SWO 400Clinical Supervisors
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- 2026-2027
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SWO
60 courses with the subject SWO, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
SWO 401Social Welfare Policy
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- 2026-2027
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SWO 403Macro Social Work Practice
This 3-credit course focuses on the context of macro social work, defined as policy practice, community practice, and organizational administration and management. This course will familiarize students with each of these practice environments by grounding them in the relevant historical and contemporary background of so
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- 2026-2027
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SWO 404Social Welfare Policy and Analysis
In this course, students will learn and practice basic tenets of social welfare policy analysis from a social work lens. Policy analysis is an important skillset for all social workers and familiarity of policy practice is encouraged and heeded by our professional code of ethics. This course introduces students to a process In the first half of the course, students will discuss social welfare policy as a subset of public policy, distinguish social welfare policy from social welfare programs, examine how social, cultural, economic, and environmental forces shape policy development, implementation, and funding, and discern evidence from opinion In the second half of the course, students will apply a value-critical approach to policy analysis that includes assessing policies goals, objectives, benefits, services, eligibility rules, implementation, administration, evaluation, and financing. Students will discuss and examine the function of social welfare policy as a
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 409Dynamics of Racism & Oppression
Since its inception, the social work profession has been committed to developing health and human services that promote diversity and alleviate and/or eliminate social oppression and injustice. Rooted in the ecological perspective, social workers are aware of and can identify large social structures and processes that can negatively impact the well-being of communities and individuals. This 3-credit course is an int
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 411Human Behavior in the Social Environment
This course emphasizes an ecological approach to human development and behavior in micro, meso, and macro level social systems of the individual, families and groups, organizations and communities, and larger society that is cognizant of historical and cultural contexts. The first half of this course provides students with a foundation of classic theoretical frameworks in which to unders
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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SWO 414Assessment & Diagnosis
In this one semester 3 credit course students learn to assess psychiatric diagnoses described in the DSM-5-TR, considering those diagnoses and compounding psychosocial challenges from multi-theo
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 418Crisis Intervention W/ Children and Adol
This 3-credit course examines crisis intervention and treatment approaches for children and adolescents, with a particular emphasis on vulnerable populations. Since crisis intervention is an integral part of social wor Students will use a systems-based framework in their analysis of crisis situations and become familiar with the skills necessary to implement effective techniques with children and adolescents. The course will provide
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 421ASocial Work Practice I
This yearlong course will focus on the action, reflection, and skills of generalist social work practice. We will consider the basic processes of social work practice: engagement, assessment, contracting, intervention, evaluation, and termination, and their application to a wide range of issues and problems. We will look at various levels of intervention (intrapsychically, interpersonally, and inter-systemically), various practice settings, social work practice roles, and theoretical perspectives In the first term, particular attention is given to the multidimensional approach to assessment and intervention, interviewing skills, the development of the professional identity of the social worker, and the professional relationship with the client(s)/client systems. Generalist social work practice is rooted in the ecological/ecosystems framework. Theories of empowerment and strengths-based perspectives are emphasized. Social work practice as framed and contextualized by professional codes of In the second term, we will continue to deepen our knowledge and skills in assessment and intervention, the differential use of self, and specific approaches to practice with particular populations. Additional practice approaches will be introduced-psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused, narrative, and collaborative approaches with multi-stressed families-which incorporate a solution-focused modality and narrative perspective. We will explore the use of evidence-based (or informed) While all sections of the course share a common outline for the syllabus, books, readings, and written assignments, each professor will shape their section to meet the specific needs of the classroom. Instructors will use a variety of mini-lectures, role-play, case presentations, process recordings, videos, and standardized cases to demonstrate different models and see the ways that different social and behavioral theories lead to particular ways of intervening. Given the changing demographics of
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 421BSocial Work Practice II
The second semester of this yearlong 3-credit course will carry forward the ecosystems perspective from the first semester and will introduce students to four main practice theories: psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, narrative, and solution-focused. Within each framework, we will examine c
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 422Substance Use and Social Work
Social workers across all sectors of practice engage with individuals, groups, families, organizations, and communities that are significantly affected by substance use and substance use disorders. In this 3-credit course, students will become familiar with the histories and theories that shape understanding of substance use. Set within a social justice framework, students will critically analyze the intersectio
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 424AAdvanced Clinical Practice I
This 3-credit course is the first course of a required two-semester sequence and is taken concurrent with practicum education courses. Building on knowledge and skills mastered from the foundation practice course, the course expands and deepens students’ understanding and application of the major s
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 424BAdvanced Clinical Practice II
This 3-credit course is the second course of a required two-semester sequence and is taken concurrent with practicum education courses. Students combine theoretical knowledge and insights with evidence-based strategies for specific populations. Each practice appro
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 425Family Approaches in Clinical Social Work
This course examines advanced approaches to conceptualizing, assessing, and intervening with families in clinical social work practice. Students critically engage with modern a
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 438Alcohol, Drugs, and Social Work Practice
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 441Social Work Research
This 3-credit course introduces the fundamental principles of social work research, stressing the link between research and practice. Students will develop their critical thought regarding ethical considera
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 446BGeneralist Practicum Education I
Generalist Practicum Education I is an agency-based course in which students apply, in supervised practice, the theoretical concepts, principles,
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 446XSimulated Practicum Experience
The Simulated Practicum Experience (SPX), a 14-week, three credit course that constitutes the first term of the generalist practicum placement. The SPX involves weekly asynchronous content, live sessions, and select assignments designed In addition, students are exposed to a generalist social work process, evidence-based modalities, ethical decision-making, risk assessment, and working in interprofessional teams. Agency and larger system contexts for services, as well a Simulation training is an evidence-based teaching and learning pedagogy and an essential method for applying knowledge to practice. It provides the highest level of experiential learning while retaining the safety of working with actors,
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 455Human Sexuality and Social Work Practice
This 3-credit course presents a multifaceted overview of the dimensions, challenges, concerns, and attitudes about human sexuality-how it evolves over the lifespan and is directly informed by social, familial, and political contexts. Exploring our attitudes
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 461Best Practices in Group Work
Social group work began in the settlement houses of the Progressive Era (early 20th century). The objective of group work was to diminish the effects of poverty and racial or ethnic m
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 462Adv Group Work W/ Vuln. Pops
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 464Understanding Suicide: Prevention, Intervention and Postvention
This three-credit course will examine the public health problem of suicide, with specific attention to prevention, intervention, and postvention approaches. Students will gain an understanding of suicide epidemiology a
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 467Family Approaches
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 472Evidence-Based Approaches to SW Practice
In this 3-credit course, students will gain relevant knowledge and practice skills in order to practice motivational interviewing and dialectical behavior therapy with diverse client populations in an array of settings. In the first half of the course, students will gain exposure to the spirit of motivational interviewing as both a philoso
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 475Narrative Approaches to Social Work
This 3-credit elective course will focus on acquisition of practice skills using a narrative therapeutic approach with individuals, families, groups, and communities. It aims at teaching a therapeutic process based on a belief in the power of the specific language or languages used and the value of multiple perspectives in helping people reach preferred outcomes and maintain relationships. The course
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 478Social Work Practice in Health Care
This 3-credit course focuses on developing advanced social work practice knowledge, skills, and core competencies with a focus on health care delivery. Course content emphasizes critical thinking, group discussion, demonstration, and integrative practice learning to increase students’ conceptual and practice skills to be The course covers specific content areas including health equity and the social determinants of health (SDOH); unique social work roles in health care practice in the context of policy, technology, organization and health behavior theory; use of evidence-based assessment tools, treatment, and clinical intervention models
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 482Social Work Practice with Intimate Partner Violence
This course focuses on clinical and macro practice approaches to addressing intimate partner violence (IPV) in the United States. Students will learn theoretical and empirical explanations of IPV incidence; how social locatio
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 483Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The objective of this course is to provide a working knowledge of the basic principles and specific techniques of a contemporary multimodal approach to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 486Essential Elements Tele-Health
al Work Online 400
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 509Evaluation in Social Work Practice
This 3-credit course is designed to educate students about the basic principles of program evaluation and prepare them with the knowledge and skills they need to evaluate social work services, programs, and agencies. Using case examples and their agency settings as laboratories, students will
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 516Military Social Work Practice: Introduction to Systems, Culture, Health, and Social Issues
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an understanding of military culture and how service members, military families and veterans cope and thrive during & post military service. This military foundations course will in Students will also learn about the challenges commonly encountered by service members in the U.S. military and how those challenges arise from the unique nature and demands of military life.
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 517Military Social Work Practice: Therapeutic Interventions within Military Cultural Context
The purpose of this course is to prepare students for specialized social work practice with Service Members, Veterans, and their Families (SMVF). Led by the 2022 CSWE Specialized Practice Guide for Military and Veteran Social Work, students will learn how to engage in practice with military populations, and assess and int
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 523Advocacy & Social Action
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 528Child and Adolescent Trauma
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 528AChild and Adolescent Trauma
This course examines best practices for providing treatment to child and adolescent survivors of complex trauma as well as intervention strategies designed to work This course will provide students the opportunity to understand and engage in a variety of treatment approaches, as well as examine ethical issues, policy issues, a
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 528BLifespan of Trauma Treatment: Adults
This 3-credit course provides an in-depth examination of current trauma-informed practices for adult survivors of complex trauma and trauma. Clinical social work with traumatized individu The course is the second semester of the Lifespan of Trauma Treatment course and builds upon SWO 528A. Additionally, the course builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in the foundati
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 545Political Action and Strategies for Professional Social Workers
The course is designed to help students learn, in depth, about the policy-making process at the federal level, and to develop skills for political action. The
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 569Advanced Standing Seminar
This 3-credit course is designed to provide a bridge to the concentration year clinical curriculum and practicum placement. A strong emphasis is on explori
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 577Social Work With Groups
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 578Perspectives Severe Mental Ill
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 582Attachment, Neurobiology, and Social Work Practice
This 3-credit course introduces students to the theory of attachment, covering areas such as patterns of attachment across the life span, relevant development theories, challenges of adolescence, adult attachment styles and relationships, how differ
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 590Advocacy & Social Action
The focus of this course is to understand relevant theories and strategies of advocacy and social action that promote social justice within organizations, the larger community, and society. Students will gain understanding of theories and skills in regard to social, economic, political, and organization systems, and will use this knowledge
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 596Practicum Education Advanced Standing I
This course serves as the first half of the Advanced Standing Practicum Education experience, and is a course in which students apply, in supervised pra
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 597Practicum Education Advanced Standing II
This course serves as the second half of the Advanced Standing Practicum Education experience, and is a course in which students apply, in supervised practice, the theo
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 598Practicum Education Advanced Standing III
Advanced Standing Practicum Education is an agency-based course in which students apply, in supervised practice, the theoretical concepts, principl
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 701Transformation, Inspiration, and Inclusion: Social Work Leadership for the Future
As the first leadership course in the DSW, it sets the foundation for developing skills to prepare students for leadership roles. This c
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 702The Inner Life of the Adult Learner: Introduction to Theory and Practice
This course imagines the inner life of the adult learner via examination of social learning theory, cognitive and m
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 703Seminar in Ethics and Social Justice
This seminar is grounded in the NASW Code of Ethics which suggests that all actions social workers take have ethical implications and c
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 704Deconstruction and Development of Clinical Social Work Knowledge and Practice9
Semester 2
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- 9
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- 9
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 705Power, Passion, and Social Change
This course is designed to prepare students for diverse roles in organizational leadership with a focus on shifting institutional cultu
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 706Theories to Advance Practice6
Semester 3
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- SWO
- Credits (min)
- 6
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- 6
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 707The Research-Informed Practitioner6
Semester 4
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- SWO
- Credits (min)
- 6
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- 6
- Credit unit
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- Edition
- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 708The Fundamentals of Inclusive Course Design and Effective Instruction9
Semester 3
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- SWO
- Credits (min)
- 9
- Credits (max)
- 9
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 709Strategies for Decolonized Clinical Supervision & Leadership9
Semester 4
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- SWO
- Credits (min)
- 9
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- 9
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 710Complex Learning Environments
This course teaches students to develop culturally responsive strategies for classroom dynamics, promote cultural humility, foster deb
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 711Working With Complex/Diverse Populations
This course builds on Practice 1 and 2 to examine clinical processes with complex, diverse populations. Students will analyze critical
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- SWO
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 712Interdisciplinary Social Work6
Semester 6
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- SWO
- Credits (min)
- 6
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- 6
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 713Adaptive Leadership: Implementing Leadership Through a Social Justice Lens6
Semester 5
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- SWO
- Credits (min)
- 6
- Credits (max)
- 6
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 714Integrative Seminar6
Semester 6
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- SWO
- Credits (min)
- 6
- Credits (max)
- 6
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
SWO 715Capstone6
Part-Time DSW Coursework Structure (2 courses per semester) Semester 1
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- SWO
- Credits (min)
- 6
- Credits (max)
- 6
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
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