Exploration of a topic in social work, not covered by the standard curriculum, but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Preparation for beginning social work interventions. Theories of practice and rehearsal of problem solving and communication skills with individuals, families, and groups in client, target, and action systems.

Design, implementation, and evaluation of intervention strategies in social work practice. Intervention with individuals, families, and groups in the context of agencies, organizations and communities.

Introduction to theory and research on the roles of human-companion animal relationships in social work and biopsychosocial well-being. Additional work required of graduate students.

Historical antecedents of social welfare policy, programs. Social work values, roles. Structure and organization of public and voluntary strategies for achieving economic security, health, and mental health welfare goals. Cultural, racial, ethnic, gender diversity. Policy analysis frameworks.

Assessment of behavior of diverse individuals, groups, and social systems. Applying concepts from the biological, behavioral, and social sciences in identifying and understanding forms and causes of behavior.

Introduction to military culture and mental health practice with military service members, veterans, and their families. Classroom instruction on understanding military culture and providing clinically and culturally competent services. Additional work for graduate students.

Diversity, including race, gender, sexual orientation, and selected topics. Examines individual, group, and institutional identity formation. Theories of biopsychosocial development, reference group affiliation, social stratification, oppression, and institutional discrimination. Implications for social work practice.

Basic theory and skills of divorce mediation. Includes introduction to conflict resolution theory, divorce law, financial planning, custody issues, and marital and family dynamics related to divorce.

Overview of theory, research, and public policy concerning older adults and their families. Issues of relevance to aging families examined from multidisciplinary perspectives in the social and behavioral sciences. Extra work required of graduate students.

Intrinsic aging processes, changing needs, and characteristics of aging populations, and the impact of age related forces in American society, with special attention to aged groups disadvantaged by virtue of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and poverty. Additional work required of graduate students.

Overview of adult corrections. Criminal justice policies related to ethnicity, poverty, gender. Substance use, health and disability, and violence are explored within the context of correctional setting and offender populations. Applications to social work practice.

Design and execution of research in human service settings. Proposal development, creation of quantitative and qualitative instruments, coding of data, computer-based data analysis, and production of research reports.

Supervised practice experience to apply knowledge, social work principles, values, and methods and obtain increasing competence and skill for professional practice. No credit will be given for completion of only one semester of field work.

Supervised practice experience to apply knowledge, social work principles, values, and methods and obtain increasing competence and skill for professional practice. No credit will be given for completion of only one semester of field work.

Pre-planning for matching and securing a field experience. Course facilitates access to the Tevera Internship experience system via BlackBoard.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Therapeutic use of horses with children and adults experiencing various physical, cognitive, and emotional challenges; nature of horses in healing; research on EAAT. Classroom instruction and experiential learning onsite with an established therapeutic horsemanship program. Additional work required of graduate Students.

Selected readings in social work and related fields under guidance of appropriate faculty.

In-depth exploration of a problem or problems.  Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.

Exploration of a topic in social work not covered by standard curriculum, but of interest to second year graduate students and faculty in a particular semester.

Analysis of social work practice models/theories, and development of professional skills as they apply to practice problems confronted in work with the elderly.

Social planning and admini-stration focused on issues related to services for older people at the local level. Skills required to design services, develop resources, formulate policies, and administer programs.

The diversity of health and illness benefits and practices are examined and related to practice methods. Advanced theory-based practice skills are developed, applicable to developmental and diversity lifestyle variations.

Development of advanced clinical skills in current empirically-supported brief interventions. Effectiveness and efficiency are stressed in the context of the common factors. Role plays, film, discussion, and video recorded practice facilitate skill development.

Intervention models examined in the framework of family empowerment and advocacy for organizational change. Examines implications of diverse, culturally based child rearing practices for design of intervention strategies to strengthen and empower families.

Developing issues and current trends. Shifting directions in social work practice and theory: methods, strategies, and techniques of intervention. Services to diverse populations.Developing issues and current trends. Shifting directions in social work practice, policy, and theory. Service models, techniques, and strategies of intervention for diverse populations. U.S. or international.

Budget preparation, justification, and analysis. Role and functions of audits and legal reporting requirement. Link between budgeting and fund raising processes.

Experiential seminar explores frameworks for therapeutic intervention with formed groups. Focuses on students' prior experience, aids in integration of new models and techniques into social work model for clinical work with groups. Requires concurrent work with short term group.

Functions, methods, and techniques of supervision and consultation within an organizational context. Design, implementation, and evaluation of staff development programs. Emphasis on overcoming barriers to multicultural groups and enhancing staff morale, motivation, and effectiveness.

Organizational and administrative theories and principles are applied to a range of human services. Administrative issues related to effective delivery of services include job design, resource procurement and allocation, strategic planning, and quality management.

Individual projects requiring intensive observation, study, or active participation in settings where animals are part of human service delivery. Linkage of theory and findings in research literature to social work practice.

Stressful processes of living, focusing on individual attitudinal and behavioral responses that may be maladaptive. Traditional mental health theories and classifications, and relevant perspectives from sociology, social psychology, and biology.

An American Indian perspective on individual and cultural development, designed for social work and human service professionals. Classroom and field work encompass traditions, human relations, social problems and oppression, with attending practice issues.

Examines family violence from a social work perspective. Integrated understanding of causation and intervention. Direct practice and policy issues. Role of research in the family violence field.

Exploration of foundational and current couple and family therapy theories as they relate to functional and dysfunctional interactions, and to the practice of Social Work with individuals, families and groups.

Application of systems thinking to advanced social work practice with individuals, families, and groups. Intervention with problems of aging, child welfare, health, mental health, and in the workplace.

Advanced practice course in clinical social work concentration. Focuses on integration of knowledge in SW program, while including group therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy and professional use-of-self perspective.

How women's ways of being and knowing need to be addressed by social work practitioners. Examines and operationalizes feminist epistemology in a variety of social work settings.

Principles and methods in working with black families. Practice interventions are examined within a cultural context. Attention will be given to the historical underpinnings that have molded the black experience in America.

Evidence-based practices within recovery-oriented paradigm for treating individuals with serious mental illness. Focus on assessment, treatment outcomes, and translating research into practice.

Skills related to engagement and motivational enhancement for social work practice with individuals within community-based settings. Models: recovery-oriented practices, person-centered planning, motivational interviewing, and classroom experience involves interaction with agency practitioners.

Introduction of core concepts that inform evidence-based assessment and intervention with traumatized children and adolescents. Addresses the level of functioning of primary caregiving environments and assesses capacity of the community to facilitate restorative processes.

The course explores key findings in neuroscience and consideration of implications for human service practitioners across disciplines and settings. Enables integration of scientific findings, related controversies, and ethical issues into approach to practice and policy.

Preparation for clinical practice with individuals who have experienced complex trauma. Current interventions for trauma treatment and factors involved in appropriate treatment selection are addressed.

Analysis of violence, bullying, harassment, hazing, and traumatic effects that result. A systems theory perspective is applied to organizations and to families. Evidence-based approaches for intervention and remediation are discussed.

Principles, modalities, techniques of social work practice integrated across micro and mezzo levels. Advanced assessment, intervention and evaluation across systems, in community-based practice, through the context of mental health, child welfare, health, aging.

Death, dying, terminal illness, and coping with trauma and loss as it impacts the individual, family, and identified social networks. Social work practice, theory, and ethics surrounding the dying process. Consideration of companion animals.

Policies and programs for persons with behavioral health illnesses. Public policy, financing, service delivery systems, community-based, integrated care. Human rights, confidentiality, health disparities for under-served populations. Policy analysis, policy advocacy.

Present organization of health care services, development of government legislation, and regulation. Organization and growth of public and private services and their impact on special populations.

Identify social policy formulations relevant to the changing lifestyle of the elderly. Implications of such policies for the social institutions and delivery systems serving elderly persons and their families.

Cross-national comparisons.

Examines policies, programs affecting three groups of families and children: supportive services for all, target services for those at risk, and intensive interventions to protect children with acute problems. Measurement and political dimensions of policy making analysis.

Supervised practice experience in social agencies related to student's concentration choice. No credit will be given for only one semester of field work.

Supervised practice experience in social agencies related to student's concentration choice. No credit will be given for only one semester of field work.

Planning, development, and funding of social service programs in both private nonprofit and public settings.

Evaluation of human service programs reflected in students' field placements. Evaluability assessment. Program description. Posing evaluation questions. Quantitative and qualitative methods of needs assessment, information management, process evaluation, outcome evaluation, cost analysis, reporting results.

Evaluation of clinical practice reflected in students' field placements. Principles of measurement. Single system design. Critical thinking in clinical decision making. Quantitative and qualitative methods of systematic self-evaluation, instrument design, data analysis.

Theoretical orientations and skills required for social work practice of community economic development in urban and rural settings.

Social policy analysis, planning and advocacy knowledge, methods and skills applied to social reform and social change in health and welfare arenas.

Theories, research, and practice models of organizational development and leadership. How organizations function and personal exploration of the self as change agent. Skills of analysis and synthesis for organizational change in public and nonprofit settings.

Introduces theory and practice strategies appropriate to understand and address alcohol and other drug problems among clients in various human services settings.

Human behavior and social environmental issues of families with a genetic disorder or birth defect. Genetic causes of birth defects. Implications for development of services.

Studies policy and practice issues affecting individuals infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Examines nature of illness, its psychosocial sequelae, differential impact on ethnic/cultural groups in U.S., and strategies for ethnic sensitive practice.

Selected readings in social work and related fields under guidance of appropriate faculty.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.