29 courses with the subject SOWK, 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.
SOWK 102Social Work in Social Welfare Credits: 33
Examines the social work profession within the social welfare system. Develops an understanding of contemporary social work practice by examining its history, knowledge base, values, skills, methods, and fields of practice. Introduces the generalist model for practice which serves as a base for subsequent social work courses. Provides initial understanding of the needs and issues of special populations in relation to social welfare policies and services and social work practice. Requires a volunteer experience. Provides introduction to the profession and serves as resource to make an informed decision about social work as a career.
Develops effective generic interpersonal skills. Uses a laboratory design which has a variety of experiential and didactic experiences to understand components of effective interaction; develop self awareness about your own strengths and limitations; gain feedback about others’ perception of you; establish personal goals for growth and development; and evaluate ongoing progress in communication competencies.
SOWK 262Social Work Elective: Introduction to Child Welfare Practice Credits: 33
Provides knowledge and understanding of some of the primary problems in the field of child welfare. Improves students’ ability to identify and assess various types of child maltreatment and neglect. Family relationships, social, cultural, legal, and other environmental influences are included in the assessment. Introduces the child welfare system and current best practices in child welfare treatment and intervention through interactive and experiential course work. Requires observation in a child-welfare related organization.
SOWK 265Understanding Human Diversity for Social Justice Credits: 33
Assist students to develop tools for increased understanding of dimensions of human diversity and advocacy for social justice, which is one of the core values of social work. The dimensions of diversity are understood as the intersectionality of multiple factors. Students will begin to understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination and recognize the extent to which a culture’s structures and values, including social, economic, political, and cultural exclusions, may oppress, marginalize, alienate, or create privilege and power. Students will apply self-awareness and self-regulation to manage the influence of personal biases and values.
SOWK 270Social Work Practice with Individuals Credits: 33
Presents entry-level social work students with basic social work principles, values and generic skills needed for work with individuals utilizing a direct-service generalist approach to social work practice. Provides the foundation of evidence based practice skills deemed applicable to all practice contexts, i.e., individual, family, group organization and communities. Range of competencies and skills covered includes, but not limited to, the use of the ecological perspective, developing the social history, problem-solving/critical thinking, the four phases of the Interactional Approach to Helping Model and service planning. These skills are studied in the classroom and made operational via classroom and lab exercises, simulated experiences and external assignments.
SOWK 102 with minimum grade of C and SOWK 250 with minimum grade of C and SOWK 150 with minimum grade of C (may be taken concurrently) and SOWK 265 with minimum grade of C (may be taken concurrently)
SOWK 327Social Work Practice with Families Credits: 33
Offers a skills foundation for generalist practice with families. As mediators with families, students learn intervention skills which enable development of family in environment processes for improving social functioning.
SOWK 340Assessing Organizations and Communities in Society Credits: 33
Examines human behavior concepts in organization and community systems. Builds upon the ecological/system’s framework introduced in SOWK 250 to extend this approach to larger systems in the social environment context. Considers the implications of system resources and configuration for meeting human needs. The role and function of generalist social workers to understand and advocate for system development and change is emphasized. Requires a group service learning project.
SOWK 250 with minimum grade of C and SOWK 360 with minimum grade of C Effective Winter 2019/2020: SOWK 360 may be taken concurrently.
SOWK 347Special Fields of Social Work: Behavioral Health Credits: 33
Extends and elaborates the generalist approach to social work practice to a specific field of practice. The special field is studied through the examination of curricular areas: human behavior, practice, policy and services, research and special populations. Special field courses include, but are not limited to: Behavioral Health (SWK347), Substance Abuse ( SOWK 348 ), Aging ( SOWK 351 ), Developmental Disabilities ( SOWK 356 ), Health Care ( SOWK 357 ), and Violence in Interpersonal Relationships ( SOWK 359 ).
SOWK 348Special Fields of Social Work: Substance Abuse Credits: 33
Extends and elaborates the generalist approach to social work practice to a specific field of practice. The special field is studied through the examination of curricular areas: human behavior, practice, policy and services, research and special populations. Special field courses include, but are not limited to: Behavioral Health ( SOWK 347 ), Substance Abuse (SWK348), Aging ( SOWK 351 ), Developmental Disabilities ( SOWK 356 ), Health Care ( SOWK 357 ), and Violence in Interpersonal Relationships ( SOWK 359 ).
This course introduces students to the roles, and functions, of 21st Century direct-practice, generalist social workers in the field of gerontology and the sub-fields of social gerontology and gerontological social work and to begin to prepare students for the issues, challenges and opportunities they will experience in the field of practice with older persons. This course introduces students to the social, psychological, biological, economic, cultural and spiritual factors that impact older persons and will also offer students the opportunity to become acquainted with current social work research and gerontological issues in social work practice with older persons.
Social Work prerequiste: SOWK 270 with minimum grade of C. Gerontology minor
SOWK 356Social Work Elective: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Credits: 33
This course introduces students to various practice settings in which they work with clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities of different age groups. Students gain knowledge about the medical, social, economic and political factors that impact the quality of life of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and acquire competencies in various roles played by helping professionals in the context of the service provision.
Social Work prerequiste: SOWK 270 with minimum grade of C. Disability Studies minor
SOWK 357Special Fields of Social Work: Health Care Credits: 33
Extends and elaborates the generalist approach to social work practice to a specific field of practice. The special field is studied through the examination of curricular areas: human behavior, practice, policy and services, research and special populations. Special field courses include, but are not limited to: Behavioral Health ( SOWK 347 ), Substance Abuse ( SOWK 348 ), Aging ( SOWK 351 ), Developmental Disabilities ( SOWK 356 ), Health Care (SWK357), and Violence in Interpersonal Relationships ( SOWK 359 ).
SOWK 359Social Work Elective: Violence in Interpersonal Relationships Credits: 33
This course examines the issues of interpersonal violence from a generalist perspective. In this course, students learn to integrate the social work curriculum components as they apply to interpersonal violence. Our study will include the dynamics of human behavior, the policy and services factors, guidelines for practice principals, and review of the current research findings and trends.
Social Work major prerequiste: SOWK 270 with minimum grade of C. Women’s and Gender Studies minor
SOWK 360Research Techniques for Social Workers Credits: 33
Introduces basic research concepts, procedures for conducting research, and their application to social work practice. Basic knowledge of scientific inquiry, the ethics that guide research, and the roles of social workers as researchers is also covered. Both qualitative and quantitative methods of collecting and analyzing data are given major attention. Students learn the procedure for developing a research proposal.
SOWK 250 with minimum grade of C (may be taken concurrently) and MATH 117 (may be taken concurrently)
SOWK 370Social Work Practice with Organizations and Communities Credits: 33
Content is an essential, integral part of the generalist approach to social work practice. Extends the generic and direct service generalist frameworks learned in previous classes to practice interventions with organizations and communities, and helps students develop competencies related to engagement, planning, intervention and evaluation through the prevailing social work approaches for organization and community development and change. The theory and skills of these approaches are studied in the classroom and made operational in simulated and service learning experience.
SOWK 270 with minimum grade of C and SOWK 340 with minimum grade of C
SOWK 375Social Work Skills for Working with Groups Credits: 33
Expands the assessment and intervention skills learned in SOWK 270 to working with groups. Students learn how group theories should inform their development of group leadership skills. Emphasizes the planning, facilitating, and evaluating of groups often used in social work practice. Observation of groups outside of class time is required.
Explores some professional aspects of social work. Combines new and practical information to help bridge the gap between the classroom and the field practicum experience. Offers seminars and individual consultation about the field practicum process. Includes topics about field work objectives, procedures, and roles and responsibilities of all parties involved. Addresses a wide range of practice issues related to the field practicum. All preliminary procedures for establishment of a field practicum will be met through this course. Required of all social work majors in the semester prior to registering for field practicum.
SOWK 399Independent Study in Social Work Credits: 33
Independent study affords students the opportunity to engage in independent study related to their major field, a supporting area, or specialized interest.
SOWK 420Gender Issues for Helping Professionals Credits: 33
Examines institutionalized gender socialization, current gender issues and controversies, feminist theory for understanding behavior, and guiding principles and practices for helping professionals. Students encouraged to develop heightened self-awareness about their gender-related attitudes and values for functioning as a helping professional. May be taken for under-graduate or graduate credit.
SOWK 270 with minimum grade of C or junior standing. Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.
SOWK 450Social Welfare Policies and Services Credits: 33
Presents framework for developing and analyzing contemporary social policies and programs. Focuses on current issues and social problems by examining policy and service implications with an emphasis on realistic development and change strategies.
SOWK 270 with minimum grade of C and POLI 100 Graduate Credit: This course is not available for graduate credit.
SOWK 460Field Work in Social Work I Credits: 66
Majors in social work must take all of these, (SWK460, SOWK 461 & SOWK 462 ) concurrently for a total of 15 credit hours. Provides experience in social work practice in a community-based agency under supervision and instruction from agency staff. Involves supporting agency services while further developing and enhancing social work practice skills by supplementing and reinforcing classroom learning. Practicum includes a minimum of 450 clock hours in placement and training. The program competencies and practice behaviors are the evaluation criteria for successful completion of the field work. Students must have earned a C or better in all required social work courses before enrolling.
Majors in social work must take all of these, ( SOWK 460 , SWK461, SOWK 462 ) concurrently for a total of 15 credits. Provides experience in social work practice in a community-based agency under supervision and instruction from agency staff. Involves supporting agency services while further developing and enhancing social work practice skills by supplementing and reinforcing classroom learning. Practicum includes a minimum of 450 clock hours in placement and training. The program competencies and practice behaviors are the evaluation criteria for successful completion of the field work. Students must have earned a C or better in all required social work courses before enrolling.
SOWK 462Seminar in Social Work Methods Credits: 33
Builds on the field work experience and must be taken concurrently with Field I-II to integrate the concepts and skills of the program for entry-level social work practice. Emphasis on the generalist approach covering the basic elements of assessment and intervention as applied to field learning. In conjunction with the field experience, integrates theory with practice across systems (i.e., individual, family, group organizations and community processes). Major research project required.
SOWK 490Selected Topics in Social Welfare Credits: 1-31-3
Provides the opportunity for a range of topics to explore issues and concerns for the helping professions. Designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.
