16 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 1103Freshman Seminar1
Credits: 1 hr This course is designed to help the freshman who intends to major in any of the disciplines in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Work become acquainted with the field and develop the essential skills necessary for success in that discipline. The course will provide the student with a supportive environment in which to develop or improve his or her reading, writing, oral communication, critical thinking, time-management, interpersonal, technological, problem-solving and test-taking skills. It will also expose students to a variety of other academic disciplines and fields of study. The goal of the course is to help the student make the appropriate adjustment to higher academic culture in general and to the student’s chosen field of study in particular.
Credits: 1 hr This course introduces and monitors professionalism as evidenced in student’s writing skills, the use of scholarship, and the ability to exhibit positive behaviors that will ensure success in social work practice. In addition, This “professional development” seminar is a kind of general, all-purpose forum for discussion of a wide variety of issues related to research, teaching, and other aspects of graduate school and careers (particularly academic and practice careers) in Social Work. Also students will discuss and present their own original research projects.
SOW 3368 - Social Welfare Policy I , SOW 3375 - Social Work Methods I , SOW 3370 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment I , and Admission to the Upper Division
SOW 3302Social Work Research3
Credits: 3 hrs This course presents the conceptual foundations and methods of research in order to help students integrate research knowledge with professional social work practice. The process of research is followed from problem identification to the conceptualization of research questions, sampling, design, measurement, data collection, and analysis. The course makes use of examples and readings that focus on individuals, families, organizations, communities, and diverse cultures. Students engage in the critical analysis of traditional research methods from a diversity perspective, in addition to generating and evaluating alternative methods for their utility in social work.
MAT 2326 - Elementary Statistics / PSY 2326 - Statistics for Social and Behavioral Science and Admission to the Upper Division
SOW 3306Child Welfare3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a survey of a major field of social work practice and services available to families who cannot completely care for their children. These include both public and private services designed to substitute for, supplement or support parents’ care of their children. Topics include adoption, foster care, homemakers, child abuse, neglect and child-caring institutions.
Credits: 3 hrs The purpose of this course is to provide opportunities for attention to special areas of social work practice. It is designed to enrich students’ appreciation of social work values and ethics, foster understanding of diversity issues and how they impact people and practice processes. This course will allow students to engage in knowledge acquisition and the application of core social work micro practice skills in a variety of human service settings. Students will also be provided with an opportunity to examine the various functions of human service agencies and/or organizations (macro) and their role in providing services to assist those who are in need. The topics of the course will be offered on a rotating basis and provide an in-depth information of disenfranchised populations, concerns and trends in social work practice to include but not limited to: International Social Work, Military Social Work, and Forsensic Social Work.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is designed to introduce students to the field of social work. The course focuses upon the historical, philosophical, theoretical, and professional foundations of Social Work. The purpose of this course is to provide students with an introduction to the social work profession, including social work fields of practice, social service agencies, and levels of social work practice. An examination of direct services (micro level practice) and administration/ planning (macro level practice) will be included in this course.
Credits: 3 hrs This course will introduce fundamental concepts related to social policy, and explore the connection between social policy and social work practice. Working within a historical context we will examine the impact of social, political, and economic factors on social policy formation and implementation. Social policy will be examined from both strength- and problem-centered perspectives. Critical thinking will be encouraged as we examine the relationships between individual, institutional, and societal values. Key content areas such as the Social Security Act, health care policy, and welfare reform will be highlighted.
SOW 3363 - Introduction to Social Work and Admission to Upper Division
SOW 3369Social Welfare Policy II3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a continuation of SOW 3368. This course provides an assessment of policy as it directly affects service delivery. It examines the responsibilities and roles of a generalist worker in policy development, policy clarification, and change in policy implementation. A conceptual as well as analytic framework is presented for the understanding and analysis of social welfare policy. Further, resource allocation as it relates to policy, planning, and service deliver is presented. This course is also designed to help students toward a fuller understanding of the evolution of social welfare policies and services that pertain to families within rural/urban areas that are within rural and urban areas that are in the line with the program goals. The course aims at broadening students’ repertoire of various family policies pertaining to ethnic minorities and other oppressed populations, and how to advocate for improving family welfare policies and services to attain greater social and economic justice.
SOW 3368 - Social Welfare Policy I and Admission to Upper Division
SOW 3370Human Behavior and the Social Environment I3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is the first part of a two part course that deals with human growth and development over the life-span. This course focuses on the development of the individual from conception through middle childhood and the impact of various aspects (i.e., family, groups, organizations, and community) of the social environment on that development. Content includes empirically based theories and knowledge that focus on the interactions between and among individuals, groups, societies, and economic systems.
SOW 3363 - Introduction to Social Work and Admission to Upper Division.
SOW 3375Social Work Methods I3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the basic knowledge and skills generic to generalist social work practice. Key themes and concepts include: interviewing; relationship building; and assessment as they relate to community-based family practice. The course introduces practice models in relation to populations at risk. Personal and professional values will be discussed, along with the use of self, the importance of evaluation, research and ethics. This course focuses on introductory generalist practice models with diverse populations, with particular emphasis on interventions with vulnerable populations.
SOW 3363 - Introduction to Social Work and Admission to the Upper Division.
SOW 3376Social Work Methods II3
Credits: 3 hrs This is the second practice course in the foundation curriculum. It is designed to provide students with an overview of the basic knowledge and skills in order to work with groups and community organizations. The use of generalist social work models as it relates to both group practice and community-based practice provide the primary focus. Key themes and concepts include introductory group practice knowledge for developing various types of groups, groups for populations at risk, general stages of group practice, and assessing group work. Community-based practice themes and concepts include documenting a community, assessing and understanding community problems and concerns, generic community practice skills and the need for social planning and activism. This course focuses on introductory generalist practice models with diverse populations, with particular emphasis on interventions with rural populations and groups that experience social and economic injustices based on racial, ethic, sexuality, gender, religious, and other factors.
SOW 3375 - Social Work Methods I and Admission to the Upper Division
SOW 3641Field Instruction I6
Credits: 6 hrs This course offers the student practical experience in a social agency. It enables the student to apply and test knowledge and skills gained in the classroom. Students spend a minimum of 16-18 hours per week in an approved agency setting under the supervision of a staff member. In addition, the students attend a weekly seminar to discuss their experiences. Arrangements to enroll must be made with the instructor of the course at least six weeks prior to the beginning of the semester.
SOW 3368 - Social Welfare Policy I , SOW 3375 - Social Work Methods I , SOW 3370 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment I , and Admission to the Upper Division and Field Instruction.
SOW 4120Field Instruction Block12
Credits: 12 hrs This course offers the student practical experience in a social agency. It enables the student to apply and test the knowledge and skills gained in the classroom. Students spend a minimum of 36 hours per week (400 total hours) in an approved agency setting under the supervision of a designated staff member (field instructor). In addition, students attend a weekly seminar to discuss their experiences and obtain supervision from social work faculty. Throughout the semester/course, students are engaged in various (required) professional activities that promote skill-building and professional development. Arrangements to enroll in this course must be made with the Director of Field Education at least six weeks prior to the beginning of the semester. Students must have a 2.5 GPA in required major courses, a 2.0 GPA overall, make an application to the field program, and receive departmental approval before enrolling in this course.
Admission to the major, SOW 3101 - BSW Professional Seminar , and approval to enter Field Education Program.
SOW 4302Applied Social Work Research3
Credits: 3 hrs This course provides an overview of basic research methods and an introduction to basic statistics for social work. Students apply quantitative and qualitative research to promote understanding of scientific, analytic, and ethical approaches to building knowledge for practice. The content prepares students to utilize research to provide high quality services, initiate change, improve practice, policy, and service delivery systems as well as evaluate their own practice. Major research designs are reviewed, such as single system designs, and students develop skills in collecting, analyzing and using data. Sampling methods, data collection techniques, and statistical and graphical approaches to data analysis are emphasized. Students develop an understanding of probabilistic analysis, quantitative reasoning, and inferential statistics. Students are provided opportunities to do data analysis on microcomputers. The course integrates themes related to multiculturalism, social justice, social change, prevention, intervention and treatment.
SOW 3302 - Social Work Research and Admission to the Upper Division.
SOW 4340Human Behavior and the Social Environment II3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is the second part of a two part course that deals with human growth and development over the life-span. This course focuses on the development of the individual from middle adolescence/young adulthood through very old age and the impact of various aspects (i.e., family, groups, organizations, and community) of the social environment on that development. Content includes empirically based theories and knowledge that focus on the interactions between and among individuals, groups, societies, and economic systems. Within the bio-psychosocial context of the person, each stage of development is examined from the psychosocial context of the person.
SOW 3370 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment I and Admission to Upper Division.
SOW 4641Field Instruction II6
Credits: 6 hrs This course is a continuation of SOW 3541. This course offers the student practical experience in a social agency. It enables the student to apply and test knowledge and skills gained in the classroom. Students spend a minimum of 16-18 hours per week in an approved agency setting under the supervision of a staff member. In addition, the students attend a weekly seminar to discuss their experiences. Arrangements to enroll must be made with the instructor of the course at least six weeks prior to the beginning of the semester.
