Social Work, BSW

A study of intimate relationships, marriage, family and contributing support systems. Includes historical overview and contemporary presentations. Emphasis is placed on multifactor understanding of relational/family health. Combines theoretical perspectives from sociology, psychology, anthropology and theology. Parenting, financial pressures, intra-family communication and family formation are examined. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 112, or PSYC 101. (Offered spring semester.)

Develops student awareness of practice contexts where social workers may be employed, including schools, military, corrections, hospital, mental health, addictions, and other settings. Prerequisite: SCWK 205. (Offered spring semester every third year.)

Historical, biological, sociological, cultural, and psychological impacts on gender issues, both male and female. Significant emphasis on the effects on the individual, family, workplace, community, and society. Breaking stereotypes and barriers. Prerequisite SOCI 101. Meets the general education global foundations course.

This course will cover basic skills of working with individuals who require interventions because of a mental health diagnosis. Students will become familiar with mental health diagnoses as they exist in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), published by the American Psychiatric Association; issues regarding clients who are prescribed psychotropic medications to treat those diagnoses; and roles of social workers and counselors in providing services to those clients and their families. Cross-listed with PSYC 340. Prerequisite: PSYC 101 or SCWK 205.

A course designed to investigate delinquency, including juvenile deviancy and juvenile crime. Applicable theories and models of delinquency will be investigated, as will social construction of delinquency. The course is appropriate for students focusing on criminal justice generally, as well as social work. Professional implications will also be examined. Cross listed with CRJS 351. Prerequisite: PSYC 101 or SOCI 101.

This course introduces the student to the basic services available under the auspices of child welfare. The major emphasis is on services as offered within the United States; however, brief attention is given to a comparison with other countries. A historical overview of the field is also provided. Prerequisite: SCWK 205. (Offered spring semester of odd calendar years.)

Course content focuses upon basic concepts and operations in descriptive and inferential statistics. The areas of study will include measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability, correlation and regression analysis, parametric (t-tests and ANOVA) and non-parametric (chi-square) tests of significance. A basic introduction to Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software is provided. Cross listed with SCWK 202. Meets the general education quantitative reasoning requirement.

Course content focuses upon basic concepts and operations in descriptive and inferential statistics. The areas of study will include measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability, correlation and regression analysis, parametric (t-tests and ANOVA) and non-parametric (chi-square) tests of significance. A basic introduction to Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software is provided. Cross listed with PSYC 202. Meets the general education quantitative reasoning requirement. (Offered every semester.)