SWK 201 Interprofessional Approaches to Suicide Prevention (3)
New Course
Prerequisite(s): SOC 103 or PSY 103
Using readings and interactive case studies from health sciences, public health, law and psychology, the course addresses multi-level influences on suicide and its prevention. Topics covered include suicide prevention- related ethical issues, terminology, attitudes and social norms, vulnerable populations, risk/protective factors, and mental health services and public health approaches to suicide prevention.
SWK 205 Play Therapy (3)
New Course
Prerequisite(s): PSY 103 and SOC 103
This course provides an overview of Play Therapy. It will address the various types of play that children engage in and the various types of therapy that can be used for working with children. This course will look at both Directive and Non Directive therapy.
SWK 220 Introduction to Social Work (3)
Prerequisite(s): SOC 103
An overview of the profession of social work and human services in health, education and welfare institutions. Includes historical development, basic concepts, as well as current trends and issues in human service systems and the social work profession.
SWK 220S Serv Lrng:Intro Social Work (1) EXP
Concurrent requisite(s): SWK 220
Service Learning is an opportunity to engage in service to others while making academic connections to course material. This one credit hour course requires 30 hours of meaningful community service. Students will serve a community partner accomplishing projects relevant to the academic course to which the Service Learning credit is attached. Students will also be required to engage in different forms of reflection such as journaling, group guided reflection, and a one-on-one meeting with the course instructor. Students will develop a greater understanding of social problems, a sense of responsibility to our surrounding communities, and an increased awareness of their own faith and values.
SWK 223 Social Policies and Issues (3)
A problem-focused analysis of past and current social policies: income maintenance, family, educational, social service, environmental, and civil rights. Political analysis includes factors which influence policy development, policy implementation. Attention is given to local, state and federal policies.
SWK 223S Serv Lrng:Soc Pol/Iss (1) EXP
Concurrent requisite(s): SWK 223
Service Learning is an opportunity to engage in service to others while making academic connections to course material. This one credit hour course requires 30 hours of meaningful community service. Students will serve a community partner accomplishing projects relevant to the academic course to which the Service Learning credit is attached. Students will also be required to engage in different forms of reflection such as journaling, group guided reflection, and a one-on-one meeting with the course instructor. Students will develop a greater understanding of social problems, a sense of responsibility to our surrounding communities, and an increased awareness of their own faith and values.
SWK 226 Mental Health and Social Work (3)
New Course
Prerequisite(s): SWK 220 or SOC 103
This course offers an approach to addressing mental health issues, emphasizing the relevance of mental health. The student will be given the tools to be competent in the area of mental health case management, while exploring community systems in place for the mentally ill and the different populations affected by mental illness.
SWK 233 Ethics and Social Welfare (3)
Prerequisite(s): PSY 103, CRM 103 or SOC 103
This course examines ethical issues as they relate to social professions and provides an overview of legal and ethical aspects in the field of social work with implications for the social worker. Includes topics such as confidentiality, rights of clients, client records, equal protection for staff and clients, and discrimination. The National Association of Social Workers code of ethics and related codes are covered with an overview of ethical dimensions of practice. The course examines various social policies, mainly federal laws, that impact society and how they influence our ethical decision-making processes.
SWK 310 Crisis Intervention (3)
New Course
Prerequisite(s): PSY 103 or SOC 103
Provides beginning training for people who anticipate or are presently working with people in crisis situations.
SWK 313 Addiction: The Foundation I (3)
This course focuses on theories and fundamentals of addictive illnesses and addictions treatments. Topics will include addiction knowledge, treatment knowledge, professionalism, evaluation, service coordination, documentation, and individual and group counseling. Designed to meet the CDCA Phase I education requirements.
SWK 314 Addiction: The Foundation II (3)
Prerequisite(s): SWK 313
This course focuses on theories and fundamentals of Substance Use Disorders and treatments. Topics will include assessment and diagnosis, treatment planning, theories of addiction, psychopharmacology, group, and individual treatment strategies, and professional ethics for substance abuse counselors. This course exceeds the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professional Board (OCDP) requirements for the Chemical Dependency Counselor Assistant (COCA) Phase 2.
SWK 315 Addiction: Stopping Before It Starts (3)
Prerequisite(s): SOC 103, PSY 103, or CRM 103
This course examines various prevention and intervention strategies used with individual, taking into special consideration the impact diversity plays in selecting such strategies. Student will learn about models and theories used to describe prevention from a contemporary and historical view point and risk factors that influence an individual's probability of misuse of substances of psychoactive substances.
SWK 316 Addiction: Brain, Body, and Relationships (3)
Prerequisite(s): SOC 103, PSY 103, or CRM 103
This course examines the impact of drugs of abuse on the biological, psychological, and sociological areas of the consumer. This course will also explore pharmaceutical intervention to assist in the detoxification process and potential interactions between drugs of abuse and those that treat addiction, as well as mental and emotional disorder. Students will also learn how various relationships are directly impacted by the addiction process and indicators of dysfunction within those relationships.
SWK 317 Interdisciplinary Approach to Diversity and Social Justice (3)
Prerequisite(s): SOC 103, PSY 103, or CRM 103
This course builds on the generalist practice curriculum and serves as an introduction to diversity and social justice in the context of social work practice. The course aims to enhance cultural competence by raising students' awareness of their own values, assumptions, and biases, as well as their relationships and styles of interaction and communication with people from cultures different than their own. Competence is considered in dimensions of values, knowledge, skills, and cognitive and affective processes. This course will examine social justice issues through an interdisciplinary lens.
SWK 320 Race in America (3) IDS
Prerequisite(s): 48 or more Credit Hours Earned
History and Sciences Interdisciplinary Course. Students in this course will use an interdisciplinary approach to ask questions about the idea of "race" and examine how it functions in American life, drawing on perspectives from the biological and anthropological sciences, social and behavioral sciences, ethics, history and the arts.
SWK 322 Human Behavior and the Social Environment I (3)
Prerequisite(s): Nonsocial work majors: SOC 103 or PSY 103. Social work majors must also have completed SWK 220
This course is designed to provide the student with a descriptive overview of the theoretical and conceptual diversity framework that is used to understand the complexities of interactions of human behavior within the social environment from ages birth to adolescent. The course provides an in-depth description of the intervention approaches which impact the human condition and the dynamic developmental components that creates unique relationship and adaptations to their environment from ages birth through adolescence. The course will also describe the systems which create, shape, and influence the social structures, organizations and communities in which we live that impact children ages from ages birth to adolescence.
SWK 322H HON: Human Behavior and the Social Environment I (0)
Concurrent requisite(s): SWK 322
Course description as stated in SWK 322 (Honors Course)
SWK 323 Human Behavior and the Social Environment II (3)
Prerequisite(s): Nonsocial work majors: SOC 103 or PSY 103. Social work majors must also have completed SWK 220
This course is designed to provide the student with a descriptive overview of the theoretical and conceptual diversity framework that is used to understand the complexities of interactions of human behavior within the social environment from late adolescent to late adulthood. The course provides an in-depth description of the intervention approaches which impact the human condition and the dynamic developmental components that creates unique relationship and adaptations to their environment. The course will also describe the systems which create, shape, and influence the social structures, organizations and communities in which we live.
SWK 327 Interviewing and Assessment (3)
Prerequisite(s): SWK 220 & SWK 321 OR SWK 322 OR SWK 323; Junior Standing. For non social work majors: SOC 103 or PSY 103.
Assessment, relationship-building and problem-solving with individuals, groups and organizational systems with the emphasis on work with individuals. Students learn how to integrate knowledge and values of social work as they learn interviewing techniques and the skills of assessment, goal setting and intervention. Students are expected to participate in practice exercises and observational activities outside of class meeting time.
SWK 328 Group Approaches to Problem-solving
(3)
Prerequisite(s): Junior class standing
Intervention and planning with families, groups and community systems with the emphasis on working with families and groups. Students expand their mastery of the roles that social workers play as they develop skills in forming and leading groups, developing programs and teaching problem-solving skills. Students are expected to participate in practice exercises and observational activities outside of class meeting time.
SWK 328S Serv Lrng:Group App/Prob Solving (1) EXP
Concurrent requisite(s): SWK 328
Service Learning is an opportunity to engage in service to others while making academic connections to course material. This one credit hour course requires 30 hours of meaningful community service. Students will serve a community partner accomplishing projects relevant to the academic course to which the Service Learning credit is attached. Students will also be required to engage in different forms of reflection such as journaling, group guided reflection, and a one-on-one meeting with the course instructor. Students will develop a greater understanding of social problems, a sense of responsibility to our surrounding communities, and an increased awareness of their own faith and values.
SWK 329 Organizatn'l/Community Devel (3)
Prerequisite(s): Junior class standing
Emphasizes organizing and planning service delivery primarily at the macro level. Students develop skills in community needs assessment and action research in monitoring programs, as well as social action on behalf of client groups. Students are expected to participate in practice exercises and observational activities outside of class meeting time.
SWK 330 Fieldwork I & Seminar (5) EXP
Prerequisite(s): SWK 322, SWK 327, SWK 317, Admission to the Social Work program, and senior class standing
Corequisite(s): SWK 328
The student spends sixteen hours per week in a social agency (for a total of 224 hours during the semester) under the supervision of a worker in the agency serving as field instructor. The seminar is held to help students integrate theory with practice and to guide students to address pertinent ethical and policy issues.
SWK 332 Child Abuse (3)
Prerequisite(s): PSY 103 or SOC 103
Legal Studies, Psychology, Sociology and Social Work Interdisciplinary Course. An examination of the interrelationship between various types of abuse and neglect and its short-term and long-term impact on the lives of children. A review of the latest research on sexual abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse, and emotional neglect.
SWK 333 Elder Abuse (3) IDS
Prerequisite(s): PSY 103 or PSY 103H or SOC 103
Crosslisted GST 333. This course will explore the topic of elder abuse from multiple perspectives including the spiritual, psychological, legal, ethical, and health impact of abuse. The global, cultural, social, economic and political factors contributing to elder abuse, victim assistance and methods to prevent abuse will be discussed.
SWK 360 Case Management in the Helping Professions (3)
Prerequisite(s): for social work majors: SWK 327, for non-social work majors: SOC 103, PSY 103, or CRM 103
Catalog Description: This course is designed to provide the student with an introduction to concepts and skills for effective case management skill sets within the helping professions. This course will assist students in developing the skill associated with effective case management in social service settings. This course will provide students the opportunity to explore the current overview of the case management practice. Discussion topics include, but are not limited to: case management roles, case management components (intake, assessment, establishing goals, evaluation, and termination), interpersonal skills, record keeping and technical writing skills, working with special populations (addictions, mental health, health care, child welfare, geriatrics, etc.), crisis intervention, and termination.
SWK 370 Addictions (3) IDS
Prerequisite(s): PSY 103 or PSY 103H, SOC 103 and Junior Class Standing
This course will explore the process of dictions. Addiction represents an intemperate relationship with an activity that has adverse biological, social, and psychological consequences for the person engaging in the behaviors. The problem of addictions will be examined from the disciplinary perspectives of medicine, psychology, sociology, social work, and political science.
SWK 375 Social Research I (4)
Prerequisite(s): PSY 103 or PSY 103H, SOC 103, MTH 174 or MTH 175
Crosslisted SOC 375. An introduction to social research emphasizing ethics and the integration of basic and applied research designs. Observations, surveys and simple experiments are carried out in conjunction with descriptive and inferential statistical analysis.
SWK 377 Evaluation, Research and Grantsmanship (3)
Crosslisted SOC 377. An application of basic research methods and data collection learned in Social Research I to the evaluation of existing programs in social agencies, and the tasks and skills of grant writing to develop new programs and services. Students learn how to locate grant sources, integrate program evaluation into grant proposals and practice grant writing.
SWK 377S Serv Lrng:Eval,Res,Grants (1) EXP
Concurrent requisite(s): SWK 377
Service Learning is an opportunity to engage in service to others while making academic connections to course material. This one credit hour course requires 30 hours of meaningful community service. Students will serve a community partner accomplishing projects relevant to the academic course to which the Service Learning credit is attached. Students will also be required to engage in different forms of reflection such as journaling, group guided reflection, and a one-on-one meeting with the course instructor. Students will develop a greater understanding of social problems, a sense of responsibility to our surrounding communities, and an increased awareness of their own faith and values.
SWK 396 Co-Op:Parallel(PT) (1-3) EXP
Prerequisite(s): CED 220
A work related experience supervised by a faculty coordinator in collaboration with the cooperative education staff. Credit is awarded upon successful completion of the work experience, documentation of predetermined learning agreement and evaluation of work performance. Evaluation of work performed is on a pass/fail basis.
This course can be repeated for a maximum total of nine credits.
SWK 399 Independent Study (1-4)
The student fulfills the objectives of a learning contract under the supervision of a social work faculty member. Any topic which supplements or expands the student's knowledge of social work may be the focus for study. Requires approval of program director and Behavioral Sciences Department chairperson.
SWK 400 Senior Thesis (3)
New Course
Prerequisite(s): SOC/SWK 375, SOC/SWK 377
Independent projects which integrate the theory and research relevant to students' areas of specialization. Thesis projects demonstrate critical thinking skills and growth in students' areas of study.
SWK 405 Behavioral Sciences Capstone (3)
Prerequisite(s): 40 hours Core curriculum completed
A reflective, integrative experience for all majors from the Behavioral Sciences. Fulfills the university capstone requirement. Students will examine their undergraduate learning through reflection, discussion, and examination of a significant problem. Students will produce a paper and a poster presentation in which they will integrate the Baccalaureate Level Learning Outcomes with their majors and their life-long goals for learning and service.
SWK 432 Fieldwork II & Seminar (5) EXP
Prerequisite(s): SWK 323, SWK 328, SWK 330, and senior class standing
Corequisite(s): SWK 329
The student spends sixteen hours per week (or 224 hours during the semester) in a social agency under the supervision of an agency field instructor. Students take responsibility for service to clients applying the knowledge and intervention skills learned in the classroom. The seminar assists the student to integrate theory with practice, and guidance in the design and implementation of practice related research.
SWK 496 Co-Op:Alternatng(FT) (1-3) EXP
Prerequisite(s): CED 220
A work related experience supervised by a faculty coordinator in collaboration with the cooperative education staff. Credit is awarded upon successful completion of the work experience, documentation of predetermined learning agreement and evaluation of work performance. Evaluation of work performed is on a pass/fail basis.
This course can be repeated for a maximum total of nine credits.