Jun 26, 2024  
2014-2015 Graduate Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Courses


 

Social Work

  
  • SOCW 7295 - Adv Practicum II in Mntl Hlth

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(0-0); )
  
  • SOCW 7297 - Selected Topics in Social Work

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(2-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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 - Contextualized Strengths Based Practice in Social Work

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
    Analyzes and applies contextualized practice approach with a diverse range of client systems, from a multicultural strengths-based perspective.
  
  • SOCW 7305 - Evaluation of Social Work Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
    Quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze clinical, administrative, program, and policy data for practice evaluation.
  
  • SOCW 7307 - Social Work and the Law

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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 - Critical Issues in Mental Health Policy

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of MSW foundation.
    An analysis of the social, economic, and political issues that define mental health and substance abuse policy in Texas.
  
  • SOCW 7310 - Soc Service Program Evaluation

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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-System Research

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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 and Pharmacology

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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 Social Work Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of the MSW foundation.
    Critically analyzes and applies a transtheoretical framework with multiple practice theories that contribute to client change.
  
  • SOCW 7319 - Administrative Practices in Social Work

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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 - Multicultural Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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.
  
  • SOCW 7323 - Organizational Behavior and Change

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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.
  
  • SOCW 7324 - Clinical Applications of DSM in Social Work

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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.
  
  • SOCW 7325 - Assessment in Social Work Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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.
  
  • SOCW 7333 - Bioethics: Thry & Appl for SW

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
  
  • SOCW 7334 - Dynamics of Leadership in Social Work

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
  
  • SOCW 7338 - Community Empowerment with Elders of Color

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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.
  
  • SOCW 7340 - Clinical Practice with Children and Adolescents

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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.
  
  • SOCW 7342 - Practice Issues in Clinical Social Work

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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.
  
  • SOCW 7347 - Social Work Practice and Interventions in Schools

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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.
  
  • SOCW 7348 - Issues - Child and Family

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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.
  
  • SOCW 7351 - Supervision and Consultation in Social Work Organizations

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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 (; )
  
  • SOCW 7358 - Issues in Mental Health

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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 7369 - Volunteer Programs and Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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 7372 - SW and Global Justice Issues

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(0-0); )
  
  • SOCW 7381 - Field IV in Political SW

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(0-0); )
  
  • SOCW 7382 - Field III in Gerontologicl SW

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(0-0); )
  
  • SOCW 7384 - Field Practicum III

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(0-0); )
    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:(0-0); )
  
  • SOCW 7386 - Field III in Mental Health

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(0-0); )
  
  • SOCW 7387 - Field IV in Mental Health

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(0-0); )
  
  • SOCW 7388 - Field Practicum III - Leadership, Administration, Advocacy

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(0-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
    Topics will vary; may be taken more than once.
  
  • SOCW 7398 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor, and advisor’s approval.
  
  • SOCW 7399 - Research Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
  
  • SOCW 8115 - Integrative Colloquium

    Credit Hours: 1.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(1-1); )
    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:(1-0); )
    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:(1-0); )
    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:(0-0); )
    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 (; )
  
  • SOCW 8200 - Research Internship III

    Credit Hours: 2.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(2-0); )
    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:(2-0); )
    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:(0-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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:(3-0); )
    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 8317 - Clin Suprvsn & Consultation

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
  
  • SOCW 8320 - Multivariate Statistics I

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Graduate social science statistics course.
    Advanced statistical procedures, including multiple regression analysis, analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, and multivariate analysis of variance.
  
  • SOCW 8321 - Multivariate Statistics II

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: SOCW 8320 .
    Advanced statistical procedures, including discriminant analysis, loglinear, logistic regression, meta analysis, and path analysis.
  
  • SOCW 8322 - Quantitative Research Methods

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: SOCW 8320  or consent of instructor.
    Quantitative research methodologies and designs, including experimental, quasi-experimental, and single-systems designs.
  
  • SOCW 8323 - Qualitative Research Methods

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: SOCW 8320  or consent of instructor.
    Qualitative research methods, including theories, research designs, data collection methods, and analysis approaches. Emphasizes grounded theory, ethnography, participant-observation, field research, and document and content analysis.
  
  • SOCW 8324 - Biostatistics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or permission from the instructor.
    Conceptual understanding and application of biostatistics.
  
  • SOCW 8325 - Applied Multivariate Statistics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: SOCW 8397 : Biostatistics and doctoral standing or permission from the instructor.
    Emphasizes the use of the Statistics Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) in applied social work research.
  
  • SOCW 8326 - Advanced Multivariate Statistics

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: SOCW 8397 : Applied Multivariate Statistics and doctoral standing or permission from the instructor.
    Emphasizes advanced multivariate statistical procedures, including MANOVA, MANCOVA, discriminate analysis, logistic regression, and meta-analysis.
  
  • SOCW 8327 - Grant Writing

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or permission from the instructor.
    Prepares doctoral students for identifying, planning, collaborating, writing, budgeting, submitting, tracking, revising and managing grants.
  
  • SOCW 8330 - Philosophy of Science

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: doctoral standing.
    Epistemology for social work practice and education, and the nature, uses, and limitations of research. Distinctions between philosophy of science and a profession’s philosophy and particular value orientation are explored.
  
  • SOCW 8331 - Social Justice Theories and Research in Social Work

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: doctoral standing.
    Social change and social work scholarship. Contextualizes social work practice toward understanding social problems, processes, and solutions with emphasis on class, race, gender, and culture. Examines alternatives to traditional research.
  
  • SOCW 8332 - Theories of Social Work Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: doctoral standing.
    The historical and cultural context in which major theories of social work practice emerged, the philosophical and scientific tenets of those theories, and their current status in practice. Critically examines practice theories for their relevance to current and future social work practice.
  
  • SOCW 8333 - Social Science Theories

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: doctoral standing.
    Social science theories and the conceptual frameworks that undergird contemporary social work literature, or which hold strong potential for enhancing social work practice theory or social policy formulations that contribute to institutional change and social justice.
  
  • SOCW 8334 - Social Policy Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: doctoral standing.
    Examines the present state of knowledge-with particular reference to issues and problems-in social welfare policy. Designed to aid students to develop a research focus and to formulate research questions in social welfare policy. Also stressed are the skills to formulate policy hypotheses and disseminate the results of an empirical policy study.
  
  • SOCW 8335 - Teaching in Higher Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or permission from the instructor.
    Prepares doctoral students for teaching in higher education by applying theories in instructional design and analyzing and pedagogical perspectives and teaching issues relevant to curriculum development.
  
  • SOCW 8336 - Research Internship I

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (Lecture Contact Hours:(3-0); )
    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 8340 - Adv Qualitative Research Mthds

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
  
  • SOCW 8342 - Measurement in Social Work

    Credit Hours: 3.0 (; )
 

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