Courses
The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular semester. Please refer to the published schedule of classes on the Student Link for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.
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SSW CP 814: Advanced Trauma Seminar
The Advanced Trauma Seminar is open to Trauma Certificate Program students who have complete CP803 or CP804. The course will provide students with an in depth knowledge of trauma theory and making the linkage between theory and clinical practice. In addition to advanced theory, students will examine evidenced based and emerging practices in the field of trauma treatment, and their applicability to complex trauma and specialized populations. Emphasis is placed throughout the course on self care and development of clinical skill sets. -
SSW ET 753: Ethics and the Social Work Profession
This required seminar is intended to inspire the moral imagination of social work students, and prepare them for competent and compassionate ethical practice as professionals. Ethics and the Social Work Profession (ET 753), examines the issues of social work professionalism, the process of becoming a social work professional, the tensions inherent in the goals of social work, and the ways these interrelate to produce conflicts of values and ethics in social work practice. The course focuses on acquiring and practicing the skills of ethical decision-making, including values clarification, application of ethical theory, utilization of codes of ethics, and models of ethical analysis. Both clinical and macro aspects of social work are explored, with an emphasis on the contemporary challenges of practice in multicultural and urban settings. Issues of self-care, impairment, licensure, malpractice, whistle-blowing and other professional challenges are explored. The course is set in the advanced curriculum as an integrative capstone, designed to be concurrent with the student's final semester in the MSW program. -
SSW FE 800: Integrative Field Seminar
The focus of this seminar is professional development and the role of the social work intern in the agency. The seminar meets several times each semester. Instructor sets schedule. Attendance is required. -
SSW FE 801: Field Education I
Required of all students in their first semester of the first (foundation) field placement. Also required to be registered for a methods course. -
SSW FE 802: Field Education II
Required of all students in their second semester of the first (foundation) field placement. Also required to be registered for a methods course. -
SSW FE 803: Field Education III
Required of all students in their first semester of the standard second (advanced) field placement. Also required to be registered for a methods course. -
SSW FE 804: Field Education IV
Required of all students in their second semester of the standard second (advanced field placement). Also required to be registered for a methods course. -
SSW FE 805: Advanced Field Placement: Non-Standard 1
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SSW FE 806: Advanced Field Placement: Non-Standard 2
Second semester of non-standard advanced placement (i.e. 12 month or modified block) -
SSW FE 807: Advanced Field Placement: Non-Standard 3
Third semester of non-standard advanced placement (i.e. 12 month or modified block) -
SSW FE 808: Fld 4/2 May-May
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SSW FE 818: Field Ed 818
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SSW FE 819: Field Ed 819
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SSW FE 820: Field Ed 820
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SSW FE 821: Field Ed 821
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SSW FE 822: Field Ed 822
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SSW FE 823: Field 4/2 Jan-Jan
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SSW FE 824: Field Ed 824
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SSW FE 825: Field Ed 825
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SSW HB 720: Human Behavior in the Social Environment
The goal of the course is to enable students to develop a framework for analyzing human behavior in order to create empathic, empowering relationships with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. A select set of theories is presented to enable students to examine how individuals and communities develop and interact. We also consider how oppression, power and privilege, and culture and cultural contexts can shape individual values, beliefs, worldviews, and identities, all of which play a role in the helping process. Finally, we examine human development throughout the lifespan, considering the developmental scientific knowledge base regarding opportunities and vulnerabilities present during the different stages of the lifecycle, and the biopsychosocial and cultural factors that can influence individual development. The ability to analyze human behavior in the social environment, drawing from theoretically and empirically grounded evidence bases is essential for all forms of social work practice.
