16 courses with the subject SOCW, 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.
SOCW 316Holistic Approaches to Child and Family Welfare, Social Justice, Healthcare, and Education in the Caribbean3
Meets GOAL 8. This 3-credit faculty-led course will use a trans-cultural approach to learn about child welfare systems, with an emphasis on human rights, social justice, education and health systems in Barbados and compare with the United States’ systems. Trans-cultural understanding studies the values, beliefs, and practices by comparing of groups of similar and different cultures. This international course will focus on social services, health care and educational systems in Barbados and the factors that influence the effectiveness of those systems. Students will have the opportunity to work in inter-professional teams to visit various types of healthcare, educational, and human service institutions; provide health teaching; and perform service work in schools. There will be an emphasis on resiliency and protective factors within individuals, families, and communities. In addition, the students will explore the role of history, economics, politics, religion, culture, and social conditions as they frame contemporary welfare, health, and education issues. Grade only. Offered as part of travel study program. Course Registration
SOCW 340Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare3
This class introduces the profession of social work, both past and present. The course covers a broad spectrum of social work including the many practice settings, diverse client groups, and social issues. The course examines issues relevant to social work, including anti-racism, diversity, oppression, poverty, racism, ethnic, and religious minority groups, and sexual orientation. Grade only. Offered each semester on Winona and Rochester campuses.
SOCW 340 - Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare . P/NC only. Offered fall, spring, and summer terms.
SOCW 370Human Behavior and the Social Environment3
This course introduces the various theoretical models for understanding human behavior in social work practice. The major foci is the reciprocal interaction between humans and their social environment. The theoretical perspectives examine human behavior in the social environment throughout the lifespan. Grade only. Offered each semester on Winona and Rochester campuses.
This 1-credit course introduces students to the basics of APA Style writing. APA Style is used in social work to offer concise, powerful, and persuasive communication. The course offers guidance for unbiased written expression that promotes anti-racism, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Grade only. Offered each semester.
This course introduces students to state and federal social welfare policies. Students will examine the historical and current factors that shape social welfare policies and programs. Grade only. Offered each semester on Winona and Rochester campuses.
This practice class introduces students to group work in social work practice. Students will learn about group types, recruitment, and composition of group members, group facilitation skills, stages of group development, and group processes. Students will learn evidence-based group theories that are consistent with social work values and ethics. The course emphasizes the concepts of anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion in social work group practice. Grade only. Offered each semester on Winona and Rochester campuses.
The course prepares students for entering social work practice by developing internship and job preparation skills including skills to secure their senior practicum. There will be emphasis on cultural humility, anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Students will also focus on social work ethics and values, professional discretion, licensure, agency policies, and practices and documentation. Students should have completed (or be in the process of completing) all coursework for graduation except Practicum (
SOCW 405Interprofessional Practice in Social Work2
Students in this course will expand on the foundational concepts of interprofessional social work practice and practice their social work skills interprofessionally in a community-based setting.
Admission to Bachelor of Social Work Program, ◎ SOCW 365 - Social Work Practice with Individuals , and instructor permission. Grade only. Offered each semester by arrangement.
SOCW 408Social Work Practice with Families4
This practice course introduces students to social work practice with families. Students will understand and experience the complexity of work with families as they engage, assess, and intervene to promote optimal functioning, through a lens of anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion. Students will learn how to collaborate with families to optimize strengths throughout the lifespan. Grade only. Offered each semester on Winona and Rochester campuses.
This practice course prepares students to work effectively within complex community settings. Students will learn theories, models, and skills used in facilitating community engagement and community change. Students will learn strategies for engaging stakeholders, assessing community strengths and needs, developing community level interventions, and assessing the outcomes. The course identifies people as being within diverse, often overlapping, community arrangements, such as urban, ethnic, and local and places special emphasis on approaches that strengthen socially just and culturally sensitive practice. Grade only. Offered each semester on Winona and Rochester campuses.
SOCW 340 - Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare or instructor permission. Grade only. Offered fall semester on Rochester campus and spring semester on Winona campus.
SOCW 340 - Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare or instructor permission. Grade only. Offered annually on Winona campus.
SOCW 440Variable Topics in Social Work1-6
A seminar course that analyzes topics and problems from the social work perspective. (Topics will be chosen by the instructor and announced before registration.) Grade only. Offered occasionally. Repeatable as topics change. Course Registration
Intended to aid the student who has a special area of interest that goes beyond formal course limits. Grade only. Offered by arrangement. Repeatable. Course Registration
The Senior Practicum is arranged for the last academic semester of the senior year, in a human service agency, under the supervision of social worker as an agency field instructor. Students must demonstrate competency of all social work skills, behaviors, knowledge, and cognitive and affective processes as identified by the Council on Social Work Education. Students must have satisfactory completed all required social work major coursework and received successful placement at an approved social service agency through
