• SOWK 3210: Social Work Research

  3.00 Credits

  East Tennessee State University

  
  This course is designed to provide students with an understanding and an appreciation for the scientific approach. Students will have the opportunity to understand how the scientific approach is used to build a knowledge base for generalist social worker practice and how it is used to evaluate practice/program effectiveness. Standards for ethical behavior applicable to the scientific process are presented and discussed. Furthermore, this course will require the student to become involved in understanding and applying qualitative/ quantitative methods, data analysis techniques, practice/program evaluation designs, and in raising pertinent social work research questions. This course also requires students to critically evaluate research articles pertinent to generalist social work practice
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• SOWK 3300: Interviewing & Recording Skill

  3.00 Credits

  East Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: SOWK 1010, SOWK 1020, SOWK 1030. Provides a beginning knowledge base and the development of interviewing and recording skills essential for generalist social workers and those pursuing other human service professions. This course focuses on interviewing and recording techniques that can be applied to all levels of social work practice. Interviewing and recording skills are developed through the use of role play and videotaped scenarios. Systems theory is applied to the conscious selection of techniques to be used with various populations at different levels of practice.
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• SOWK 3310: Practice with Individuals

  3.00 Credits

  East Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: SOWK 3000; SOWK 3300 Provides a framework for beginning social work practice with individuals. Building on foundational knowledge, values, and skills, this course enables students to develop problem solving skills related to engagement, data collection, assessment, intervention, evaluation, and termination phases in service delivery.
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• SOWK 3430: Soc Wel Polt/Serv

  3.00 Credits

  East Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite(s): PSCI 1120 and SOWK 1010. This course addresses the history of social policies and subsequent programs put in place to address perceived social problems and includes legislative, judicial, and administrative efforts. Students develop an ability to analyze social policy as it relates to societal values, populations at risk of harm, the status quo, and the socio-politico-economic climate of a particular time, including contemporary national policy debates.
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• SOWK 4004: Sr Social Work Elective

  0.05 - 30.00 Credits

  East Tennessee State University

  
  Transfer elective
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• SOWK 4018: Senior Honors Thesis

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  East Tennessee State University

  
  Open only to students accepted in ETSU honors programs. A capstone experience serving as the culmination of an honors curriculum.
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• SOWK 4310: Soc Wk Pract I

  4.00 Credits

  East Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite(s): SOWK 2500, SOWK 3000, and formal admission to the social work major. Corequisite(s): SOWK 4320. This course provides the general method as a practice framework for beginning social work practice. Building on foundation knowledge, values, and skills introduced in SOWK 1020, SOWK 2500, and SOWK 3000, this course emphasizes an ecological-systems approach to problem solving. Students further develop this foundation as it relates to engagement, data collection, assessment, intervention, evaluation, and termination phases in service delivery with a variety of systems. Primary emphasis is on micro and small group systems. Students learn how to work effectively without bias or discrimination. Students are required to participate in community-based learning experiences.
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• SOWK 4320: Soc Wk Pract II

  4.00 Credits

  East Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite(s): SOWK 2500, SOWK 3010, SOWK 3430, and formal admission to the social work major; Corequisite(s): SOWK 4310. This course provides the general method as a practice framework for beginning social work practice and moves the beginning generalist practitioner to more complex macro systems. Emphasis is placed on the problem-solving techniques of problem identification, research and data collection, assessment, design and selection of planned change strategies, implementation, and evaluation. Nondiscriminatory practice is reinforced. Students are required to participate in community-based learning experiences that incorporate program planning and development activities.
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• SOWK 4330: Practice with Organ & Comm

  3.00 Credits

  East Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: SOWK 3310; SOWK 3430, and formal admission to the Social Work major. Corequistes: SOWK 4451, SOWK 4454 This course provides the general method as a practice framework for beginning social work practice and moves the beginning generalist practitioner to more complex macro systems. Emphasis is placed on the problem-solving techniques of problem identification, research, and data collection, assessment, design and selection of planned change strategies, implementation, and evaluation. Nondiscriminatory practice is reinforced. Students are required to participate in community-based learning experiences that incorporate program planning and development activities. Requires formal admission to the Social Work major.
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• SOWK 4337: Family Violence

  3.00 Credits

  East Tennessee State University

  
  Focuses on the occurrence, prevention, and treatment of intra-familial violence. Topics may include history and background of family violence, assessment and theory, types of child abuse, adolescent abuse, dating aggression, sexual assault and stalking, abused partners in relationships, and abuse of elderly persons. Topics relate to both victims and offenders.
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