and the ways in which they mutually interact. SWK 315 combines micro and mezzo elements learned in BIO 127, PSY 250/252, EPY 244 and SWK 215 with macro elements learned in SOC 358. Focus will include modernist and postmodernist theories.
Students learn assessment skills associated with the ecological model and intervention skills associated with the problem-solving model for reorganizing power structures and organizations to meet human needs at the macro level. Open solely to majors and minors in Social Work. Prerequisite: SWK 114. Recommended co-requisites: SWK 315, SWK 378, SWK 379, and SOC 360. Spring.
HYBRID. R Asynchronous ONLINE.
An intensive, experiential workshop exploring racial and ethnic backgrounds, traditions, values and statuses and intergroup tensions. Participation and evaluation of events devoted to issues of social and economic justice. Students will develop greater understanding of the mechanisms of oppression. Open to all students. Social Work majors should take SWK 375 in their junior year. Fulfills Diversity Requirement.
FULFILLS DIVERSITY REQUIREMENT; Service-based Learning.
An orientation to the principles, values, concepts, and methods of beginning, generalist social work practice through direct observation and participation in a social service setting. Students engage in direct experience under supervision in an agency for eight hours per week and meet on campus in a discussion group one hour per week with faculty and fellow students. Through this profiled experience, students will develop beginning generalist practice skills. Prerequisites: SWK 212/213, SWK 114, SWK 215; full participation in the multi-session "Orientation to Pre-Field" program held the Fall previous to enrollment in this course; and SWK 375 (pre or co-requisite) with grades of C or better. To be taken concurrently with SWK 379. Students who earn a grade of D or F may retake SWK 378 only by permission of the faculty. Spring.
For SWK majors and minors only.
An orientation to the principles, values, concepts, and methods of beginning, generalist social work practice through direct observation and participation in a social service setting. Students engage in direct experience under supervision in an agency for eight hours per week and meet on campus in a discussion group one hour per week with faculty and fellow students. Through this profiled experience, students will develop beginning generalist practice skills. Prerequisites: SWK 212/213, SWK 114, SWK 215; full participation in the multi-session "Orientation to Pre-Field" program held the Fall previous to enrollment in this course; and SWK 375 (pre or co-requisite) with grades of C or better. To be taken concurrently with SWK 379. Students who earn a grade of D or F may retake SWK 378 only by permission of the faculty. Spring.
For SWK majors and minors only.
Students learn the early phases of generalist intervention with micro and mezzo systems. Learnings include interviewing skills associated with engagement, empathy, the problem-solving model, and early assessment of the functioning of client systems. To be taken concurrently with SWK 315 and SWK 378. Open solely to Social Work majors and minors. Fulfills writing-intensive requirement. Prerequisites: SWK 114, SWK 212, SWK 213, SWK 215. Spring.
For SWK majors and minors only.
This course emphasizes content on skills within a scientific, analytic, and ethical context for the purposes of designing and evaluating both qualitative and quantitative studies. Emphasis is on evidence-based social work practice.
Cross-listed with SWK 551 EX1.
See course description for SWK 480. Taken concurrently with SWK 483 and SWK 489. Spring.
Cross-listed with SWK 582 X1.
See course description for SWK 480. Taken concurrently with SWK 483 and SWK 489. Spring.
For SWK majors only. Cross-listed with SWK 582 X2.
See course description for SWK 480. Taken concurrently with SWK 483 and SWK 489. Spring.
Cross-listed with SWK 582 X3.
The seminar serves as a laboratory for the study of group dynamics. Further, students learn concepts, principles and methods for beginning, generalist social work practice with groups including task groups, support groups, community groups and organizational groups. Taken concurrently with SWK 482. Prerequisites: SWK 379, SWK 481. Spring.
HYBRID. Cross-Listed with SWK 583 X1.
The seminar serves as a laboratory for the study of group dynamics. Further, students learn concepts, principles and methods for beginning, generalist social work practice with groups including task groups, support groups, community groups and organizational groups. Taken concurrently with SWK 482. Prerequisites: SWK 379, SWK 481. Spring.
Cross-listed with SWK 583 X2.
The seminar serves as a laboratory for the study of group dynamics. Further, students learn concepts, principles and methods for beginning, generalist social work practice with groups including task groups, support groups, community groups and organizational groups. Taken concurrently with SWK 482. Prerequisites: SWK 379, SWK 481. Spring.
Cross-listed with SWK 583 X3.
An opportunity to increase the practice experience afforded in SWK 482. Students may increase practice time in agencies in units of four hours per week, equaling one additional credit per unit over the semester. Open to seniors taking SWK 482 provided they have (1) the consent of the agency, and (2) a written rationale for the increased time that is acceptable to the Director of Field Education. Spring.
In this macro practice course, students will have the opportunity to identify and critique social policies at a variety of levels from the personal to the national, as well as opportunities to identify, develop and influence policy through several practical experiences including using the media, participating in civil actions, and lobbying. Through "The Policy Project," a series of assignments in which students employ the problem-solving approach, students will make major contributions to their field organizations and/or to larger populations of clients. Taken concurrently with SWK 482 and SWK 483.
Cross-listed with SWK 589 EX1.
Students will choose a topic to explore with their faculty mentor in this self-directed course.
Instructor permission required - Acker
Students will choose a topic to explore with their faculty mentor in this self-directed course.
Instructor permission required - Rotondi
Students will choose a topic to explore with their faculty mentor in this self-directed course.
Instructor permission required - Rowe
Psychopathology is designed to expose students to methods and skills for counseling individuals who may be experiencing serious psychological problems. The role of neurobiology, neural communication, and neurotransmitters is addressed. Special emphasis will be given to the identification and treatment of psychological disorders across the life span. Students will become familiar with the DSM-5 and ICD-10 classification and mental status evaluations, as well as critical perspectives in mental health research. Research-based interventions for each disorder are discussed, and integrative intervention strategies will be stressed. Students are expected to apply treatment interventions and assessment to case presentations.
Cross-listed with SWK 592 EX1.
Independent Study Application Required.