Social Work (S Wrk)
Note: Admission to the M.S.W. program is prerequisite to all graduate courses.
Exceptions may be authorized by the department chair.
200. Social Welfare Policy I (3)
Analysis of major social welfare policies; includes consideration of legislative
history, social, political, and economic factors, court decisions, and administrative
implementation. Comparison of various policy analysis frameworks; the legislative
process and involvement of social workers therein.
201. Seminar in Social Welfare Policy and Services (3)
Further development and expansion of social welfare as a social institution
concerned with the social functioning of a changing society; law in relation
to social policy, services and administration; current policy and services.
202. Seminar in Social Welfare Policy and Services (3)
Current social welfare policy and services with emphasis on philosophy,
values and ethics current social issues In relation to social function and
social responsibility.
220. Human Behavior and Social Environment I (3)
Growth processes and personality development within the family, group,
and community; relationship of behavior and social functioning to native
endowment and to environmental and cultural patterns.
221. Seminar in Human Behavior and Social Environment II (3)
Adaptive and maladaptive behavior under environmental stress; health
and disease, role and cultural factors, and group processes as determinants
of social functioning.
222. Seminar in Human Behavior and Social Environment (3)
Social pathology; epidemiology and prevention of deviant behavior.
230. Seminar in Social Work Practice (2-3; max total 9)
Three semesters in sequence: (1) introductory social casework and group
work; (2) social casework and group work; (3) advanced social casework and
intro- ductory community organization.
250. Field Instruction (2-10, max total 18)
Supervised practice in social work methods; one placement each year
of the graduate program.
272. Social Work in Rural. Areas (2)
Prerequisite: permission of dean. The social worker's function with
wide ranging problems and limited resources; problems of farm laborers,
small farmers, isolation; utilization of appropriate techniques and methods.
273. Seminar in Correctional Social Work (2)
Prerequisite: permission of dean. Program, problems, analysis of social
work services in correctional field.
274. Services for the Aging (2)
Prerequisite: permission of Dean. Programs to meet the needs of the
aging; income maintenance, health, living situation, use of leisure.
275. Seminar in International Social Work (2)
Prerequisite: permission of Dean. Problems and practices of social work
out- side of North America with emphasis on the application of social work
knowledge, skills and practices in the developing parts of the world.
279. Seminar in Community Development (2)
Prerequisite: permission of Dean. Local self-help with aid of an outside
agent; defining problems, assessing potential, encouraging local assumption
of responsibility; using technical and specialized assistance.
280. Seminar in Social Work Supervision (2)
Prerequisite: permission of Dean. Administrative and educational functions
of supervision; staff development; evaluation.
281. Seminar in Group Services (2)
Prerequisite: permission of Dean. Group work in group-serving programs and
in other programs and agencies; recreational, informal educational, therapeutic,
family service, children's services, correctional, and other settings.
285. Financing of Social Welfare Programs (2)
Prerequisite: permission of Dean. Public and private agency financing; long-
term and short-term budgeting; single and intergovernmental programs; in-
dependent and federated funding of voluntary agencies.
290. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Regulations and Procedures -- Independent Study.
291. Seminar in Social Work Research (3)
Relation of reseach, theory, and practice in social work.
292. Seminar in Methods of Social Work Research (2)
Prerequisite: S Wrk 291. Social work research strategies and methods, including
program and proposal development, evaluative research, experimental design,
social stimulation, research utilization.
297. Directed Social Work Research (2-4; max total 4)
Prerequisite: S Wrk 292. Utilization of social work research principles
and techniques to select study design, determine data collection techniques,
collect and process data, interpret findings, and prepare final written
reports. Standards same as thesis.
299. Thesis (3-6; max total 6)
Prerequisite: S Wrk 291. See Criteria for Thesis and Project. Preparation,
completion, and submission of an acceptable thesis for the master's degree.