79 courses with the subject SWK, 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.
Introduction to social welfare programs and social work practice. Topics include: social problems confronting society; societal and community helping resources; social work practice in a changing society. Field observation required.
Students learn how to use data to understand and support real-world issues that impact everyone. They will be able to read and talk about data with confidence, use it to explore questions that matter to them and their community, and be an informed and engaged citizen.
Examination and survey of historical development of the concept of social welfare; analysis of theoretical framework used to organize the study of social welfare services. Develop practices to influence social welfare policies with a focus on human rights, social justice, and restorative justice practices. Supervised volunteer experience required.
Emphasis on theories relevant to understanding and influencing change on the societal, organizational, group, and individual levels.
Examination and understanding of cultural and human diversity with focus on oppressed groups. Students will have the opportunity to learn about broad differences and likenesses among diverse populations and cultures.
Focus on social workers as both consumers and producers of research. Emphasis on using research for needs assessment, evaluation of social work interventions, and creation of new social work knowledge.
Designed to introduce students to the application of basic statistics and data analysis encountered in social work practice. Topics include elementary descriptive and inferential procedures.
Lecture-laboratory course to teach verbal and written practices necessary for conducting the helping interview and other related social work activities. Extensive use of simulated role play experience and instructor/peer feedback.
This is an introductory course in group practice with the objective to teach students the knowledge and practices which are necessary for group work. The course emphasizes basic theory about groups process, demonstrates the skills necessary for effective practice, and gives students the opportunity to discuss and practice these skills.
Interdisciplinary exploration of models that address social, economic, environmental justice concerns and their impact on community, economic, and environmental sustainability.
Opportunity for students to study in depth topic of special interest.
This course prepares students for social work practice with persons of diverse religious, spiritual, and nonreligious perspectives. The course focuses on spiritually sensitive social work, reflective practice, and how religious and spiritual perspectives establish meaning and purpose. Students develop knowledge and skills to incorporate spirituality in the bio-psycho-social-spiritual assessment process.
Emphasis on knowledge, values, process, and skills in social work practice and introduction to interventive methods with individuals and families.
Focus on development of social work practice skills emphasizing delivery of social services in alliance to communities and organizations with an emphasis on social justice and human rights.
Educationally directed learning experienced by performing a range of activities related to entry level practice.
Continuation of SWK 413. Emphasis placed upon extended application and evaluation in the practice environment.
Critical review and analysis of application of social work theory in practice setting.
Continues critical review and analysis of social work theory in practice setting.
Compares social work, social service programs, and social policies of the U.S. with those of selected other countries throughout the world, emphasizing services for families, children, and vulnerable populations.
Focus on social workers utilizing the values of human right and social justice, especially as they apply to social workers being peacemakers and peacebuilders in communities. Examination of the historical and theoretical aspects of peacebuilding and the application of nonviolent theories with communities.
A perspective on the history of immigration, its role in the U.S.A., immigrants in North Carolina, their process of integration, cross-cultural competency, and the challenges in services delivery to immigrants.
Organization of new agencies or those initiating additional services. Needs assessment, resource development, grant writing, agency operations, and relationships with funding agencies.
Examines the principles and practices of restorative justice, evaluating the potentials and limitations of restorative methods and interventions in the US and internationally.
Intensive independent study of specialized topics.
This course will provide knowledge and skills necessary for practicing effective social work with people who have mental illness and their families.
Introduction to the issues of substance use and addiction and their impact on clients and their families. Social work assessment and intervention methods will be taught.
Systematic study of social work approaches to providing services to the aging. Focus on current policies, services, and models of practice.
Examines the role of gender, sex, diversity, and power relations in the creation and resolution of conflict and building of peace.
Examination and understanding of school social work services with emphasis on professional standards, cultural sensitivity, accountability, and program planning.
Designed for practitioners and students to provide knowledge for working with children and to teach strategies, techniques, and skills for effective treatment.
Interdisciplinary exploration of models that address social, economic, environmental justice concerns and their impact on community, economic, and environmental sustainability.
Opportunity for students to study in depth topic of special interest.
Intensive, independent study of specialized topics.
Introduction to the issues of substance abuse and addiction and their impact on clients and their families. Social work assessment and intervention methods will be taught.
An overview of current issues in the need and delivery of social services to the aging. Students learn skills designed to prepare them for effective practice with older adults and their families.
Examines the role of gender, sex, diversity, and power relations in the creation and resolution of conflict and building of peace.
Examination and understanding of school social work services with emphasis on professional standards, cultural sensitivity, accountability, and program planning.
Designed for practitioners and students to provide knowledge for working with children and to teach strategies, techniques, and skills for effective treatment.
Application of theories and concepts to professional social work practice within a field agency. Seminar assists students to integrate theory and classroom learning into agency practice.
Application of theories and concepts to professional social work practice within a field agency. Seminar assists students to integrate theory and classroom learning into agency practice.
Introduction to family treatment. Course will include assessment and intervention with families using the structural, strategic, solution-focused, object relations and narrative theoretical intervention approaches.
This course will teach knowledge and skills students need for social justice work, including advocacy and community organization, within the scope of multicultural clinical practice.
Introduction to clinical practice theories and skills including human development and personality theories, strength-based perspectives, and an overview of diagnosis and assessment in the service planning process.
Explores the history and development of social welfare institutions and social work. Examines the relationships between social problems, social policies, and social work practice from historical and contemporary perspectives.
Introduction to direct social work practice. Students gain knowledge, skills and values necessary to provide a wide scope of developmental, preventive and therapeutic services to individuals.
Designed to teach group process and strategies, techniques, and skills for working with groups such as support groups and task groups in human services settings.
Examines cultural and social diversity; addresses theoretical and practical dimensions of social work practice with oppressed people of color, women, the aged, the sexually diverse, and the physically disabled.
Research methodology as it relates to the professional practice of social work. Examines quantitative and qualitative methods as means for solving social problems.
Social work assessment and intervention with individuals, including application of developmental theory, personality theories, diagnostic classifications, and social work ethical principles and practice theories.
Theories related to group and family dynamics and functioning and social work assessment and intervention with families and groups from a multicultural clinical perspective.
Advanced skills in (a) conceptualizing research problems, (b) completing research in the social work domains: needs assessment, program evaluation, and single subject research, and (c) using inferential skills for data analysis.
Application of theories and concepts to the role of a professional social work practitioner within a field agency. Taken concurrently with SWK 641 Field Seminar III.
Field seminar to be taken concurrently with SWK 640 Field Instruction III; assists student to integrate theory and classroom knowledge into their agency field practice.
Focuses on a range of organizational and professional issues social workers encounter as clinicians, service providers, and administrators in diverse clinical settings, with emphasis on culturally responsive social work practice.
Application of theories and concepts to the role of a professional social work practitioner within a field agency.
Field seminar to be taken concurrently with SWK 647 Field Instruction IV; assists students to integrate theory and classroom knowledge into their agency field practice.
Skill-building for competency-based assessment and diagnosis using a biopsychosocial social work framework to assess client strengths and disorders.
Skill-building for social work practice in the schools with emphasis on culturally sensitive student assessment and intervention, and professional standards and accountability.
The first of two advanced level courses in clinical social work practice, this course will focus on building competencies in clinical assessment and diagnosis of mental and substance abuse disorders.
This second advanced clinical practice course will focus on expanding competencies in clinical assessment and diagnosis of mental and substance abuse disorders, as well as applying culturally responsive clinical interventions.
Opportunity for students to study in depth topic of special interest. JMSW students only or with permission of instructor. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
Examines Black Feminist Theory as a lens for grounding research; applicable across social sciences. Also explores qualitative research methods to help students design studies that center historically oppressed communities.
Through this course, students will gain valuable assessment and intervention skills for helping clients address financial problems such as difficulty meeting basic needs, coping with financial emergencies, and managing debt. Students will also learn how to advocate for clients concerning their collective economic concerns and promote community change to advance economic justice. Students will also gain personal finance knowledge they can apply in their own lives.
Supervision of a faculty committee, to successfully develop a written dissertation proposal, successfully orally defend it before the committee, then write and orally defend the dissertation.
Dissertation extension is ongoing supervision of a faculty committee, to successfully develop a written dissertation proposal, successfully orally defend it before the committee, then write and orally defend the dissertation.
Intensive independent study of specialized topics.
Introduction to foundational theories and approaches to research in social work including critical theories, strength-based perspectives, and multiculturally responsive, theoretical perspectives.
This course will focus on quantitative methods in social work research as an integral part of problem solving and innovating social work practice and college teaching.
This course introduces doctoral students to the field of qualitative research methods in a multicultural context with a particular focus on the operational issues inherent in conducting qualitative research.
This course includes construction and analysis of data tables, graphs, and charts; interpretation, and application of descriptive and inferential statistics; use of a statistical software program to analyze data.
Advanced course in approaches, methodology, and methods associated with community-engaged research and inquiry with an emphasis on developing skills in translational research and participatory action research.
Focuses on the elements of planning and conducting research independently. Students will use their individual areas of focus to explore steps in developing a plan for research including establishing a problem statement, reviewing literature, and formulating a methodology in order to explore a selected area of focus.
The purpose of this course is to introduce and critically analyze the current set of Grand Challenges in the social work profession, rethinking them and their relevance to society.
The focus of this course is on developing analytical skills to design, plan, adapt, and test multiculturally-informed interventions to reduce and eliminate social, health, and/or economic disparities, improve outcomes for vulnerable populations, and promote social justice through healthcare, education, human services, and community settings.
A social sciences researcher, often motivated by the pursuit for social justice, needs a sound understanding of the research designs and methodologies that pursue causality. The aim of this course is to introduce students to different methodologies that prioritize the pursuit of causality in social sciences research.
Guided readings, research, and individual project work under direction of a faculty member.
Source: University of North Carolina at Greensboro's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
