2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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Courses of Instruction
The lettered prefix before each course number represents an abbreviation of the course’s discipline. The first digit of the course number represents the level of the course. The following course number system is used: 500-700 Graduate Level
Definition of Credit Hour: Fifty minutes of classroom or direct faculty instruction and two hours out-of-class student work each week for 15 weeks, plus 40 minutes reserved for a final exam, for one semester hour of credit.
One hundred minutes per week of classroom or direct faculty instruction and 240 minutes out-of class student work each week for 8 weeks, for one hour of credit.
Courses scheduled for a different number of weeks and other academic activities such as laboratory work, internships, practica, and studio work, have an equivalent number of hours as reflected in the combination of direct faculty instruction and out of class student work for the same amount of credit as listed above.
For online and blended courses, active student engagement with other students, the instructor and/or online course content, combine to form the equivalent amount of time (100 minutes per week), while other out of class student work, which is designed to achieve
course learning outcomes, makes up the approximately 240 minutes of such work for each one hour of credit.
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SW 660 - Advanced Practice II
This course builds upon the knowledge and skills covered in Advanced Practice I Course (SW 610 ). Advanced Practice II is designed to increase students’ skills in engagement, assessment, intervention, & evaluation of individuals, families, and groups. Skills in written & oral presentation of assessments, treatment plans, interventions and evaluations of service participants are emphasized. Class sessions will focus on specific problems and intervention models, including loss & grief, cognitive behavioral therapy, strengths-based, and solution-focused interventions, family treatments, group interventions, integrated behavioral health, emotional regulation, adversity and spiritual transformation, and developing a professional practice. Specialist advanced practice and ethical strategies are taught in the classroom, applied in Field Education II, and Field Practicum. Attention to cultural humility and diversity are accentuated. Students will be expected to expand their understanding about working with vulnerable populations, characteristics of vulnerable populations, risk factors, engagement, assessment, interventions with particular populations, & evaluation of treatment outcomes. The course assesses Social Work EPAS Competencies 6-9.
Credits: 3
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SW 670 - Leadership, Supervision and Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Social Work
This course prepares students for the changing context of specialized social work practice by preparing students to become supervisors, managers, leaders, and entrepreneurs in the field. Students will explore their strengths in order to identify an area of specialty, or niche in social work practice. Students will gain an understanding of their leadership style as it pertains to working in supervisory roles in organizations and communities. Students will become familiar with all aspects of establishing their own business or private contracting practice. This course assesses Social Work EPAS competencies 1, 6.
Credits: 3
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SW 680 - Advanced Field Education II
This course continues learning experiences for specialist advanced social work practice in field education. This course will focus on integration of the social work behaviors that reflect the knowledge, values, skills, cognitive and affective processes reflected by the nine competencies of social work practice. Students take this course concurrently with SW 660: Advanced Practice II. This course focuses on students’ ability to integrate classroom learning with practice application in the field setting at the specialized level. Students collaborate with the Director of Field Education, classroom instructors, the MSW faculty liaison, and the agency based MSW Field Instructor, to identify & document practice behaviors. These activities are recorded on the Field Education Learning Plan (FLEP). In this course students are expected to become familiar with the policies and procedures of the host agency. They are expected to gain a deeper understanding of the organizational culture as well as to be able to articulate the mission ad purpose of the agency as these relate directly to agency goals. Students are expected to take an active role in their learning experience and advocate for a wide range of learning opportunities as the aim towards autonomous social work practice. This course assesses the Social Work EPAS competencies 1-9.
Credits: 3
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SW 690 - Integrative Seminar
This course is the capstone experience in the Master of Social Work program, and critically links field education into the course work. Beginning in the fall semester, students develop their plan to complete their Integrative Seminar project (ISP). In the first semester students utilize the knowledge and skills gained in each class to conduct a search of scholarly literature to inform the development of the ISP question. They then explore the literature to locate an evidence based intervention designed to promote a positive outcome. Students conduct the intervention, gather data, analyze the data, and discuss implications for social work practice, research, policy and education. Students are expected to disseminate the results of their ISP by writing a 15-18 page scholarly paper. Students are also expected to disseminate the results of their ISP at their Field Agency or at the Social Work Spring Colloquium in April. Through this Integrative Seminar Project, students are expected to demonstrate how their knowledge of the 9 competencies informs and directs the process. This course assesses Social Work EPAS competencies 1-9.
Credits: 3
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