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Social
Work Program
George
C. Stonikinis, Jr., Area Coordinator
Darlene
Smith, Secretary
The
specific aims of the Social Work Program are: (1) to provide students with
opportunities to obtain knowledge, attitudes and skills appropriate for social
work practice utilizing the “generalist - based perspective” at the
baccalaureate level, and (2) to offer a background preparation for students
intending to enter a graduate professional school of social work, law school, or
related graduate program of study.
The Social Work Program’s curriculum is designed to help students
develop generalist-based practice skills for professional activity with diverse
populations of individuals, small groups, families, organizations and/or
communities in order to enhance social functioning and create social contexts
favorable for their maximum participation and self-direction. Program courses
and two agency-based field instruction opportunities are systematically
organized in order to produce professional social work graduates who are able
to:
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Apply
critical thinking skills
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Practice
utilizing the values and ethical base of the social work profession
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Identify,
apply, and respect the positive value of diverse populations
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Actively
demonstrate the professional use of self
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Understand
the forms, mechanisms, and impact of oppression and discrimination
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Identify
and apply interventive change strategies to advance social and economic
justice
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Understand
the history of the profession of social work
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Analyze
and explain the contemporary structure of the profession and its major
issues
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Demonstrate
generalist social work knowledge and skills in direct practice with micro,
mezzo, and macro level systems
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Apply
knowledge of bio-psycho-social variables that affect individual
development and behavior
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Utilize
and analyze diverse theoretical frameworks in the understanding,
assessment, and direction of intervention with individuals and between
individuals and social systems to include families, groups, organizations,
and communities
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Analyze
social policy and policy processes and determine impact on client systems,
workers, and agencies
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Conduct
and/or evaluate research studies (both qualitative and quantitative) and
apply findings to the direction of practice
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Assess
and apply, under supervision, an evaluation of their own professional
practice interventions and those of other relevant systems
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Apply
communication skills in diverse contexts differentially with client
systems, colleagues, and members of the community
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Utilize
social work supervision appropriate to direct generalist practice and
continued personal professional development
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Function
and practice within the structure of organizations and service delivery
systems and, under supervision, seek necessary organizational change
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SOCIAL
WORK PROGRAM
Faculty
Edna
V. Allen, Ph.D., Associate
Professor of Social Work
Theresa
A. Clark, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of
Social Work
George
C. Stonikinis, Jr., M.S.W., Associate
Professor and Area Coordinator
Sarah
V. Young, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work
The
Program in Social Work provides an undergraduate course of study of unique and
personalized instruction accredited by the Council on Social Work Education,
leading to the Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts in Social Work. The
curriculum prepares graduates for first-level professional social work practice
as practitioners utilizing the generalist perspective base. Program graduates
frequently pursue advanced study in graduate schools and may be eligible for
admission into advanced standing one-year M.S.W. degree programs. They may
utilize their professional credentials for careers in the expanding
opportunities for first-level, generalist-based, professional practitioners
according to the standards of the National Association of Social Workers in such
areas as:
| Case Management
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Parenting Education
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| Community Mental Health
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Health Care
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| Disaster Relief
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Family Planning
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| Employee Assistance Programming
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Hospital Social Work
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| Rural Social Work
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School Social Work
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| Veterans Services
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Crisis
Intervention
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| Adoption
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Geriatric Services
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| Child Protective Services
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Home
Health Care
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| Child Welfare
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Hospice Care
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| Domestic Violence
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Addiction Treatment
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| Foster Care
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Criminal & Youth Court Services
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| Family Preservation
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Policy Advocacy
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| Homelessness
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International Social Work
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The
faculty of the Social Work Program, reflecting the generalist orientation, focus
on each student’s personal and professional growth and development.
Specifically, the Program faculty members individualize much of the student’s
education and actual agency-based instruction as they assist each student to
develop a professional knowledge, skill and attitude base through strategically
placed personalized evaluations and discussions of their education and process
of professional emergence.
Junior Field Instruction consists of an agency placement or field
practicum concurrent with integrative course work and involves 180 hours of
instruction in a field setting. A grade point average of 2.25 both in the major
and overall is required for placement in a field instruction setting. Students
transferring into the program later in their academic pursuits are provided with
the accelerated 9 1/2-week summer program. Senior Field Instruction usually
occurs during the last semester and consists of 600 hours (15 weeks, 40 hours
per week) of field instruction in an agency setting. Only those students who are
social work degree candidates may be admitted to the field practicum
experiences. Enrollment in social work practice
courses (SOWK 335, 336, 415, and 427) is restricted to social work majors
only! Practicum experiences are readily available throughout the state, and many
students choose to live at home during this experience, thus saving money and
greatly enhancing their professional career entry. The Social Work Program, in
compliance with CSWE accreditation standards, grants no academic credit for life
experience and/or previous work experience in lieu of the field practicum or in
lieu of courses in the professional foundation content areas.
SOCIAL
WORK MAJOR, B.A., B.S. DEGREE
A.
General Education Core Requirement. 33 credits.
See General Education Requirements
B.
Additional Requirements for B.A. Degree. 9 credits.
Additional Requirements for B.S. Degree. 10 credits.
See Additional
Degree Requirements
C.
Major Requirements. 69 credits.
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SOWK 101
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Introduction
to Human Services/3 credits
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SOWK 102
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Social Welfare and the Social Work Profession/3 credits
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SOWK 240
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Social Policy and Issues in Social Welfare/3 credits
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SOWK 280
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Human Behavior and the Social Environment I/3 credits
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SOWK 281
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Human Behavior and the Social Environment II/3 credits
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SOWK 310
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Minority Experiences: Human
Devleopment in Hostile Environments/3 credits
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SOWK 320
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Social Work Research and Evaluation Design/3 credits
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SOWK 335
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Junior Interventive Means Lab/1 credit
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SOWK 336
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Interventive Means in Social Work/3 credits
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SOWK 340
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Junior Field Integration/1 credit
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SOWK 392
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Junior Internship in Social Work/5 credits
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SOWK 401
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Senior Field Integration/2 credits
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SOWK 404
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Social Welfare Administration/1 credit
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SOWK 405
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Working with Special Populations/3 credits
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SOWK 407
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Law and the Social Worker/1 credit
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SOWK 408
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Jobs, Work, and Career Planning/2 credits
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SOWK 415
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Inter-professional
Communication: Techniques for the Survival of Interventive Strategies/3 credits
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SOWK 427
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Advanced Interventive Means/3 credits
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SOWK 492
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Senior Internship in Social Work/12 credits
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Social Work Electives/11 credits
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69 credits
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D.
General Electives for B.A. Degree. 9 credits
General Electives for B.S. Degree. 8 credits
E.
Total Credits Required for B.A. or B.S. in Social Work -
120 credits
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