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Advanced Curriculum

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CLINICAL CONCENTRATION

(Elect 2) 801; 802; 803; 804
801

Clinical Social Work with Older Adults (3)
Updated 12/13/11
802 Clinical Social Work with Adults (3)
Updated 8/2/11
803

Clinical Social Work with Adolescents & Young Adults (3)
Updated 1/3/12
804 Clinical Social Work with Children (3)
Updated 8/25/11
(Elect 1) 821; 822
821

Clinical Social Work with Families: Tradional Models (3)
Updated 12/20/11
822

Clinical Social Work with Families: Strengths-Based Model (3)
Updated 12/15/11
(Elect 1) 723; 724; 725
723

Psychodynamic Theory & Social Functioning (3)
Updated 1/5/12
724 Cognitive/Behavioral Theory & Social Functioning (3)
Updated 1/5/12
725

Transpersonal Theory and Social Functioning (3)
Updated 12/20/11
Required courses: 740, 756, 871/872 or 877/878 (Health Specialization only):
740

Ethical Issues in Contempory Social Work (3)
Updated 12/13/11
756

Evaluation of Social Work Practice (3)
Updated 4/12/12
871, 872

Advanced Field Education & Integrative Seminar I & II: Clinical
Updated 12/5/11
877, 878 (Health Specialization students only)

Advanced Field Education & Integrative Seminar I & II: Health (3)

Updated 12/5/11

COMBINED CONCENTRATION
(Elect 1) 801; 802; 803; 804
801

Clinical Social Work with Older Adults (3)
Updated 12/13/11
802 Clinical Social Work with Adults (3)
Updated 8/2/11
803

Clinical Social Work with Adolescents & Young Adults (3)
Updated 1/3/12
804

Clinical Social Work with Children (3)
Updated 8/25/11
(Elect 1) 821; 822
821

Clinical Social Work with Families: Traditional Models (3)
Updated 12/20/11
822

Clinical Social Work with Families: Strengths-Based Model (3)
Updated 12/15/11
(Elect 2) 831; 832; 833; 835; 886
831

Advanced Policy Analysis (3)
Updated 12/21/11
 
832

Management of Non-Profit Organizations: A Case Study Approach (3)
Updated 12/7/11
833 Social Planning (3) Updated 8/8/11
835

Community Organizing (3) Updated 8/2/11
886 Issues In International Social Development (3) Updated 12/22/11
(Elect 1) 723; 724; 725
723

Psychodynamic Theory & Social Functioning (3)
Updated 1/5/12
724

Cognitive/Behavioral Theory & Social Functioning (3)
Updated 1/5/12
725

Transpersonal Theories (3)
Updated 12/20/11
(Elect 1) 880; 884; 885; 946
880 Organizational Theories And Change (3) Updated 8/2/11
884

Seminar in Political & Econ Concepts (3)
885 Theories of Administration (3) Updated 12/14/11
946 Theories of Social Justicice (3) Updated 9/20/07
Required courses: (740; 756 OR 757; 873, 874)
740

Ethical Issues in Contempory Social Work (3)
Updated 12/13/11
756

Evaluation of Social Work Practice (3)
Updated 4/12/12
757

Evaluation of Social Work Programs (3)
Updated 8/2/11
873, 874

Advanced Field Education & Integrative Seminar I & II: Combined
Updated 12/13/11

SOCIAL JUSTICE & SOCIAL CHANGE CONCENTRATION (SJSC)
831

Advanced Policy Analysis (3)
Updated 12/21/11
832

Management of Non-Profit Organizations: A Case Study Approach (3)
Updated 12/7/11
833

Social Planning (3) Updated 8/8/11
835

Community Organizing for Equitable Development (3)
Updated 8/2/11
740

Ethical Issues in Social Work (3)
Updated 12/13/11
757

Evaluation of Social Work Programs (3)
Updated 8/2/11
875 Advanced Field Education & Integrative Seminar: SJSC
Updated 8/10/11
876 Advanced Field Education & Integrative Seminar: SJSC
Updated 12/13/11
   
9 semester hours Elect 9 semester hours of free electives (see above info about electives)

 

Advanced Year Electives: Elect 6 semester hours of free electives (listed below). Students may also seek faculty advising regarding courses in other departments or at other universities, especially those that are part of the areawide Consortium of Universities
528

Human Sexuality (1)
Updated 8/2/11
537 Techniques For Shaping Positive Behavior In Children and Adolescents (1)  Updated 12/15/11
545 An Introduction to the DSM IV (1)
Updated 8/2/11
547 Issues and Strategies Serving Persons with Disabilities (1)
Updated 12/15/05
553 Basic Budgeting and Accounting for Social Workers
Updated 12/21/11
554 Homelessness: Individual and Social Concerns (1)
Updated 8/2/11
557

Catholic Social Thought and Contemporary Social Issues (3)
Updated 7/9/07

558

Principles and Practices of Fundraising
Updated 12/14/11
560  Drug Abuse: The Conflict Between Individual and Societal Rights
Updated 11/21/11
561  Drug Abuse: Treatment, Its Effectiveness, Policy and Politics
Updated 2/14/12
562 Drug Abuse: Current Policy Issues, Their Impact on Clients, and the National Debate
Updated 11/21/11
611

Child Welfare Services: Policy and Practice Issues (3)
Updated 12/7/11
653

Attachment Theory and Neurobiology: Implications for Social Work Practice and Policy (3)
Updated 12/15/11
654

Family Violence Across the Lifespan: Implications for Social Work Practice (3)
Updated 7/9/07
655 Social Work Responses to Trauma: Intersections of Policy, Community, and Clinical Practice
Updated 12/14/11
662 Death (3)
Updated 12/20/11
663 Treatment for Chemical Dependency (3)
Updated 8/16/11
665 Theory & Models for Use in Health Care (3)
Updated 8/24/11
668 Health Care Policy, Advocacy, and Decision Making (3)
Updated 12/12/11
731

Social Work with Couples (3)
Updated 8/16/11
732

Clinical Social Work with Groups (3)
Updated 7/16/09
733

Supervison and Consultation in Social Work (3)
Updated 1/14/08
761

Drug Abuse: Public Health and Public Policy Considerations (1)
Updated 1/5/11

  

830

Instrument Development, Measurement, and Use: The Theory and Practice (3) 
Updated 12/20/11

  
835

Community Organizing for Equitable Development (3)
Updated 8/2/11
880

Organizational Theory and Change
Updated 8/2/11

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