Graduate College of Social Work Courses

Graduate College of Social Work

Courses

Social Work

• SOCW 6194 - Field Practicum I - Foundation

  Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Foundation semester field practicum in an approved affiliated agency.
  
• SOCW 6201 - Foundations of the Social Work Profession

  Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:2; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Admission to GCSW
  History, mission, values and ethics of the social work profession.
  
• SOCW 6202 - Social Work Practice

  Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:2; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Admission to GCSW
  Fundamentals of social work practice skills from micro to macro.
  
• SOCW 6203 - Social Welfare Policies and Services

  Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:2; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Admission to GCSW
  Historical and current social welfare policies; implications for social service delivery.
  
• SOCW 6204 - HBSE: Social Work Perspectives

  Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:2; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Admission to GCSW
  Human behavior theory in the context of social environment, including how race/ethnicity, gender and other variable impact optimal functioning.
  
• SOCW 6304 - Women’s Issues

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  An examination of selected social, political, and economic issues pertaining to women in American society. Particular attention is given to social policy and practice implications.
  
• SOCW 6305 - Research & Knowledge Building for Social Work Practice

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Admission to GCSW
  Skills in research and knowledge building strategies for use in social work practice, including practice evaluation.
  
• SOCW 6306 - Social Work Practice Skills

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Admission to GCSW
  Development of practice skills and self-awareness; discussion of entry into field practicum, including problem solving around common issues.
  
• SOCW 6354 - Managing Human Services Organizations

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the foundation curriculum, or consent of instructor.
  Theories, skills, and methods for effective planning and managing in human services organizations.
  
• SOCW 6392 - Field Practicum

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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• SOCW 6393 - Field Practicum II

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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• SOCW 7191 - Field Practicum Elective I

  Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: SOCW 6194 , SOCW 6294  or advisor approval.
  Elective field practicum (120 clock hours) in an approved affiliated agency.
  
• SOCW 7198 - Special Problems

  Credit Hours: 1.0 (; )

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  Prerequisite: Consent of instructor, and advisor’s approval.
  
• SOCW 7290 - Adv Practicum II in Pol SW

  Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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• SOCW 7291 - Field Practicum Elective II

  Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: SOCW 6194 , SOCW 6294  or advisor approval.
  Elective field practicum (240 clock hours) in an approved affiliated agency.
  
• SOCW 7295 - Adv Practicum II in Mntl Hlth

  Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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• SOCW 7297 - Selected Topics in Social Work

  Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:2; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
  Topics will vary; may be taken more than once.
  
• SOCW 7303 - Child Abuse and Neglect

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Critical analysis of the etiologies, effects, clinical assessment and treatment strategies of child abuse and neglect.
  
• SOCW 7304 - Contextualized Strengths Based Practice in Social Work

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Provides theoretical content to gain knowledge and develop advanced clinical skills in the application of Crisis Intervention, Brief Psychodynamic theory and Solution-Focused therapy.
  
• SOCW 7305 - Evaluation of Social Work Practice

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze clinical, administrative, program, and policy data for practice evaluation.
  
• SOCW 7307 - Social Work and the Law

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Examines the interrelationship of law and social work and the interpretation and application of law by social workers and attorneys on behalf of clients. Study of the perspectives, rights, and obligations of parents and children, social work consumers and clients, agency service providers, and professional practitioners.
  
• SOCW 7308 - Self-Examination of Life Foundations

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
  Examines how lifespan development and issues affect work with clients and colleagues, particularly in professional social work practice in child welfare and family services. Emphasizes professional practice with diverse families.
  
• SOCW 7309 - Critical Issues in Mental Health Policy

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of MSW foundation.
  Analysis of the social, cultural and political issues that shape and define mental health, mental illness, and public mental health policy.
  
• SOCW 7310 - Soc Service Program Evaluation

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: SOCW 6361 and 31 hours in social work or consent of the instructor.
  Techniques for measuring and monitoring outcomes of social service programs.
  
• SOCW 7311 - Single-System Research

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: SOCW 6461 and 31 hours in social work or the consent of the instructor.
  Prepares students to conduct idiographic research in a variety of micro and macro social work settings.
  
• SOCW 7314 - Historical/Social Policy Res

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: SOCW 6361 and 31 hours in social work or the consent of the instructor.
   Examination and application of historical research methods as they relate to knowledge generation for social work practice, social policy formulation, and implementation.
  
• SOCW 7315 - Substance Abuse and Pharmacology

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of MSW foundation.
  Examines the biological and behavioral mechanisms of substance use, abuse, and dependence.
  
• SOCW 7316 - Clinical Social Work Practice with Latinos

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of MSW foundation.
  This course focuses on development of awareness, knowledge, understanding, and culturally competent skills for clinical social work practices with Latinos and Latinas.
  
• SOCW 7317 - Professional Self-Care and Social Work

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Knowledge and skills for integrating the practice of professional self-care in the social work profession.
  
• SOCW 7318 - Transtheoretical Social Work Practice

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Provides theoretical content to gain knowledge and develop advanced clinical skills in the application of Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive -Behavioral theroy and Dialectical Behavior therapy.
  
• SOCW 7319 - Administrative Practices in Social Work

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Develop knowledge and skills necessary for administrative practice in social work.
  
• SOCW 7320 - Empowerment

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum or consent of instructor.
  Methods and skills for building collaborative alliance with client/community systems to increase access to and control of needed resources. Emancipatory interventions and multicultural practice are emphasized.
  
• SOCW 7321 - Multicultural Practice

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum or consent of instructor.
  Methods and skills for effective practice in oppressed urban communities or with multicultural constituencies such as African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, gay men, lesbian women, and the poor.
  
• SOCW 7322 - Feminist Practice

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum or consent of instructor.
  Focuses on the psychology and sociology of women with emphasis on the development of skills necessary for feminist social work practice at the individual, family, and community levels.
  
• SOCW 7323 - Organizational Behavior and Change

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum or consent of instructor.
  Examines organizational group behavior in in Human Service Organizations (HSO). Focuses on developing assessment, interactional, and organizational skills to improve organizational effectiveness.
  
• SOCW 7324 - Clinical Applications of DSM in Social Work

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Development of assessment and diagnostic skills, and critical analysis of social work clinical applications based on the DSM IV-TR.
  
• SOCW 7325 - Assessment in Social Work Practice

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Knowledge and skills for assessment of clients at the individual, group, family, organizational and community levels.
  
• SOCW 7326 - Disparities in Health in America: Working Toward Social Justice

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Presents a comprehensive bio- psychosocial approach for understanding and addressing health disparities in America.
  
• SOCW 7327 - Comparative Human Behavior Theory

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Provides a critical analysis of theoretical knowledge of human behavior in the social environment to compare and contrast theories used in social work practice.
  
• SOCW 7329 - Social Policy Advocacy

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Provides an understanding of political systems and teaches the skills to affect policy in the legislative as well as administrative arenas.
  
• SOCW 7330 - Fiscal Management and Budgeting

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum or consent of instructor.
  Discussion, analysis, and implementation of financing and budgeting theories and techniques applicable to planning, operating, and developing social services.
  
• SOCW 7333 - Bioethics: Thry & Appl for SW

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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• SOCW 7334 - Dynamics of Leadership in Social Work

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Examines the key components for developing the effective practice of leadership in human service agencies and programs. Focuses on leadership for administrative practices.
  
• SOCW 7335 - Strategies for Community Development

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Knowledge and skills in community development, social planning, and building healthy communities.
  
• SOCW 7336 - Issues in Aging

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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• SOCW 7338 - Community Empowerment with Elders of Color

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum or consent of instructor.
  Practice elective integrating foundation curriculum, knowledge of community empowerment, and multicultural practice with elders of color.
  
• SOCW 7339 - Professional Grant Writing for Social Work

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Skills and knowledge in grant writing program planning and service delivery will include completion of proposal for funding.
  
• SOCW 7340 - Clinical Practice with Children and Adolescents

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Focus on intervention strategies for practice with children and adolescents. Includes explorations of problems common to these client groups.
  
• SOCW 7342 - Practice Issues in Clinical Social Work

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Practice issues in clinical social work.
  
• SOCW 7343 - Clinical Practice with Families

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Assessment and intervention skills with various types of families using psychodymanic, experiential/humanistic, systemic, structural, communication/strategic, behavioral and feminist approaches.
  
• SOCW 7344 - Family Violence

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum or consent of instructor.
  Focuses on major theories of family violence and their practice implications. Emphasis is on developing practice skills in work with adult and child victims/survivors and with perpetrators.
  
• SOCW 7347 - Social Work Practice and Interventions in Schools

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Focuses on three areas of social work practice and interventions in schools: student behavior issues, special education, and the coordination of services between schools and communities.
  
• SOCW 7348 - Issues - Child and Family

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: SOCW 6323 and 31 hours in social work or the consent of the instructor.
  Analysis of emerging theoretical issues with implications for social work practice with children and families.
  
• SOCW 7350 - Overrepresentation of Minority Males in Texas Criminal Justice Systems

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Examines the oppression of minority males in the United States with emphasis on their over-representation in the criminal justice system.
  
• SOCW 7351 - Supervision and Consultation in Social Work Organizations

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum or consent of instructor.
  Philosophy, principles and methods of supervision and consultation used in clinical practice and administrative planning.
  
• SOCW 7352 - Social Work with Latino Immigrants

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Knowledge and skills for social work and advocacy with Latino and other immigrants.
  
• SOCW 7353 - Program Development and Proposal Writing

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum or consent of instructor.
  Seminar workshop in program development and proposal writing.
  
• SOCW 7354 - Managing Human Service Organizations

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum or consent of instructor.
  Theories, skills and methods for effective planning and managing in human service organizations.
  
• SOCW 7356 - Social Work Practice with Groups in Clinical Settings

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Theories and concepts of therapeutic interventions with small groups emphasizing roles and skills of social workers in various mental health settings.
  
• SOCW 7357 - Shame, Empathy, Resilience in Social Work Practice

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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• SOCW 7358 - Issues in Mental Health

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: SOCW 6323 and 31 hours in social work or the consent of the instructor.
  Analysis of the structure and functions of mental health services as well as emerging theoretical issues for social work practice in mental health settings.
  
• SOCW 7360 - International Social Work: A Comparative Approach

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Comparative study of policies and practices in other countries and the United States, through study abroad.
  
• SOCW 7361 - Clinical Social Work Practices with Elders

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Knowledge and skills for professional social work practices with elders.
  
• SOCW 7363 - HC Systems & Issues

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: SOCW 6323 and 31 hours in social work or the consent of the instructor.
  Analysis of existing health care systems, emphasizing consumer access, distribution of resources and quality of care.  Attention is given to the impact of health/illness in relation to implications for social work practice.
  
• SOCW 7365 - Crisis Intervention

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum or consent of instructor.
  Provides theoretical and substantive content that will enable students to gain knowledge, understanding, and skill in relation to crisis intervention in social work practice.
  
• SOCW 7366 - Grief and Bereavement Therapy

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum or consent of instructor.
  Stages of grief and bereavement with a variety of social treatment interventions to assist the bereaved client in dealing with the grieving process.
  
• SOCW 7367 - Advanced Social Policy Analysis

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation
  Provides knowledge of comparative social welfare systems and policies, the impact of policy on clients and communities, and the skills of policy analysis.
  
• SOCW 7368 - HIV Disease and Social Work Practice

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum
  This course will introduce students to the core concepts (general theory and foundational knowledge), which informs evidence-based assessment and intervention with traumatized children and adolescents. Trauma is broadly defined, and includes children and adolescents exposed to traumatic events including, but not limited to natural disasters, war, abuse and neglect, medical trauma and witnessing interpersonal crime (e.g. domestic violence) and other traumatic events. This course will highlight the role of development, culture and empirical evidence in trauma-specific interventions with children, adolescents and their families. It will address the level of functioning of primary care giving environments and assess the capacity of the community to facilitate restorative processes.
  
• SOCW 7369 - Volunteer Programs and Management

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum or consent of instructor.
  Methods and skills for developing and managing volunteer programs in human service agencies. Volunteer roles, job design, rewards, and supervision. Working with volunteer boards, task forces, and committees.
  
• SOCW 7371 - Trauma and Social Work Practice

  Credit Hours: 0.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Completion of foundation.
  Frameworks and skills for understanding types, history, and impact of trauma on individuals, family, and community.
  
• SOCW 7372 - SW and Global Justice Issues

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum
  Analysis of international political economy and human rights issues; rights and responsibilities of global citizenship; and development of advocacy strategies and skills for achieving social justice goals. Includes study of power and oppression as fundamental to understanding global justice issues in social work context.
  
• SOCW 7373 - Human Sexuality and Social Work

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:2; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum or consent of instructor.
  Examines human sexuality from an integrated practice perspective and includes content relevant to children and families, aging, health, mental health, and political social work.
  
• SOCW 7374 - Mediation for Social Workers

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum or consent of instructor.
  Concepts regarding conflict and conflict resolution with emphasis on teaching a generic mediation model applicable to social work practice.
  
• SOCW 7377 - Drugs in Society

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum or consent of instructor.
  Examines current bio-psycho-social problems of alcohol and drug use, abuse, and addiction with focus on historical antecedents, pharmacological action, and factors associated with alcohol and drug taking behavior. Implications for policy and social work practice are emphasized.
  
• SOCW 7380 - Field III in Political SW

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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• SOCW 7381 - Field IV in Political SW

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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• SOCW 7382 - Field III in Gerontologicl SW

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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• SOCW 7384 - Field Practicum III

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: SOCW 6194 , SOCW 6294  or advisor approval; completion of or concurrent enrollment in clinical track course.
  Supervised advanced clinical field practicum in an approved affiliated agency; requires 360 clock hours.
  
• SOCW 7385 - Field Practicum IV- Clinical Practice

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:3)

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• SOCW 7386 - Field III in Mental Health

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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• SOCW 7387 - Field IV in Mental Health

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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• SOCW 7388 - Field Practicum III - Leadership, Administration, Advocacy

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: SOCW 6194  or advisor approval; completion of or concurrent enrollment in LAA track course.
  Supervised advanced leadership/admin/advocacy field practicum in an approved affiliated agency; requires 360 clock hours.
  May be repeated for credit.
  
  Practicum
• SOCW 7388 - Field Practicum III- Macro Practice

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Supervised internship in approved agency; requires a minimum of 240 clock hours.
  May be repeated for credit.
  
  Practicum
• SOCW 7389 - Field Practicum IV- Macro Practice

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  Supervised internship in approved agency; requires a minimum of 240 clock hours.
  May be repeated for credit.
  
  Practicum
• SOCW 7391 - Field Practicum Elective III

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: SOCW 6194 , SOCW 6294  or advisor approval.
  Elective filed practicum (360 clock hours) in an approved affiliated agency.
  
• SOCW 7393 - Trabajo Social Comunictario; Practice in Latino Communities

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
  This course focuses on knowledge and skills essential for initiating community and organizational change, and the alternative frameworks for practice in nontraditional urban Latino settings.
  
• SOCW 7397 - Selected Topics in Social Work

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
  Topics will vary; may be taken more than once.
  May be repeated
  
  
• SOCW 7398 - Special Problems

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )

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  Prerequisite: Consent of instructor, and advisor’s approval.
  
• SOCW 7399 - Research Thesis

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
  
• SOCW 8115 - Integrative Colloquium

  Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:1; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Doctoral standing.
  Varied topics such as writing for publication, integrating specialization into social work practice, writing dissertation proposals, topics in social work education, and pedagogical methods. Peer review of research ideas with critiques and process reports.
  May be repeated.
  
  
• SOCW 8116 - Research Internship II

  Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:1; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or permission from the instructor.
  Prepares doctoral students for research experiences by applying an internship experience with an established faculty member.
  Course can be repeated for credit.
  
  
• SOCW 8117 - Teaching Internship I

  Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:1; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or permission from the instructor.
  Practice teaching methods and skills with 15 hours teaching practice not limited to classroom teaching. Course can be repeated for credit.
  
• SOCW 8198 - Independent Study

  Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Doctoral standing and consent of instructor.
  Allow students to pursue specialized learning through work with individual faculty.
  
• SOCW 8199 - Dissertation

  Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:1; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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• SOCW 8200 - Research Internship III

  Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:2; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or permission from the instructor.
  Prepares doctoral students for research experiences by applying an internship experience with an established faculty member.
  Course can be repeated for credit.
  
  
• SOCW 8201 - Teaching Internship II

  Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:2; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or permission from the instructor.
  Practice teaching methods and skills with 30 hours teaching practice not limited to classroom teaching. Course can be repeated for credit.
  
• SOCW 8298 - Independent Study

  Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:0; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Doctoral standing and consent of instructor.
  Allow students to pursue specialized learning through work with individual faculty.
  
• SOCW 8303 - Teaching Internship III

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or permission from the instructor.
  Practice teaching methods and skills with 45 hours teaching practice not limited to classroom teaching.
  Course can be repeated for credit.
  
  
• SOCW 8304 - Research Internship IV

  Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or permission from the instructor.
  Prepares doctoral students for research experiences by applying an internship experience with an established faculty member.
  Course can be repeated for credit.
  
  
• SOCW 8311 - Research Methods I: Introduction to Research on Evidence-Based Social Work

  Credit Hours: 0.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:3; Lab Contact Hours:0)

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  Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or permission from the instructor.
  This course examines the range of designs and methods involved in formulating and conducting social research, with an emphasis on the development of knowledge essential for utilizing and building the empirical knowledge base for evidence-based social work.