Jun 03, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

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Social Studies

  

Social Work

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • SOWK 3603 - International Social Work


    3 (3-0)

    Prerequisite(s): Formal Admission to BSW program.

    This course will examine the need for international social work, given the global context and concerns.  The course will also examine four perspectives, namely global perspective, human rights perspective, ecological perspective, and social development perspective, which are crucial for international social work practice.  Students will explore how the processes of colonization and neocolonialism have subjected some countries to imposed development.  Attention will be paid to the key roles being played by international social work organizations, such as International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), and International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW).  Students will also explore the strategies followed by the Global South in dealing with poverty, conflict, forced migration, AIDS, child labor, and many other social problems.


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  • SOWK 4143 - Family-Focused Social Work Practice


    3 (3-0)

    Prerequisite(s): SOWK 3544 .

    This course builds on the history and traditions of family intervention in the basic social services.  It examines pertinent practice issues, family therapy concepts, approaches used in contemporary social work intervention, and current research.  There is an emphasis on family resilience and applying family intervention concepts with families under economic stress, families within vulnerable populations, and with diverse family structures.  A strengths perspective is highlighted as an approach to treatment.  This course will address the stages of the family life cycle and the implementation of family therapy theories to support practice.  It will also address varying family forms and challenges, ethnic and cultural dimensions, and development perspectives on family functioning.  In this course there is attention to family intervention with families under economic stress, ethnic and racial minority families, women and alternative lifestyle families.


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  • SOWK 4413 - Human Resources Policy and Practice


    3 (3-0)

    The purpose of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to practice in settings in which workplace performance, benefits, laws, and policies are the focus of practice.  Policies and laws related to sexual harassment, protected classes of employees such as racial, ethnic, and other groups will be taught.  This class is an introduction to the role of social work services in human resource departments, in the United States military forces, and civilian and military employee assistance plans.  The role of human resource professionals in screening, hiring, and retaining staff and the laws that affects those functions will be covered.  Motivation of employees, training, safety, health, fringe benefits, employee rights, and the laws that pertain to these areas will be taught.  Employee evaluation and assessment of workplace problems and improving the workplace performance of troubled or difficult employees through the use of employee assistance plans will be taught.  Military specific workplace issues and interventions related to deployment, post traumatic stress disorder, and death are included.  Assessment of and intervention in substance dependence, critical incident stress debriefing, and workplace violence will be addressed.  This course is offered online only.


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Sociology

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Spanish

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Special Education

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Speech Communication

  
  
  

Statistics

  
 

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