Jun 25, 2024  
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Courses


 

Supply Chain Management

  
  • SCM 7350 - Strategic Supply Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and SCM 6301 or SCM 6A01 .

    Current issues, opportunities, strategies, techniques and developments in purchasing and supply management. Topics include: structuring purchasing organizations, make-or-buy decisions, global sourcing, supplier selection, contracting, negotiation, and legal and ethical issues.
  
  • SCM 7361 - Operations Management in Service Sector

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and SCM 6301 .

    Problems and real-world applications of operations management in service oriented industries, such as hospitals, banks, utilities, insurance, and other public systems.
  
  • SCM 7362 - Logistics Management and Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and approval of chair.

    Logistics, its economic base, and components.
  
  • SCM 7363 - Manufacturing Control Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and SCM 6301 

    A critical examination of current management methods and practices in the control of manufacturing operations.
  
  • SCM 7364 - Introduction To Total Quality Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and SCM 6301 .

    Problems and real-world applications of operations management in service oriented industries, such as hospitals, banks, utilities, insurance, and other public systems.
  
  • SCM 7365 - Advanced Manufacturing and Distribution Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and SCM 6301 .

    An examination of emerging technology in computer-assisted manufacturing, including automation, robotics, computer-aided design, and integrated scheduling systems.
  
  • SCM 7366 - Distribution Problems and Logistics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and approval of chair.

    Relation of distribution to elements of the production-cycle; definitions; problems and cases.
  
  • SCM 7367 - Product Design Planning and Development Methodology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and approval of chair.

    Study of the structure of the decision sequence in the design, planning, and development of a product.
  
  • SCM 7368 - Materials Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and SCM 6301 .

    Theory, techniques, and applications in the definition and solution to problems in materials management.
  
  • SCM 7369 - Cases in Operations Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and SCM 6301 or approval of chair.

    Practical applications and limitations of analytical techniques in operations management, methods of improving the level of acceptance by management.
  
  • SCM 7377 - Project Operations

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and SCM 6301 .

    An indepth analysis of methodologies for project scheduling and management.
  
  • SCM 7380 - Enterprise Operations and Business Intelligence

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing, SCM 6A01 or SCM 6301 , or approval of instructor.

    Application of enterprise resource planning systems to execute supply chain business processes and the payment-to-cash cycle. Business intelligence applications include dashboards, behavior modeling, and predictive analytics.
  
  • SCM 7383 - Advanced Quality Conrol

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and SCM 7364 .

    Advanced study of quality control including economic issues in sampling and inspection, instrument calibration and reliability, Chi Square charts, experimental design, control surfaces and multiple regression analysis of process data.
  
  • SCM 7384 - Operations Managemen Internship

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and SCM 6301 .

    A practicum in operations management.
  
  • SCM 7385 - International Operations Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and SCM 6301 .

    Management of global operations of both manufacturing and service industries.
  
  • SCM 7388 - Production and Logistics Management for Small Business

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and SCM 6301 .

    Application of production and logistics management principles for small businesses.
  
  • SCM 7390 - Global Supply Chain Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing, or equivalent.

    Study of key issues associated with the strategic planning and tactical operations of global supply chains.  Develops detailed knowledge of strategic issues involved in managing a global supply chain and how supply chain functions are integrated.
  
  • SCM 7397 - Selected Topics in Supply Chain Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and approval of chair

    May be repeated when topics vary.

  
  • SCM 8341 - Seminar in Manufacturing Mgt

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing and approval of chair.

    A survey of current research in manufacturing and distribution, covering topics such as facilities location and layout, project management, manufacturing resource planning, and distribution requirements planning.
  
  • SCM 8342 - Adv. Research in Operatn Mgmt

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing, SCM 6301 and approval of chair.

    Current issues and trends in operations management research.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • SCM 8343 - Adv. Seminar in Operation Mgt

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing, DISC 6301 , and approval of chair.

    Application of analytical techniques to problems of production planning, scheduling, forecasting, and inventory control.
  
  • SCM 8344 - Adv. Rsch Aggregate Planning

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing, DISC 6301 , or approval of chair.

    Current issues and trends in aggregate output planning research, including problem definition and structure, heuristic and optimizing models, and applications in nonmanufacturing situations.
  
  • SCM 8345 - Advanced Topics in Design and Planning

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing, SCM 7367 , or approval of chair.

    Study and research into the decision structure for systems development.
  
  • SCM 8346 - Systems Design for Oper. Mgt

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing, SCM 6301 , and approval of chair.

    Applications of advanced techniques to problems in the management and control of dynamic operational systems.
  
  • SCM 8395 - Teaching Practicum

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and approval of instructor.

    Supervised practice in the teaching of supply chain management.
  
  • SCM 8396 - Research Practicum

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and approval of instructor.

    Supervised research in supply chain management.
  
  • SCM 8397 - Selected Topics in Supply Chain Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and approval of chair

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary

  
  • SCM 8398 - Special Problems in Supply Chain Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing and approval of instructor and chair

  
  • SCM 8399 - Doctoral Dissertation in SCM

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate Standing

  
  • SCM 8699 - Doctoral Dissertation in Supply Chain Management

    Credit Hours: 6.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing

  
  • SCM 8999 - Doctoral Dissertation in Supply Chain Management

    Credit Hours: 9.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing


Secondary Education

  
  • 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.
  
  • SEDE 6324 - Science Instruction in the Secondary School

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Methods, materials, and laboratory experiences for science instruction in the secondary school.
  
  • 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.
  
  • 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.

Speech Communication

  
  • SPCM 6399 - Masters Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • SPCM 7399 - Masters Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0

Sociology

  
  • SOC 6199 - Thesis

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • SOC 6300 - Sem-Sociological Theory

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: SOC 3300 or equivalent.

    Required of all M.A. candidates. Focus is upon theory construction and the analysis of central concepts of sociology, their historical development, and current application from a diversity of sociological paradigms.
  
  • SOC 6302 - Proseminar

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate status in sociology or consent of instructor.

    Required of all M.A. candidates. Focusing on current issues and controversies in the social sciences in both theoretical and applied areas.
  
  • SOC 6304 - Social Statistics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: sociology graduate status or consent of instructor.

    Required of all M.A. candidates. Statistical procedures in social sciences; descriptive and inferential statistics. Introduction to multiple regression.
  
  • SOC 6306 - Sem in Quant Methods

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor or SOC 6304 or its equivalent.

    Required of all M.A. candidates. Methods of gathering sociological data, with emphasis on sample surveys: operationalization of theoretical variables (reliability and validity), research design, measurement; evaluation and policy research.
  
  • SOC 6311 - Qualitative Soc Methods

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate status in sociology or consent of instructor.

    (Required of all M.A. candidates.) Experience in participant-observation, interviewing, urban ethnography, and other field-research skills, with emphasis on computer applications.
  
  • SOC 6312 - Sem Work & Occupations

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate status in sociology or consent of instructor.

    Labor force trends, analysis of occupational structure and occupational groups, occupational socialization, careers, subjective responses to work, work and family.
  
  • SOC 6321 - Sem in Sociology of Culture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate status in sociology or consent of instructor.

    Analysis of culture as the source of social meanings; the relationship between culture and key social institutions, including the family, the economy, and medicine.
  
  • SOC 6325 - Seminar in Race and Ethnic Relations

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Approval of graduate advisor, graduate or Postbaccalaureate status.

    An examination of the social and cultural processes that produce, reinforce, or alter racial and ethnic categories and systems of stratification.
  
  • SOC 6330 - Sem Social Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: approval of graduate advisor, graduate or Postbaccalaureate status.

    Emphasis on the imposition of social structure upon the individual and the group. Diverse theoretical orientations are adopted and applied to research data.
  
  • SOC 6341 - Sem in Formal Organizations

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate status in sociology or consent of instructor.

    Focuses on concepts and methods in the study of formal organizations including authority structures, communication systems, worker commitment, interorganizational linkages, impact of technology, and multiorganizational settings in the delivery of services.
  
  • SOC 6350 - Sociology of the Body

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing or approval of the graduate advisor.

    Examination of key theoretical perspectives, including social constructivist interpretations, on the social body; assessment of the empirical literature, including research on body work, embodied resistance, and medicalization.
  
  • SOC 6351 - Seminar in Social Stratification and Mobility

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: approval of graduate advisor, graduate or Postbaccalaureate status.

    In-depth analysis of stratification theories and issues. Topics include characteristics of social classes; social mobility, policies, and class; and classes in comparative perspective.
  
  • SOC 6352 - Seminar in Population

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: approval of graduate advisor, graduate or Postbaccalaureate status.

    Analysis of basic processes affecting population characteristics. Topics include fertility, migration, mobility, and population characteristics of developed and underdeveloped countries.
  
  • SOC 6360 - Soc of Urban Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing.

    Issues confronting urban public schools, including desegregation, student achievement, teacher morale, and drop-out and turnover behaviors.
  
  • SOC 6363 - Seminar in Sociology of Deviance

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate standing or approval of graduate advisor.

    Review and critique of current theoretical explanations and significant empirical research on deviance.
  
  • SOC 6371 - Seminar in the Family

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: approval of graduate advisor, graduate or Postbaccalaureate status.

    Current theory and research in marriage and family; cross-cultural perspective on family variation and change; contemporary issues in marriage and family relations.
  
  • SOC 6375 - Seminar in Sociology of Law

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Approval of graduate advisor, graduate or Postbaccalaureate status.

    Examination of social factors affecting the law, legal institutions, and legal actors. Applies socioloegal theories toward understanding how the law is created, legal functions, and how individuals understand the law.
  
  • SOC 6380 - Seminar in Medical Sociology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate status in sociology, psychology, anthropology, or social work, or consent of instructor.

    Social factors in the etiology, development, and response to illness and disease; emphasis on health and illness behavior and the nature of health care providers.
  
  • SOC 6385 - Seminar in Religion

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate status in Sociology or consent of instructor.

    Theory and research on the role of religion in contemporary societies, with emphasis on U.S. society.
  
  • SOC 6390 - Seminar in Sociology of Gender

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate status in sociology and approval of graduate advisor.

    Examination of the social and cultural structures and process that create, maintain and change gender strantification systems.
  
  • SOC 6391 - Seminar in Sexuality & Society

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Approval of graduate advisor, graduate or Postbaccalaureate status. Examination of social factors affecting human sexuality, including behaviors, identities, desires, and related inequalities.
  
  • SOC 6397 - Selected Topics in Sociology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: graduate status in sociology or the approval of graduate advisor.

    Topics to be announced each Seminarester.
    May be repeated for credit as topics change.

  
  • SOC 6398 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • SOC 6399 - Masters Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • SOC 7199 - Thesis

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • SOC 7395 - Internship in Sociology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: approval of graduate advisor, graduate standing in sociology. 12 graduate hours (including SOC 6300 and SOC 6305).

    Combines formal sociological training, theoretical and empirical, with action-oriented programs and agencies in the community; requires practical and research experience in a field placement.
  
  • SOC 7396 - Internship in Sociology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: approval of graduate advisor, graduate standing in sociology. 12 graduate hours (including SOC 6300 and SOC 6305).

    Combines formal sociological training, theoretical and empirical, with action-oriented programs and agencies in the community; requires practical and research experience in a field placement.
  
  • SOC 7399 - Masters Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0

Social Work

  
  • SOCW 6194 - Field Practicum I - Foundation

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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 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.
  
  • 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.
  
  • SOCW 6393 - Field Practicum II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: SOCW 6392 .

    Continuation of Field Practicum I.
  
  • SOCW 7191 - Field Practicum Elective I

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    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
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Prerequisites: 31 hours in social work, 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
    Prerequisite: consent of advisor.

    Supervised field experiences in an approved political social work setting.
  
  • SOCW 7291 - Field Practicum Elective II

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    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
    Prerequisite: consent of advisor.

    Supervised field experiences in an approved mental health setting.
  
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  
  • SOCW 7304 - Transtheoretical: Brief Targeted Interventions

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    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 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.
  
  • SOCW 7307 - Law and Social Work

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    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
    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 - 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.
  
  • SOCW 7310 - Soc Service Program Evaluation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    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-Systems Research

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    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
    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 & 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.
  
  • 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.
  
  • SOCW 7317 - Professional Self-Care and Social Work

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    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: Cognitive Behavioral Interventions

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    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 Practice in Social Work

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    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
    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 - 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.
  
  • SOCW 7322 - Feminist Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    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.
 

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