This course provides an introduction to social work. The broad survey course covers the educational requirements of the profession, social work fields of practice and the types of social workers. The course assists students in making career choices about social work. Students are required to do 20 hours of volunteer work in addition to scheduled class sessions.

This course provides an examination of social science and behavioral science applications to social work practice. The course presents a social systems model for analyzing human functioning in the social environment.

This course provides an Introduction to methods for social research, as well as the concepts and techniques of social research. These include sampling, questionnaire and interview design, experiments, observation, evaluation research and ethics. This course involves research projects on social science issues. Computers and statistical software may be used as part of the instruction process.

This course studies current social welfare policy issues and the significance of policy-making influences that include social, economic and political factors. In addition, students learn various techniques of policy evaluation and review.

This course explores social work theories and research literature on life stages in a variety of historical, cultural, class, gender, racial and community contexts. The coursework emphasizes how the self interacts with legacies of biological variables, cultural history, social systems, life history and personal social environment.

This course provides an introduction to a generalist practice perspective including a common set of social work generalist values, social work generalist skills and social work generalist tasks essential to helping people in their social environment. The coursework emphasizes assessment skills and intervention strategies. Requires participation in skill practice including 16 lab hours of videotaping for classroom criteria

This course covers practice methods content from social work mezzo-level and social work macro-level perspectives. The course highlights systems of families, systems of groups, systems of organizations and systems of communities. The use of video labs provides students with relevant practice situations.

This course studies the impact of social policy at the local, state and national levels on the development, implementation and delivery of social/health services in fields of practice where social workers are employed. The course emphasizes current policy changes directly impacting clients, practitioners, agencies and their communities.

This course looks at the impact of power and privilege in our society and teaches students to use their knowledge, awareness, and skills to engage in anti-oppressive practice. This course emphasizes how diversity and intersectionality shape human experiences and identity development and affect equity and inclusion. Students will learn to demonstrate anti-racist and anti-oppressive social work practice at the individual, family, group, organizational and community levels. Students will learn to demonstrate cultural humility by applying critical reflection, self-awareness and self-regulation to manage bias in social work, including the influence of power, privilege and values in working with clients and constituencies.

This course integrates field education experiences with an emphasis on the values and ethics in generalist social work practice. Specific topics will include role conflicts, values clarification and ethical issues in social work faced by beginning generalist social work practitioners with an emphasis on self-evaluation. Individual field experiences will be shared and regularly discussed.

This capstone seminar focuses on personal strengths in a professional role as a social worker. There is a focus on group sharing and experience sharing with an emphasis on
the differing roles and responsibilities in professional practice. Students assemble a professional portfolio integrating learning experiences in areas designated by the Council on Social Work Education.

Students practice skill instruction through university-arranged placements in social work agencies. The emphasis is on demonstration of skill mastery through agency-supervised practice experience of 15-20 hours per week.

This is a continuation of SW 480. Students practice skill instruction through university-arranged placements in social work agencies. The emphasis is on demonstration of skill mastery through agency-supervised practice experience of 15-20 hours per week.