28 courses with the subject SOW, 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.
SOW 180• Human Behavior and the Social Environment4
Analyzes individuals, families, and groups utilizing systems theory, learning theories, and psychosocial frameworks. Appraises important lifespan milestones and the influence of social environment on human development. Applies information and theories consistent with social work values, cultural diversity and the promotion of social justice. Offered: Spring.
Understanding of social work mission, core values, history, and field of practice overview. Recognition of the dimensions of diversity, cultures, and structures that may oppress and marginalize people groups. Communication and collaboration with diverse individuals with community-based, cross-cultural service learning. Consideration of social work as career choice. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and Major in social work, social work: justice-informed graduate studies pathway or Minor in social welfare studies or Consent of instructor. Offered: Fall, January even # years.
SOW 240• Socioeconomic & Justice Issues in Market Economies2
Critical evaluation of how market economies operate, their broad socioeconomic consequences, and their impact on the lives of socially disadvantaged people. Evaluation of global and local processes and mechanisms. Analysis of theories and approaches to social justice that advocate and promote social and economic justice, and human rights. Offered: Spring, odd # years.
SOW 304• Social Work Practice with Organizations and Communities2
How cultural structures and values affect privilege and power. Identifies practices that ensure that rights and responsibilities are distributed equitably. Analyzes strength-based assets and community empowerment. Applying self-awareness and self-regulation, relationship building and inter-professional collaboration, multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks and intervention strategies based on assessment, research, values, and preferences of clients. Prerequisites: SOW 210Z; SOW 180 or PSY 203 (may be taken concurrently); Major in social work or social work: justice-informed graduate studies pathway; Candidacy status in the social work program. Offered: Spring.
Interrelationship of social problems, social welfare policies, and service delivery. Examines social and political movements that have shaped social activism. Evaluates significant turning points and their legacies in order to appreciate the linkages and contexts that interconnect social welfare reform efforts. Identifies strengths and weaknesses of the American welfare state. Prerequisites: SOW 210Z; SOW 180; POS 100 (may be taken concurrently, or with instructor approval). Offered: Spring.
Introduction to generalist social work theory and practice with individuals and families. Application of professional development, critical thinking, effective communication, Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE), ethical and evidence-based practice. Development of knowledge and skills of social work practice: engagement, assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, and termination. Prerequisites: SOW 210Z; SOW 180 or PSY 203 (may be taken concurrently); Major in social work or social work: justice-informed graduate studies pathway; Candidacy status in the social work program. Offered: Fall.
SOW 320• Experience in Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Social Work Practice I2
Integration of anti-racism, anti-oppressive, and justice-informed theories and practice in social work experience. Understanding of how one's own cultural identity impacts engagement and assessment with individuals, groups, families, organizations, and communities. Application of interpersonal skills within a multi-service community-based agency setting. Students participate in 75 hours of community-based learning. Prerequisites: SOW 210Z; SOW 180 or PSY 203 (may be taken concurrently). Offered: Fall.
SOW 325• Experience in Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Social Work Practice II2
Develops advanced skills and integration of anti-racism, anti-oppressive and justice-informed theories and practice to social work experience. How one’s cultural identity impacts engagement and assessment with individuals, groups, families, organizations, and communities. Application of interpersonal skills within a multi-service community-based agency setting. Includes 75 hours of community-based learning. Prerequisites: SOW 210Z; SOW 180 or PSY 203 (may be taken concurrently) and SOW 320. Offered: Spring.
SOW 327G• Identity, Diversity, and Social Justice4
Examines impact of societal conditions on individuals and communities. Evaluates communal, local, and national power structures, especially their impact on nondominant cultures and identities. Applies contemporary writings, social theory, and the voice of marginalized individuals. Analyzes systems that promote justice and equity, as well as those that exploit and marginalize. Prerequisites: [GES 130; GES 160 or GES 149]; Contemporary Western Life and Thought (L) course or World Cultures (U) course. Offered: Fall.
SOW 340• Environmental Justice, Health Disparities, and Restoration Perspectives in Social Work2
Examination of policies established to address the inequitable distribution of environmental risks. Explanation of theories and history of environmental justice. Analysis of environmental justice and health disparities in racial groups and communities. Identification of strategies to reduce environmental injustices and health disparities. Offered: Spring, odd # years.
SOW 405• Social Work Practice with Families and Groups4
Generalist social work theory applied to integrated practice within client systems. Emphasis on families and groups and on the planned change process. Student development of a group work project and case study review promote application of critical thinking, research-informed practice and cultural competence. Prerequisites: SOW 210Z; SOW 180 or PSY 203; SOW 304; SOW 313. Offered: Fall.
Applies social work competencies to guide ethical and professional practice. Analyzes personal strengths and weaknesses. Analyzes social, economic, racial and environmental injustices and human rights issues. Analyzes policy practice in relation to human rights and injustice issues. Applies practice skills in the engagement, assessment, intervention and evaluation of client constituencies. Prerequisites: SOW 210Z; SOW 180 or PSY 203; SOW 304; SOW 313; SOW 320; SOW 325; SOW 327G (may be taken concurrently). Offered: Fall.
Demonstration of ethical and professional behavior. Engagement in Antiracist, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI), practice-informed research, research-informed practice, and policy practice. Advancement of human rights and social, economic, racial and environmental justice. Engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Prerequisites: SOW 210Z; SOW 180 or PSY 203; SOW 304; SOW 313; SOW 320; SOW 325; SOW 327G (may be taken concurrently); SOW 420. Offered: Spring.
Development of advanced care planning (ACP) facilitation skills in the context of faith, cultural, healthcare system, and societal perspectives. A First Steps ACP Facilitator Certificate is available for students who successfully complete ACP Facilitator requirements. Prerequisites: Senior standing in nursing, social work or social work: justice-informed graduate studies pathway, or Consent of instructor. Offered: Spring. Special Notes: This course carries cross-credit in nursing.
SOW 450• Abuse, Trauma, and Mental Health in Social Work Practice4
Presentation of the characteristics and consequences of family violence, intimate partner abuse and child and elder abuse. Identification of theoretical frameworks for assessment and intervention with survivors. Exploration of the role of racism and oppression in addressing abuse and trauma. Application of the DSM in case plans for client vignettes. Prerequisites: PSY 101; PSY 102; SOW 180 or PSY 203 (may be taken concurrently). Offered: Spring.
Analysis and evaluation of research methods for various practice contexts and purposes. Using research-based data to advance knowledge, inform practice, and evaluate program and practice effectiveness. Synthesizing scholarly research and best practice in an organized professional literature review. Creation of a research study to improve practice, policy or delivery. Prerequisites: SOW 210Z; SOW 180 or PSY 203; SOW 320; SOW 325. Offered: Fall.
Integration of generalist social work knowledge, values, and skills through ethics-based case studies and completion of practice/program evaluation research applied to field practicum setting. Critical thinking, leadership, and scholarship emphasized. Understand ethical integration of a Christian worldview into social work practice. Prerequisites: SOW 420; SOW 451; Admission to the social work program. Offered: Spring.
SOW 600• Human Behavior in the Social Environment4
Analyzes individuals, families, and groups using systems, learning, and psychosocial theories. Examines lifespan milestones and social environmental influences on development. Applies social work principles and values to promote social and economic justice in diverse populations. $15 SWEAP FCAI (pre) fee and $15 SWEAP FCAI fee.
SOW 605• Professional Practice with Individuals and Families4
Introduces generalist social work practice with individuals and families. Applies engagement, assessment, intervention, evaluation, and termination phases using anti-racist, evidence-based methods. Develops rapport, interviewing, critical thinking, and ethical decision-making skills while practicing professional use of self in client relationships. $50 professional training fee.
Explores how social welfare history informs contemporary social work practice. Examines how American culture, structure, and values contribute to oppression and marginalization. Evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of welfare policies and programs. Develops skills in policy analysis, formulation, and advocacy, and identifies social policy perspectives of diverse religious traditions. $70 Day at the Hill fee.
Introduction to the field experience in community-based practice setting. Integration of beginning knowledge, values, skills, cognitive and affective processes for ethical social work practice with an emphasis on the development of professional identity under supervision of a qualified field instructor. SWEAP FPPAI fee: $37. Special Notes: Students must also purchase Tevera software for all field tracking.
Continuation of the field experience in a community-based practice setting. Application and integration of developing knowledge, values, skills, cognitive and affective processes for ethical generalist social work practice with an emphasis on diversity, human rights and justice under supervision of a qualified field instructor. Prerequisites: SOW 615. $37 SWEAP FPPAI professional assessment fee. Special Notes: Students practice a minimum of 200 hours in the field.
SOW 630• Professional Practice with Groups, Communities, & Organizations4
Explains how diversity shapes human experience in organizations, groups, and communities. Analyzes how sociocultural structures create privilege and power. Applies theoretical models and social justice practices to reduce structural oppression. Investigates issues, needs, and resources in macro practice and interprets organizational and community data to guide evidence-informed interventions. $50 SWEAP FCAI (post) fee.
SOW 703• Introduction to Advanced Justice-Informed Social Work Practice2
An exploration of key critical and philosophical theories of justice and application to advanced social work practice. Special attention is given to concepts of human rights and autonomy, anti-oppressive and distributive justice frameworks, and social justice as an ethic of social work practice. Prerequisites: SOW 600, SOW 605, SOW 610, SOW 615, SOW 620, SOW 630. Special Notes: Advanced Standing MSW students meet the prerequisites for this course. Total fees: $115 ($100 Diversity training fee, $15 SWEAP FCAI fee).
SOW 707• Justice-Informed Clinical Intervention and Mental Health Diagnosis4
Development of justice-informed assessment and diagnostic skills and clinical applications based on the DSM IV-TR. Formulate working engagement, assessment and intervention skills necessary for diagnosing clusters of mental health symptoms using recovery-oriented, evidence-based practices. Examination of clinical work through case consultation, review, and presentation. Prerequisites: SOW 600, SOW 605, SOW 610, SOW 615, SOW 620, SOW 630. Total fees: $150 ($100 diversity training fee, $50 Professional training fee).
Explores theodicy and diverse theologies of liberation at the intersections of trauma, suffering, and clinical practice. Examines human suffering, Divine justice, and personal responsibility. Connects socio-economic factors with emerging liberation theologies. Recognizes theological approaches of marginalized groups. Develops active listening and gains insights for competent practice across diverse contexts. Prerequisites: SOW 600, SOW 605, SOW 610, SOW 615, SOW 620, SOW 630. Offered: As specified by the Program Director.
SOW 733• Advanced Social Policy, Community Health, and Environmental Justice4
Evaluation of a critical, decolonizing, anti-oppressive and ecological framework in social work practice. Analysis of complex ethical issues facing local and global communities from an environmental and community health perspective. Identification of key issues about health, social determinants for health, and disparities in health across marginalized communities. Analysis of connections among social disparities, faith perspectives, power, health and ethics related to assumptions and actions in social work practice. Prerequisites: SOWK00, SOW 605, SOW 610, SOW 615, SOW 620, SOW 630.
SOW 743• Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Social Work Supervision2
Exploration of diverse models and methods of social work supervision. Applying antiracism and inclusiveness through critical reflection and consciousness. Prerequisites: SOW 600, SOW 605, SOW 610, SOW 615, SOW 620, SOW 630.
