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PSYC 8397 - Selected Topics in Psychology Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: PSYC 6308 and consent of instructor.
The clinical and experimental literature on various memory disorders having structural or functional etiologies and their rehabilitation.
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PSYC 8399 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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PSYC 8690 - Clinical Neuropsyc Internship Credit Hours: 6
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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PSYC 8699 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit Hours: 6
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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PSYC 8999 - Doctoral Dissertation Credit Hours: 9
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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Public Administration |
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PUBL 6310 - Administrative Theory Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None
Strategies and techniques for managing public organizations from the perspectives of various administrative theories and organizational models; case studies used to apply theory.
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PUBL 6311 - Public Administration and Policy Implementation Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None
Effects of economic incentives on voters, government officials, economy and markets; analysis of situations where private markets fail to be efficient; applications to government policies at federal and local levels; analysis of tax system and interaction among federal, state and local governments.
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PUBL 6312 - Public Finance Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None
Effects of economic incentives on voters, government officials, economy and markets; analysis of situations where private markets fail to be efficient; applications to government policies at federal and local levels; analysis of tax system and interaction among federal, state and local governments.
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PUBL 6313 - Fundamentals of Policy Analysis Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None
How public policies are decided; tools for policy decision making; political, social, and legal determinants of public policy.
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PUBL 6314 - Administrative Law Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None.
Learning the fundamental principles of administrative law at the federal, state, and local level. Emphasis on the right to an administrative hearing, the process of administrative adjudication, rulemaking procedures, judicial review of agency decisions, the control of agencies by the executive and legislative branches of government, and the application of federal and state administrative procedure acts to agency decisions.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: N
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PUBL 6321 - Seminar in Urban Politics Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None
How local government copes with social and economic problems in overlapping, metropolitan government environments, the complexity of urbanization, and other government agencies.
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PUBL 6325 - Capstone Problem Project Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None.
Intensive study of significant policy issue student’s choice. Students formulates and analyzes real issue of public policy and make independent and specific recommendations about the issues.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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PUBL 6342 - Budgeting For Public Agencies Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Introduces students to politics, basic concepts, theories, and practices involved in public budgeting process.
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PUBL 6343 - GIS for Urban Applications Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Introduces students to the applications of geographic information systems (GIS) for urban decision makers in the fields of urban geography, urban planning, public health, environmental assessment, hazard and emergency management.
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PUBL 6346 - Seminar in Emergency Management Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None
Policies and programs of public and private sector including natural and technological disasters and terrorism.
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PUBL 6347 - Seminar in Health Care Policy Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly/Same as: PUBL 6347 - Seminar in Regulatory Process.
PUBL 6395 - Selected Topics: Public Administration and Policy Analysis Topic: Healthcare Policy Analysis
Cross-Listed As: POLS 6315
Prerequisite: None.
Politics and economics of health and medical care with emphasis on the delivery of services, their quality, and distribution and financing.
Note: Seminar.
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PUBL 6349 - Seminar in Non-Profit Management Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly/Same as: PUBL 6395 Selected Topics: Public Administration and Policy Analysis Topic: Nonprofit Organizational Management
Prerequisite: None
Facilitate an understanding of non-governmental service/advocacy organizations, or “nonprofit organizations”, and the management and leadership skills required to effectively organize, maintain, and grow them.
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PUBL 6350 - Public Management Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: none.
Lecture and seminar on developing knowledge and skills to effectively manage in public organizations.
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PUBL 6398 - Special Probs Publ Adm/Policy Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: None.
Independent study in public administration or public policy.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.
Additional Fee: No
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PUBL 6410 - Quantitative Methods I Credit Hours: 4.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Prerequisite: None
First semester of a two-semester sequence on research methods commonly used in political science and public administration. Emphasis on issues of research design, descriptive and inferential statistics, and bivariate regression.
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PUBL 6415 - Decision Science for Public Affairs Credit Hours: 4.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 1
Introduces management science approach to problem solving in order to support management, planning, and decision making, and evaluation in the public and non-profit sector, including decision analysis, simulation, and forecasting.
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Public Policy |
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POLC 6198 - Special Problems Credit Hours: 1.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 0.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
Individual study or projects on an arranged basis under faculty sponsorship.
Note: May be repeated for credit.
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POLC 6310 - Administrative Theory Credit Hours: 3.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
Strategies and techniques for managing public organizations from the perspectives of various administrative theories and organizational models; uses case studies to apply theory.
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POLC 6311 - Leadership and Professional Development Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
An introduction to policy process and public policy careers, with special emphasis on leadership, teamwork, and organizational dynamics. Professional skill development will also be emphasized.
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POLC 6312 - Public Finance Credit Hours: 3.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
Effects of economic incentives on voters, government officials, economy, and markets. Analysis of situations where private markets fail to be efficient. Applications to government policies at federal and local levels, including welfare, insurance, health care, policing, roads, and Social Security. Analysis of tax system and interaction among federal, state, and local governments.
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POLC 6313 - Policy Analysis I: Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
Overview of microeconomic tools to measure and weigh the gains and losses from any public policy, including consumers’ choices, firms’ decisions, supply and demand framework, market equilibrium, allocative and productive efficiency, property rights, externalities and market failures, and public choices and public goods.
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POLC 6314 - Policy Research Methods I: Introduction to Statistics Credit Hours: 3.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
Provides a basic understanding of statistical analysis for policy research, introduces basic statistical techniques and statistical software packages. Introduces research design and discusses the ethics of quantitative policy research.
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POLC 6315 - Policy Research Methods II: Multivariate Analysis Credit Hours: 3.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: POLC 6314 and/or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
Reviews more advanced statistical concepts and tools used to study the association between variables. Introduces students to regression analysis and explores its uses in policy analysis.
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POLC 6316 - Policy Research Methods III: Advanced Quantitative Modeling Credit Hours: 3.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: POLC 6314 , POLC 6315 , and/or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
Focuses on time series, panel data, and other more advanced statistical concepts and tools used to study the association between variables and systems of variables.
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POLC 6317 - Public Policy Capstone Credit Hours: 3.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: POLC 6314 , POLC 6315 , POLC 6316 , and/or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
The capstone course for the Master of Public Policy program. Places an emphasis on a collaborative group project that incorporates the knowledge and skills learned throughout the entire program curricula, including data fusion, data visualization, spatial statistical analysis, and linkages between visualization and statistical analysis.
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POLC 6320 - Policy Analysis II: Political Analysis Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
Introduction to analytical models of politics applied to such topics as collective action, majority rule, coalition formation, and the functioning of government.
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POLC 6330 - Philosophy and Public Policy I Credit Hours: 3.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
Evaluating value claims in policy with regard to political theory; normative, ethical, and political goals of policy; and applied ethics on issues of environment, punishment, inequality, gender, race, and research ethics.
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POLC 6331 - Philosophy and Public Policy II Credit Hours: 3.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
Philosophical and critical examination of the value commitments behind different policy proposals. Comparative study of conservative, liberal, and other policy proposals in areas such as education, health care, social security, and income support.
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POLC 6342 - Political Economy and Ethics of the Market Processes Credit Hours: 3.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
Explores the relation between citizens and market processes in basic market mechanism concepts, the role of government in market processes, and the ethics and morality in market processes.
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POLC 6352 - Quantitative Methods and Applications Credit Hours: 3.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
Overview of three quantitative tools for policy analysis: benefit-cost analysis, economic impact analysis, and analysis of government data sources. Benefit-cost analysis applies microeconomics to decisions about public projects. Economic impact analysis uses input-output models to analyze national and regional economies. Analysis of government data sources is an introduction to the use of Census and other data for the purposes of demographic analysis and economic forecasting.
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POLC 6360 - Institutions and Development Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
Policies to overcome poverty and inequality require political coalitions to sustain them. This course provides analytical frameworks from rational choice theory to historical institutionalism to understand how variations in formal institutions (constitutions, regimes, and the state and informal institutions (religion, race/ethnicity and family ties originate, persist, and impact development and inequality.
Additional Fee: No
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POLC 6370 - Family Policy: Theory and Research Credit Hours: 3.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
This course provides a theoretical and empirical introduction to current research on the family. Students will be introduced to current philosophical debates about parental rights, children’s rights, and family justice, and explore in detail empirical research on the impact of different family policies, including paid parenting leaves, cash and tax subsidies for families with young children, flexible scheduling laws, and publicly-supported childcare, on children and parents.
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POLC 6371 - Rockwell Ethics and Leadership Center Seminar Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
This course will require that students attend at least six approved extracurricular events over the course of the semester (such as lectures, seminars, and experiential learning activities), write up critical analyses of them, meet with Rockwell Ethics and Leadership Center Seminar faculty and other students to discuss events and assigned readings, and write an independent research paper on some ethical topic.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: N
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POLC 6372 - Research Ethics Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
This course will provide an introduction to research ethics and address current issues in research ethics, research misconduct issues, and how ethics are used for policy development and research design. It will address topics relevant to researchers in diverse fields, including engineering and the biological and social sciences.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: N
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POLC 6373 - Philosophy for Public Policy Students Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
With the consent of the instructor, students may enroll in one of the following Philosophy undergraduate classes and do extra, graduate level assignments as determined by the instructor: PHIL 3351/6351 Contemporary Moral Issues; PHIL 3354/6354 Medical Ethics; PHIL 3358/6358 Classics in History of Ethics; PHIL 3375/6375 Law, Society, and Morality.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: N
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POLC 6380 - Political Economy of Trade and Finance Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
This course offers an introductory survey to positive political economy analysis, using applications to policymaking in international trade and finance. The study of the design, adoption, and implementation of policies aimed at regulating the flow of goods and services, and the flow of financial capital requires an analytical framework for understanding the main issues involved in aggregating individual preferences into group choices.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: N
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POLC 6391 - Public Policy Internship Credit Hours: 3.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 0.0 Lab Contact Hours: 3.0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
Work experience in selected private industry, nonprofit, federal, state, and local government offices under faculty and field representative direction and supervision.
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POLC 6397 - Selected Topics in Public Policy Credit Hours: 3.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
Selected topics in public policy.
Note: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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POLC 6398 - Special Problems Credit Hours: 3.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
Independent graduate-level study focused on special research project.
Note: May be repeated for credit.
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POLC 6399 - Thesis Credit Hours: 3.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of graduate faculty advisor.
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Secondary Education |
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SEDE 6301 - Trds and Mtds/Sec Soc Sci Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 9
Field-based course that introduces placement of content, coordination with other subjects, and integrated activities; materials and methods of instruction.
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SEDE 7335 - Literature for Adolescents Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly/Same as: SEDE 6335 Literature for Adolescents
Prerequisite: None.
Emphasis upon selection, criteria for evaluation, and guidance of reading interests for 12- to 16-year-olds.
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SEDE 7340 - Reading in Middle and Secondary Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Formerly/Same as: SEDE 6340 Reading in Middle and Secondary Schools
Prerequisite: None
Examines research methods and content-area strategies for reading instruction in the middle and secondary schools.
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Social Work |
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SOCW 6201 - Foundations of the Social Work Profession Credit Hours: 2.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Admission to GCSW
History, mission, values and ethics of the social work profession.
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SOCW 6202 - Social Work Practice Credit Hours: 2.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Admission to GCSW
Fundamentals of social work practice skills from micro to macro.
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SOCW 6203 - Social Welfare Policies and Services Credit Hours: 2.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Admission to GCSW
Historical and current social welfare policies; implications for social service delivery.
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SOCW 6204 - HBSE: Social Work Perspectives Credit Hours: 2.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Admission to GCSW
Human behavior theory in the context of social environment, including how race/ethnicity, gender and other variable impact optimal functioning.
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SOCW 6293 - Field Practicum I - Foundation Credit Hours: 2
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisite: Admission to the GCSW.
Supervised foundation field practicum in an approved agency; requires a minimum of 200 clock hours.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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SOCW 6294 - Field Practicum II Credit Hours: 2
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 2
Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation Field Practicum I.
Supervised field practicum in an approved agency; requires a minimum of 200 clock hours.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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SOCW 6304 - Women’s Issues Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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.
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SOCW 6305 - Social Work Research Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Admission to the GCSW.
This foundation course develops knowledge and skills to foster students’ understanding of research as an integral tool to inform practice that promotes social, racial, economic and political justice.
Additional Fee: Yes
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SOCW 6306 - Social Work Practice Skills Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Admission to GCSW.
This foundation course provides opportunities to acquire and develop knowledge and skills for generalist social work practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities across various settings.
Additional Fee: Yes
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SOCW 6307 - Social Work Policy in the Social Environment Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Admission to the GCSW.
This foundation course develops knowledge and skills to examine the social, political, historical, and economic contexts impacting social welfare policy.
Additional Fee: No Fee Type N
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SOCW 6308 - Human Diversity and Human Development Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Admission to the GCSW.
This foundation course explores human behavior and development theories in the context of the social environment, including how age, race/ethnicity, gender, and other variables impact behavior and development.
Additional Fee: No Fee Type N
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SOCW 6354 - Managing Human Services Orgs Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the foundation curriculum, or consent of instructor.
Theories, skills, and methods for effective planning and managing in human services organizations.
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SOCW 6392 - Field Practicum Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: consent of adviser.
Supervised field experience in an approved social work setting.
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SOCW 7191 - Field Practicum Elective I Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: SOCW 6293 , SOCW 6294 or advisor approval.
Elective field practicum (120 clock hours) in an approved affiliated agency.
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SOCW 7198 - Special Problems Credit Hours: 1.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: 31 hours in social work, consent of instructor, and advisor’s approval.
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SOCW 7290 - Adv Practicum II in Pol Sw Credit Hours: 2.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: consent of advisor.
Supervised field experiences in an approved political social work setting.
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SOCW 7297 - Selected Topics in Social Work Credit Hours: 2.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Topics will vary; may be taken more than once.
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SOCW 7301 - Confronting Oppression and Injustice Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of MSW foundation.
Theories and practice models related to social, economic, and political injustice with attention to persons and groups affected by oppression.
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SOCW 7302 - Social Work in Health Care Settings Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of social work foundation.
This course provides an introduction to the diverse roles, responsibilities, knowledge, and skills of social workers in health care settings.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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SOCW 7303 - Child Abuse and Neglect Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
Critical analysis of the etiologies, effects, clinical assessment and treatment strategies of child abuse and neglect.
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SOCW 7304 - Brief Targeted Interventions: Brief Dynamic & Solution Focused Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of MSW Foundation.
Provides theoretical content to gain knowledge and develop advanced clinical skills in the application of Brief Dynamic Theory and Solution-Focused Therapy.
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SOCW 7305 - Evaluation of SW Practice Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
Quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze clinical, administrative, program, and policy data for practice evaluation.
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SOCW 7306 - Building Financial Capacity with Vulnerable Populations Credit Hours: 3.00
Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0 Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of MSW foundation.
This course builds students’ professional capacity to work with individuals, families, communities, financial institutions, and policymakers to improve the financial capability of vulnerable low and moderate income populations.
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SOCW 7308 - Self-Examination of Life Foundations Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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.
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SOCW 7309 - Contemporary Issues in Mental Health Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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.
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SOCW 7310 - Program Planning & Evaluation Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation.
Quantitative and qualitative methods to conduct program planning and evaluation; techniques in developing, monitoring and evaluating social service programs.
Repeatability: N
Additional Fee: Y Fee Type Y
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SOCW 7310 - Program Planning and Evaluation Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of social work foundation.
Conducting program planning and evaluation; techniques in developing, monitoring and evaluating social service programs.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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SOCW 7313 - Global Social Work: Women and Human Rights Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation.
Focuses on human rights and social justice issues affecting women in selected global regions. Items to be examined may include 1) female global workers such as migrant domestic workers, 2) acid attacks on women, 3) girl child marriage, and 4) honor killings of women, but are subject to change. The history/ development of these issues, policy instruments to address these issues, current practice and policy solutions, as well as future possibilities for resolution, will be explored.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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SOCW 7314 - Historical/Social Policy Res Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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.
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SOCW 7315 - Substance Abuse & Pharmacology Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of MSW foundation.
Examines the biological and behavioral mechanisms of substance use, abuse, and dependence.
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SOCW 7316 - Clinical Social Work Practice with Latinos Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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.
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SOCW 7318 - Cognitive Behavioral Interventions: Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive-Behavioral Theory Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Foundation.
Provides theoretical content to gain knowledge and develop advanced clinical skills in the application of Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive-Behavioral Theory
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SOCW 7319 - Social Work Practice in Organizations Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of social work foundation.
Develop knowledge and skills necessary for effective social work practice in organizations.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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SOCW 7320 - Empowerment Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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.
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SOCW 7321 - Multi-Cultural Practice Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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.
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SOCW 7323 - Organizatnl Behavior & Change Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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.
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SOCW 7324 - Clinical Applications of DSM in Social Work Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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.
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SOCW 7325 - Assessment in Social Work Practice Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
Knowledge and skills for assessment of clients at the individual, group, family, organizational and community levels.
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SOCW 7326 - Disparities in Health in America: Working Toward Social Justice Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
Presents a comprehensive bio- psychosocial approach for understanding and addressing health disparities in America.
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SOCW 7329 - Social Work Practice for Policy Change Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of social work foundation.
Provides an understanding of political systems and teaches the skills to affect policy in the legislative as well as administrative arenas.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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SOCW 7330 - Fiscal Managmnt&Budgtng Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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.
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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 - Social Work Leadership Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of social work foundation.
Develop knowledge and skills for social work leadership.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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SOCW 7335 - Social Work Practice in Communities Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation.
Building knowledge and skills for social work practice with communities.
Repeatability: No
Additional Fee: Y
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SOCW 7336 - Issues in Aging Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: SOCW 6323 and 31 hours in social work or consent of instructor.
Interdisciplinary focus on normal aging, and the biological, psychological, and sociological explanations of aging. Theoretically oriented with attention given to implications for social work intervention with older adults.
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SOCW 7339 - Professional Grant Writing for Social Work Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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.
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SOCW 7340 - Clinical Practice with Child Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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.
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SOCW 7344 - Family Violence Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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.
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SOCW 7347 - Social Work Practice & Interventions in Schools Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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.
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SOCW 7350 - Minority Males in TX Criminal Justice System Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
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.
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SOCW 7352 - Social Work with Latino Immigrants Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
Knowledge and skills for social work and advocacy with Latino and other immigrants.
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SOCW 7354 - Spirituality and Aging Credit Hours: 3.0
Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
Prerequisite: Successful completion of foundation curriculum or consent of instructor.
Theories, skills and methods for effective planning and managing in human service organizations.
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