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.
223. Seminar in Micro Social Work Practice (3)
Introduction to the basic concepts and principles of social work practice
with individuals, families and small groups, including knowledge of the
growth processes and personality development; relationship of social functioning
to native endowment, environment, and culture.
224. Seminar in Micro Social Work Practice (3)
Prerequisite: S Wrk 223. Continued study of the methods of intervention
appropriate to individuals, families and small groups whose life situations
reflect environmental, interpersonal, or intrapersonal stresses.
225. Seminar in Micro Social Work Practice (3)
Prerequisite: S Wrk 224. Advanced seminar on the theories of clinical
intervention and the underlying theories of personality and pathology, with
major emphasis on social work treatment modalities.
226T. Seminar in Methods of Clinical Practice (2)
May be repeated with different topics. Prerequisite: S Wrk 225. Theories
and developments in services to and treatment of individuals, families and
small groups.
233. Social Planning and Administration I (4)
Historical context of social welfare administration; administrative theories
and their relevance to social welfare organizations; managerial functions
performed in social welfare agencies. Instruction balanced between theory
and experiential exercises.
234. Social Planning and Administration II (3)
Prerequisite: S Wrk 233. Organizational analysis in social welfare.
Analysis of social service organizations, theories of organization, and
their application to human service agencies as differentiated from other
organizations; emphasis upon organizational change.
235. Social Planning and Administration III (3)
Prerequisite: S Wrk 233. Social welfare planning. Planning for the agency
program and the community, based on needs assessment; sectoral, comprehensive,
and systems approaches to social planning; application of specific techniques
of planning to community and organizational settings; selected case studies
and analysis of plans in areas such as aging, health, alcoholism, and criminal
justice.
236T. Seminar in Social Work Processes (2)
Prerequisite: S Wrk 235. Advanced practice course to prepare For mid-range
management positions in social welfare through study of specific topics,
e.g., administration, budgeting and personnel administration, community
organization and development. social planning; primary emphasis upon development
of skills in the solution, alleviation or prevention of .specific problems.
250. Field Instruction (4-8; max total 8)
Field instructed practice experiences in work with individuals groups and
families formal organizations and communities, applying the theories and
concepts of social work practice taught concurrently in the classroom; a
two-semester course beginning each fall.
251. Field Instructed Practice (2-8; max total 8)
Prerequisite: S Wrk 250. Field instructed practice experiences in selected
areas of specialization. with emphasis upon a practice concentration, either
with small or with large social systems; application of theories and concepts
taught concurrently in classroom; a two-semester course beginning each fall.
270T. Seminar in Social Work Specializations (3)
A required elective is an introduction to and overview of selected areas
of specialization, e.g., mental health, social development, administration
of justice. Emphasized will be theory, practice, implications and professional
opportunities in student's specialization choice. (Former S Wrk 201)
271T. Seminar in Social Work Specializations (3)
In-depth study of the specialization of student's choice as reflected in
270T; a required elective
272T. Seminar in Areas of Social Work Service (2)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Theories and developments in the
areas of mental health, public health, administration of Justice, child
welfare, family welfare, income .. maintenance, community planning, community
development, international social work, schools, social gerontology, rehabilitation.
290. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- 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.