Programs
Course Descriptions
SWK 105
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS
3, 3/0
The impact of societal, cultural, and professional values on interpersonal relationships; increased awareness of interpersonal skills and examination of ways to overcome barriers to healthy interpersonal relationships.
SWK 220
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK
3, 3/0
Introduction to the social welfare institution and to social work; social work knowledge, skills, sanctions, values, and ethics; generalist practice in social work. Requires 40 hours of volunteer work in addition to coursework.
SWK 307
HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT I
3, 3/0
Development of the individual in the family from prebirth through adolescence; theories and issues that provide a knowledge base for social work. Restricted to social work majors.
SWK 308
HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT II
3, 3/3
Prerequisite: SWK 307. Continuation of SWK 307. Development of the individual in the family from young adulthood through middle and old age; knowledge base for social work. Restricted to social work majors.
SWK 310
SEXUALITY IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
3, 3/0
Examination and analysis of human sexuality as part of human development; designed for future human services professionals.
SWK 317
RESEARCH IN SOCIAL WORK
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: SWK 307. Application of research methodologies and evaluative techniques to the field of social work. Restricted to social work majors.
SWK 319
DYNAMICS OF POVERTY
3, 3/0; DIIF
Predominant theories, policies, and programs dealing with poverty in America; the historical treatment of the poor; views of poverty; poverty’s effects on individuals, families, and communities; class, race, gender, and age; strategies of social change. Requires 20 hours of volunteer work in addition to coursework.
SWK 320
SOCIAL SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: SWK 220. Purposes, types, management, staffing, and funding of organizations that deliver social services; roles of the social work professional in such organizations; selected social work fields of practice and services for specialized populations. Required for social work majors.
SWK 321
THE ELDERLY AND SOCIAL SERVICES
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Upper-division status. Needs of and services for the elderly; services and programs; policy issues regarding the aging, such as health, housing, and finances; intervention strategies for working with the elderly.
SWK 335
MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK
3, 3/0
Theoretical perspectives concerning mental health and mental illness; history of the mental health movement; institutional and community mental health services; roles and functions of social workers and other personnel in the mental health system.
SWK 345
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Upper-division status. Child welfare as a field of practice in social work; historical and philosophical bases; the impact of culture, ethnicity, and race on practice; current delivery of services; skills needed to practice in the field.
SWK 346
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Upper-division status. Major issues in child abuse and neglect from a social work viewpoint; the nature of abuse and neglect,the actual incidence, workings of the current child-protection system; intervention and treatment issues; the role of other disciplines and the larger society.
SWK 419
SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: SWK 320. Concurrent with field education. Institutional response of the American welfare state to individual and societal issues, problems; current social welfare issues, policies, and programs in their historic and philosophic context, with emphasis on critical thinking and policy practice. Restricted to social work majors.
SWK 422
INTERVENTIVE METHODS I
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: SWK 220, SWK 307. Fundamental skills of social work practice; communication and assessment skills with individuals and families. Restricted to social work majors.
SWK 423
INTERVENTIVE METHODS II
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: SWK 308, SWK 422. Continuation of SWK 422. Focus on models and strategies of intervention, resistances to change, and termination. Restricted to social work majors.
SWK 424
INTERVENTIVE METHODS III
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: SWK 422. Continuation of SWK 422 and SWK 423. Intervention with groups and communities; models of group work practice and phases of group intervention; major spheres of macro practice and methods to effect change at large-systems level. Restricted to social work majors.
SWK 425
SOCIAL WORK WITH FAMILIES
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: SWK 308, SWK 422. Focus on family and family intervention; family theory and practice principles studied through examination of families in specialized problem contexts.
SWK 485
SENIOR SEMINAR
3, 3/0
Intensive analysis of selected topics in social work.
SWK 493
FIELD INSTRUCTION
6, 6/0
Prerequisite: SWK 422. First semester of supervised field experience in a professional social work setting. Concurrent weekly on-campus integrative seminar. Restricted to social work majors.
SWK 494
FIELD INSTRUCTION
6, 6/0
Prerequisites: SWK 493, SWK 423, SWK 317. Second semester of supervised field experience in a professional social work setting. Concurrent weekly on-campus integrative seminar. Restricted to social work majors.
Graduate Courses:
SWK 546
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT:
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY COOPERATION
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: Graduate status and experience in school/school-related
setting or instructor permission.
Role of teacher in cases of child abuse and neglect; nature and causation of abuse and neglect; workings of the current child protection system; specific role of the teacher in that system; broader role of the school in remedying and preventing child maltreatment.
SWK 590
INDEPENDENT STUDY
3, 0/0
SWK 603
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
3, 3/0
Personnel-related functions and the utilization of resources to support these functions within organizations design of in-service training programs; supervisory skills for enhancing motivation and productivity; employee
benefit packages; grievance and labor relations plans; proposals to obtain
funding for training.
SWK 643
SUPERVISION IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
3, 3/0
Prerequisite: Graduate status.
Roles and functions of supervisors in a variety of work settings; supervisory role in coordinating agency functions and meeting clients' needs; worker role and responsibilities; leadership, organizational,and systems theory; application of theory to practice situations.
SWK 645
PROGRAM PLANNING IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
3, 3/0
Prerequisites: One course in statistics and research methodology.
Use of data for program planning in human service organizations. Students design a study pertinent to human services management.
SWK 690
MASTER'S PROJECT
3, 3/0
Study undertaken by one or more individuals on a problem of special interest submitted in acceptable form according to directions given by the Social
Work Department.
SWK 695
MASTER'S THESIS
3, 0/0
