• SOCW 3330: Diversity and Cultural Competence

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

  
  This required foundation level course is designed to increase students knowledge, understanding, and awareness of issues related to diversity and cultural competence. Students will enhance core qualities such as self-knowledge, critical thinking skills and effective oral and written communication and develop a respect for diversity and difference. Prerequisite: Admission into the Social Work program or department head approval.
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• SOCW 3400: Social Work Healthcare Services and Policies

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

  
  This course provides a basic understanding of social work practice in medical and health-related settings. Emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary practice, diverse skills, roles, and functions of social workers in health care. Students are given an overview of current health policy and the impact of local, state, and federal policy on delivery of services. On demand. Prerequisites: SOCW 3060, SOCW 3120 or department head approval.
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• SOCW 3420: Human Behavior and the Social Environment II

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

  
  This is the second of a two semester sequence. A systems, person-in-environment, perspective will be emphasized, looking at the human development in the context of larger social conflicts associated with class, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and ability status. Spring semester. Prerequisite: Admission into the Social Work program or department head approval.
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• SOCW 3760: Introduction to Application Research and Professional Writing

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

  
  An introduction to research methods and statistics with particular attention to examples from Social Work research. Students will become familiar with the complete research process including the application of statistics. A full range of alternative research designs, including quantitative and qualitative research methods, will be covered. Students will develop professional writing skills in APA style through various writing assignments. Spring semester. Prerequisite: Admission into the Social Work program or department head approval.
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• SOCW 3999R: Group Studies

  1.00 - 9.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

  
  On demand. Prerequisites: department head approval. Department may have additional prerequisite requirements.
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• SOCW 4070: Social Work Practice with Communities and Organizations

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

  
  This course prepares students with knowledge and skills for practice within a broad array of community and organizational systems. This course emphasizes knowledge, theories, and frameworks relevant to community and organizational practice that are sensitive to human diversity, such as community development, social action, and organizing and planning. The course will help students develop knowledge, skills, and understand how to apply values when assessing and intervening within communities and organizations. Students will also reflect on cognitive/affective processes inherent to each student when interacting with diverse communities and organizations. Fall semester. Prerequisites: Approved statistics course, SOCW 3070, SOCW 3420, SOCW 3760 and SOCW 4080 or department head approval. Corequisites: SOCW 4120, SOCW 4130, SOCW 4170 or department head approval.
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• SOCW 4080: Pre-Field Seminar II

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

  
  Pre-field Seminar II is designed to assist social work students build on a competency-based curriculum and begins the process of becoming skilled at demonstrating the professional use of self in preparation for Field Education. The application of self-assessment, the use of critical feedback and integrating competency-based knowledge and practice is emphasized in the sample learning agreement. Prerequisites: SOCW 3060, SOCW 3080, SOCW 3120 and SOCW 3330 with minimum grades of B or department head approval.
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• SOCW 4100: Social Work Policy and Practice

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

  
  This course is designed to develop analytical skills and the ability to engage in critical thinking concerning social welfare programs, policies, and social problems that create implications for policymaking. The course covers the history of social welfare policy, the context of past and current social welfare policies, and implications for the social work profession. Topics such as social welfare programs, poverty, health care, mental health, children and youth, criminal justice, and services to the elderly will be covered. Emphasis is also placed on critically assessing the appropriateness and adequacy of current social welfare policies within the context of social work practice. The course will expose students to various frameworks for understanding the strengths and limitations of policies, as well as incorporate a social, economic, and political justice lens; a strengths based lens; and a multicultural lens (e.g., age, race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, culture, income, family structure, disability/ability, etc.). Prerequisites: Admission to the Social Work program or department head approval. Social Work course fee will be assessed.
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• SOCW 4120: Field Education I

  5.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

  
  This is the first course of the two part Field Education experience. The course provides an extensive opportunity for students to apply practice theory to develop skills for generalist social work practice. Through active participation in the social service delivery system, the student becomes familiar with agency structures, functions, and programs. A minimum of 40 clock hours will be spent working in an agency for each of the five hours of course work resulting in 200 total clock hours each semester. Students are required to complete a minimum of 15 hours per week in the agency setting. Students will also develop a comprehensive field learning contract and evaluation binder documenting how they demonstrated successful application of social work competences and practice behaviors. Prerequisites: SOCW 3070, SOCW 3420, SOCW 3760 and SOCW 4080. Students will complete SOCW 4080 with a grade of B or higher; a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA and a minimum 2.50 major GPA; or department head approval.
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• SOCW 4130: Integrative Field Seminar I

  1.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

  
  This course is designed to provide a forum for providing mutual support, discussing and completing departmental assignments, exploring on-going practice concerns in the field practicum, and creating an arena in which peer learning takes place. Fall semester. Prerequisites: SOCW 3070, SOCW 3420, SOCW 3760 and SOCW 4080; approved statistics course or department head approval.
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