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    • 3.00 Credits

      A required generalist course. Explores the policies that shape the welfare system and influence social work practice. Will emphasize organizational and legislative systems at the federal, state, local levels and their impact on social services. Links social welfare policy and social work practice by critically analyzing the historic and contemporary contexts of social welfare practice. The processes of analyzing, influencing, developing, implementing, and advocating for policies and programs through the lens of social work values and ethics are addressed.Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science in Social Work – social work major. Graduate students only. Minimum student level graduate.Registration Permission: Non-MSSW students may register with permission of program director.
    • 2.00 Credits

      Will allow students to explore the social, economic, environmental, and political factors that impact society, particularly those groups who are negatively impacted by such societal forces. This knowledge will be applied to the practice of macro social work. Particularly, the essential skills of engagement, assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and termination while focused on strengths, capacities and resources of communities and organizations. Cultural competency and technological issues of concern within the macro practice environment will also be considered.Registration Restriction: Graduate students only. Minimum student level – graduate.
    • 4.00 Credits

      Theories, frameworks, and research that address culturally sensitive understanding of human development and behavior. Effects of risk/protective factors, culture, and other environmental effects, such as poverty, on developmental milestones. Includes neurophysiologic development across the lifespan, starting with early childhood; the profound influence of the environment on these processes; and implications for early prevention, treatment, policies, and services. Includes identification, assessment, and treatment of developmental delays and neurodevelopmental disorders. Processes critical to understanding human behavior and community risk and resilience for vulnerable populations are emphasized.
    • 3.00 Credits

      A required generalist course. Includes the concepts and skills underlying social work research, including basic research terminology, the value of research in social work practice, research ethics, research with minoritized populations, problem formulation and conceptualization, measurement, research designs, sampling, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analytic techniques.Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science in Social Work – social work major. Graduate students only. Minimum student level graduate.Registration Permission: Non-MSSW students may register with permission of program director.
    • 1.00 Credits

      Examines how to (1) convert information needs related to practice decisions into well-structured answerable questions; (2) efficiently locate the best evidence with which to answer such questions; (3) critically appraise such evidence; (4) apply results to practice and policy decisions; and (5) evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the application of such results to practice and policy decisions.
    • 4.00 Credits

      Historic and contemporary contexts of social welfare. The profession’s distinctive mission, Will introduce the student to the profession of social work, its history, ethical code and theories related to interpersonal practice. The course will allow students to compare and contrast evidence-based interventions and models of social work practice with clients/client systems in relation to their congruence with social work values, attention to all forms of diversity, evidence-bases and to engagement in practice-informed research. The course will address the essential skills of social work practice of engagement, assessment, intervention, evaluation and termination. Students will identify personal biases and demonstrate the appropriate use of self, including self-care strategies, in social work practice with diverse populations.Registration Restriction(s): Master of Science in Social Work. Graduate students only. Minimum student level – graduate.
    • 3.00 Credits

      Elective course. Focuses on empirically validated treatment approach, cognitive behavioral therapy. Will cover the theory, concepts, and techniques of cognitive behavioral therapies, with a particular emphasis on intervention methods that may be used by the social worker to help clients with specific problems or conditions.RE) Prerequisite(s): SOWK 503, 504, 510, 511, 515, 516, 519, 538, 542 and 544.Comment(s): Advanced Standing satisfies prerequisites.Registration Restriction: Graduate students only. Minimum student level – graduate.Registration Permission: Non-MSSW students may register with consent of instructor.
    • 1.00 Credits

      For Advanced Standing students. Covers the basis of neurophysiology. Students will explore the effects of genetics and epigenetics on human development and behavior; brain development and functioning; and physiological responses to stress and trauma. Particular focus is placed on understanding interactions between environment (including intra-uterine, cultural, and other environments) and physiolological processes and how these topics relate to social work practice and all system levels. Comment(s): Admission to Advanced Standing program.
    • 3.00 Credits

      Elective course. Draws from research data that explore the effects of deployment and combat stress on the physical and mental health of active duty U.S. service members and their families. Modalities grounded in a synthesis of trauma, attachment and cognitive-behavioral theories include individual, couple/family, group and clinical case management approaches. Attention to issues of diversity, ethics and use of “professional self” will be included throughout all clinical case discussions. Clinical issues involve intimate partner violence, complex responses of PTSD, other anxiety disorders, depression/suicidality, substance abuse and traumatic brain injury. Managing secondary trauma and the role of transference/countertransference phenomena are central in all discussions. Priority is given to students who have worked with or who anticipate working with soldiers, veterans and their families. In order to include a global perspective, cultural relativity and universality of responses to traumatic events related to armed conflict and war are also highlighted.RE)Prerequisite(s): SOWK 503, 504, 510, 511, 515, 516, 519, 538, 542 and 544.Comment(s): Advanced Standing satisfies prerequisites.Registration Restriction: Graduate students only. Minimum student level – graduate.Registration Permission: Non-MSSW students may register with consent of instructor.
    • 3.00 Credits

      Will immerse students in the theoretical knowledge of trauma types, dynamics, and the neuro-biopsychosocial consequences that individuals who are survivors of maltreatment, interpersonal abuse, manmade/natural disasters, and other types of chronic stress and trauma across the lifespan experience. Will use case examples supplemented with salient readings regarding the epigenetics and neuroscience of trauma, evidence-based assessment practices, to discuss these theories. Particular attention will be paid to effectively and ethically working with cultural status, including race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, disability status, and others, in understanding and working with traumatized victims and survivors within a strength’s perspective. Information will be presented that is applicable to both EBIP and OL students.(RE) Prerequisite(s): SOWK 503, 504, 510, 511, 515, 516, 519, 538, 542 and 544.Comment(s): Advanced Standing satisfies prerequisites.Registration Restriction(s): Graduate students only. Minimum student level – graduate.Registration Permission: Non-MSSW students may register with consent of instructor.