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RHDS 430 - Children with Disabilities
In this course, students are provided with an understanding of the interdisciplinary primary-care and community-based services required for the practical management of children with physical disabilities, multiple-handicaps, and chronic illnesses from birth through childhood. Attention is given to the screening, diagnosis, and evaluation of the high-risk infant; behavioral and emotional implications of terminal illness; development of comprehensive early intervention treatment and educational plans; and support mechanisms that are helpful to families.
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior or senior status.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 450 - Action-Oriented Therapies
This course provides an opportunity to examine, discuss, and experience several of the action-oriented therapies currently in use in many rehabilitation facilities serving physically disabled adults, exceptional children, and geriatric patients. Action-oriented therapies employ nonverbal modes of interacting including, games, drama, free play, movement, music, art, or other activities. Students explore these as therapeutic modalities in which many conflicts are resolved. Emphasis is on the use of these techniques to enhance intellectual and emotional functioning for more effective independent living and rehabilitation.
Prerequisites & Notes
RHDS 126 or RHDS 230.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 463 - Speech and Hearing Science
The purpose of this course is to introducestudents interested in CommunicationsDisorders to the speech and hearing sciences. The physical and psychoacoustic aspeacts ofsound will be related to the neurological,anatomical and perceptual characteristics of speech and communications.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 469 - Behavioral Medicine
This course is designed to present the spectrum of mind-body behavioral health techniques. Meditation, stress management, self-hypnosis, relaxation, biofeedback, and spirituality techniques are taught. Applications to disabling conditions involving both chronic disease and chronic pain are emphasized.
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior or senior status.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 470 - Needs of the Aging
Aging is associated in our society with a variety of special medical, social, and psychological needs. Students explore these needs, as well as available rehabilitation services and agencies. The focus is on keeping the aged individual in the community. There is a short field experience required for all students.
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior or senior status.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 471 - Therapeutic Approaches with the Aging
This course familiarizes students with the variety of rehabilitative techniques available to help reverse debilitation and disorientation often associated with aging and to help maintain maximal functioning in the late years.
Prerequisites & Notes
RHDS 470
Credits: 3
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RHDS 475 - Integrated Medicine
This course surveys the major health care traditions and selected complementary therapies. Emphasis is placed on the responsible integration of practices including Ayurveda, chiropractic, herbalism, massage, mind-body medicine, music therapy, Reiki, and yoga with conventional Western biomedicine options in the prevention, diagnosis, and healing of chronic disabling conditions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior or senior status.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 476 - Employee-Assistance Programming
This course explores the knowledge, issues, and techniques of establishing, maintaining, and evaluating employee-assistance programs. Approaches to dealing with various worker problems, emotional and mental health, marital, family, financial, and other problems affecting attendance and productivity are considered. Organizational as well as therapeutic factors and their interrelationships are discussed.
Prerequisites & Notes
RHDS 126 or RHDS 230.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 480 - Special Topics in RHDS Issues and Techniques
Special Topics
Credits: 3-6
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RHDS 483 - Learning Disabilities
This course examines theories of etiology and intervention models for remediation and compensation of learning disabilities. Emphasis is on those adolescents and adults whose learning disorders are chronic and may include other primary handicapping conditions.
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior or senior status.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 491 - Neurological Conditions
This course is intended to familiarize students with the major issues in the field of neurological and cognitive rehabilitation. As the number of adolescents, young adults, and elderly who survive brain injury has increased, so has there been an increased demand for rehabilitation professionals with knowledge and skills in this area. The emphases of this course are on the causes, symptoms, and especially the treatment methods for neurological injury.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 492 - Group Process in Rehabilitation
This course presents an overview of the major counseling techniques used with rehabilitation clients in group situations. The integration of group counseling theory in specific rehabilitation settings is also emphasized. Active participation by all students is presumed.
Prerequisites & Notes
Junior or Senior status.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 494 - Mental Health Issues in Rehabilitation
This course is an overview of major issues and treatment methods used in the rehabilitation of the psychiatric client. Primary emphasis is given to the range of counseling techniques, the use of psychoactive medication, and the inter-disciplinary nature of services within the community. Rehabilitation diagnosis techniques and vocational rehabilitation strategies are also discussed.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 590 - Substance Use Disorder Studies Institute
Substance Use Disorder Studies Institute
Credits: 3
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RHDS 590 - Substance Use Disorder Studies Institute
Substance Use Disorder Studies Institute
Credits: 3
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RHDS 635 - Counseling and Consultation Theories
Students are provided with an overview of counseling theories and practices as they pertain to the rehabilitation process. Emphasis is given to the students’ development of counseling skills and techniques which are used to influence and support consumer change and rehabilitation efforts.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 675 - Integrated Medicine
This course surveys the major health care traditions and selected complementary therapies. Emphasis is placed on the responsible integration of practices including Ayureveda, chiropractic, herbalism, massage, mind-body medicine, music therapy, Reiki, and yoga with conventional Western biomedicine options in the prevention, diagnosis, and healing of disabling conditions.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 684 - Rehabilitation Counseling Practicum
This course is a supervised experience in anapproved rehabilitation setting. Theexperience includes increasing responsibility in counseling, rehabilitation planning andcoordination.A minimum of one hundredclock hours during the semester with at least 40-50 clock hours in direct contact servicework with persons with chronic illnesses ordisabilities arerequired.A review of counseling interviews and casework by an approved facultyand/or clinical supervisor is also required. The course is restricted to students inrehabilitation counseling and services.
Credits: 3
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RHDS 686 - Rehabilitation Internship
This course is a part-time or full-timeinternship of 600 total clock hours in an intensive andpractical learning experience in anappropriate rehabilitation center, hospital, school, or agency, for students doingadvanced graduate work in rehabilitationcounseling. Through direct service work,which is supplemented with individual andgroup supervision, students are provided anopportunity to demonstrate and perfectskills and competencies related to his orher respective rehabilitation counselingand services program.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 10-Jan
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RELI 103 - Introduction to the Old Testament
This course introduces students to the content of the Old Testament and, through a study of literary, historical, and theological issues, focuses on the Old Testament’s contribution to Western culture.
Credits: 3
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RELI 104 - Religion in America
This course is a study of religious thought and institutions and their influence on American culture. It focuses on major denominations and thinkers in this country, from the seventeenth century to the present.
Credits: 3
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RELI 106 - New Testament: Christian Scripture
This course introduces the students to the literature of the New Testament, noting the historical and theological dimensions of this literature as well as its significance for the modern world.
Credits: 3
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RELI 109 - Religions of the World
Religions of the World is an introduction to several religious traditions of the world. The course examines the history, key teachings, major rituals, and contemporary practices of each religion and religious practitioners. Traditions studied include, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Sikhism.
Credits: 3
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RELI 140 - Introduction to Judaism
This course is a survey of the history of the Jewish people and an analysis of the literature and institutions of Judaism, noting their contributions to contemporary life.
Credits: 3
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RELI 205 - Religions of Ancient and Classical India
This course is a religion-culture study of the Indian sub-continent, with special emphasis upon the emergence of the Hindu tradition and the development of non-Hindu systems in response to it.
Credits: 3
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RELI 208 - Indian Buddhism and the Buddhist Tradition
This course introduces the student to the history, philosophy, and culture of Buddhism. The critique of Brahmanical and non-Brahmanical systems, the life of the Buddha, the rise of the monastic institution, and the development of philosophical and meditational theories are presented. In addition, discussion focuses on the emergence of the Buddhist tradition in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, and China, as well as on the relationship of Buddhism to contemporary life.
Credits: 3
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RELI 210 - Interfaith Studies: Engaging in a Religiously Diverse World
This course develops students’ practical skills of interfaith understanding and engagement. The class begins with an introduction to interfaith work in a range of contexts, followed by a brief exploration into definitions of ‘interfaith’. The bulk of the course is organized around several key themes in Interfaith Studies, such as: interpersonal interfaith engagement, religious diversity in civic spaces, interfaith conflict, and social justice and interfaith activism. In each theme-based unit of the course, we will study case studies with the intention of understanding the history and nature of interfaith interactions. Students will ask questions about how religious communities bridge those differences? What challenges do they have?
Credits: 3
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RELI 215 - Contemporary Catholicism
This course is a study of global contemporary Catholicism. The goal of the class is to engage students in examining how Catholicism is lived around the world. Topics include prayer, interreligious communities, race and ethnicity, modernity, family life and gender.
Credits: 3
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RELI 220 - Liberation Theology
This course invites students to reflect primarily on the call to Christian non-violence. This call is studied through scripture, contemporary church documents, movements, and personalities. The special focus is on Central America, Latin America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Issues include poverty, rights, distributive justice, feminist movement, the Christian Base Community, and American presence in third world developing nations.
Credits: 3
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RELI 223 - Religion and Sports
In the United States, sports and religion are intertwined. This class is an exploration of the intersections, overlaps, and incongruities between religion and sports in the United States. The course begins with a brief historical overview of how religion and sports have interacted in the U.S. Then we examine several case studies that aim to help us think about how, why, and where religion and sports shape one another. During this course, students will analyze the relationship between sports and religion in the U.S.; investigate how individuals and communities interpret the role of sports in religious identities; consider how culture affects religion - and how religion affects culture.
Credits: 3
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RELI 226 - Religion, Health, and Healing
This course will add diversity to our current offerings in Religion as well as in the spritual-ethical dimensions for the general education curriculum. This class takes health and healing as an entree into thinking about issues of religious diversity, religion and health care, as well as religious perspectives on healing. Students will be able to delve into new perspectives on religion through this course.
Credits: 3
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RELI 230 - African American Religions
This course is an introduction to African American religions. Topics covered include African religions in the Americas, slave religions, and the emergence of African American churches. Movements like Father Divine, Nation of Islam, and the Civil Rights Movement are also studied. This class introduces students to the variety of black religious experiences that developed in the American colonies and the United States from the beginning of the Atlantic Slave trade until the present.
Prerequisites & Notes
None
Credits: 3
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RELI 250 - What is Religion?
This course is an exploration of what we are talking about when we talk about religion. The course investigates how scholars define religion and what kinds of boundaries are placed around the term. The course examines questions about the nature of religion and God through the lens of philosophy and religious studies. This class is also an experiment in interdisciplinary work and works in tandem with PHIL 250, Philosophy of Religion.
Credits: 3
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RELI 422 - Christianity and Modern Society
This course is a study of the ethical principles of Christianity as they relate to the social, political, and economic problems of the present day.
Credits: 3
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RELI 424 - The Life and Teachings of Jesus
This course is a social-historical examination of the record of Jesus’ life and thought, with attention to the present-day significance of his message.
Credits: 3
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RELI 486 - Religion Internship
The Religion internship provides students who are minoring in Religion (1) an opportunity to experience work in a religiously-informed organization; (2) an introduction to a variety of ways religion informs service and/or social justice work; and (3) meaningful reflection on how their minor in Religion can affect their possible career paths.
Prerequisites & Notes
None
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RSCH 141 - Guided Individual Study
This course provides undergraduate students the opportunity to work individually under the supervision of an instructor to further their own personal and professional development. The normal registration is for two semester hours per semester.
Prerequisites & Notes
Approval by the chairperson of the department concerned and by the instructor who has agreed to act as supervisor.
Credits: 2-6
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RSCH 610 - Foundations and Methods of Research
This course emphasizes the search for truth and the ways in which this search
is conducted. It includes the identification and delineation of research problems,
survey of related literature, detailed examination of different research methods,
and basic descriptive and inferential statistical coverage. Attention is given
to the presentation of research results in acceptable form. Required of all master’s
degree students.
Credits: 3
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RSCH 615 - Qualitative Research Methodology
This course examines the nature of qualitative research methodology. Within the framework of this course, the philosophic basis, major paradigms, strategies of inquiry, methods of collecting empirical materials, interpretation and evaluation of empirical materials, and presentation of qualitative research are renewed.
Prerequisites & Notes
RSCH 610 - Foundations and Methods of Research
Credits: 3
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RSCH 618 - Guided Individual Study
Graduate students with special needs, interests, and capacities conduct individual study under faculty supervision involving library work, tutorial work, research, independent reading or writing, or other approved study which contributes to the educational growth of a particular student. This course is not a substitute for, nor a part of, the thesis requirement.
Credits: 1-6
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RSCH 625 - Independent Study Proposal Design
This seminar assists students in completing their independent study proposal for a Master in Education (M.Ed.) degreewithin the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Students are required to complete the full proposal and prepare for data collection for their study.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 2
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RSCH 635 - Thesis
This course involves meetings with the thesis committee and satisfactory completion of thesis requirements including the oral examination. Students must register for a total of four semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
RSCH 612 - Proposal Design
Credits: 4-12
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RSCH 720 - Educational Psychology Statistics II
This course covers the foundations of advanced correlational and experimental statistical procedures. The course focuses on Regression Analysis as the foundation for advanced statistical procedures. An introduction to coding procedures and matrix algebra is included. Experimental design topics include Factorial Designs (Independent Groups, Repeated Measures, and Mixed Factorials), Analysis of Covariance, MANOVA, Discriminant Function Analysis, and Power Analysis. In addition, reliability and validity issues related to experimental designs are addressed.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3
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RSCH 730 - Advanced Experimental Designs
This course covers research design issues and statistical analyses appropriate for advanced experimental designs. Topics includeFactorial Designs (Independent Groups,Repeated Measures, and Mixed Factorials),Analysis of Covariance, MANOVA, DiscriminantFunction Analysis, and Power Analysis. Inaddition, reliability and validity issuesrelated to experimental designs areaddressed.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 2
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RSCH 735 - Doctoral Dissertation
An original contribution to knowledge or an application of existing knowledge to the solution of a practical problem in the field is made. Students must register for a total of 14 credits.
Credits: 1-14
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RSCH 740 - Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling
This course provides the student with an introduction to and overview of Structural Equation Modeling. The course will provide an overview of the basis for structural equation modeling including a description of Path Analysis, Mediation Analysis, Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Additionally, the basic concepts, applications and software applications used for SEM will be covered. This course is offered as an on-line course.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 2
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MSSW 601 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment 1
This course introduces systems theory and person-in-environment as the conceptual
framework for the HBSE sequence. It addresses the ecological context of human
development with attention to cognitive, psychological, and social development
and the individual’s membership in the family, as well as in groups, organizations,
and the community. Particular emphasis is given to gender, race, class, and culture.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 602 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment 2
This course continues the systems theory and person-in-environment framework introduced in HBSE I. It explores the structure of organizations, groups, and communities as they provide social contexts for human development beyond the family group. This course gives attention to the demographic profile of communities and issues surrounding access to services.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3
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MSSW 603 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment 3
This advanced course continues the study of human behavior with emphasis on the behavioral and psychological difficulties people experience in interacting with their environments. The biological, sociological, and intrapsychic theories of mental illness and treatment based on these theories are reviewed in depth. The course includes an examination of the use of the DSM V, and the impact of diversity and oppression in the etiology, epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of mental illness.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 604 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment 4
This course provides advanced standing MSW students with an opportunity to learn and apply contemporary theories of human behavior which provide the foundation for advanced generalist social work practice. These theories include psychological theories, postmodern, systems theory and other theories of human behavior and the social environment that are considered essential in advanced generalist social work practice but which are not generally covered in depth in BSW programs. The course is highly interactive and includes guest presentations, small group discussions, and application of theory in cases selected by both students and the instructor(s).
Credits: 2
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MSSW 610 - Social Work Practice 5
This course is a bridge course between foundational and concentration levels
for advanced standing students. The course will include generalist practice perspectives,
teach skills relating to those perspectives, and introduce current practice trends
in major fields of social work, including the changes in practice resulting from
multiculturalism, globalization, managed care, and welfare reform. Particular
emphasis is placed on the generalist practitioner’s ability to move from large,
community system interventions to organizational interventions to direct practice
with families and individuals.
Credits: 2
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MSSW 611 - Social Welfare Policy 1
This course, a basic introduction to American social welfare policy, first examines the history of the American response to need with particular emphasis upon the role of the social work profession. After providing this historical framework, it assesses major contemporary governmental and non-governmental initiatives to fulfill human need, emphasizing a breadth of social policy issues, such as poverty, discrimination, health care, housing, food, child welfare, substance abuse, employment, and social service delivery.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 612 - Social Welfare Policy 2
This course emphasizes a social change approach to social policy with particular stress upon the influence of values and human choice in creating a socially just world, which guarantees all human rights. Within this humanistic framework, this course examines such basic issues as the theory and method of social policy analysis, political action toward social equality, internationalism, the creation of a human rights culture, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the strategic crafting of policy argument.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 621 - A Survey of Social Work Research Methods
This course provides a survey of the major approaches to social research using quantitative methods: Cross-sectional and longitudinal designs, group designs, survey research, experimental design, program level evaluation, and single system design. Students will work in teams to conduct a study based on their Field internship. Some specific concepts to be covered include: the scientific method, NASW code of Ethics, variables and measures, reliability and validity, external and external validity, probability and non-probability sampling, frequencies, correlations, the normal curve, and, elementary data analysis. Our research text includes EPAS core competencies-clearly linking the value of social research to social work profession.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 623 - Social Work Research 2
This advanced course stresses qualitative methodology and its relevance for social work theory and practice. While it continues to emphasize primary areas of social work, such as clinical practice and program and policy development, its emphasis is upon the elicitation of the structure and meaning of lived experiences of individuals in social settings.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 630 - Social Work Practice with Immigrants and Refugees
This course examines the profession of social work’s role in advocating for, enacting and implementing social policies and programs that benefit immigrants and refugees; social practices that encompass the diversity of immigration experiences, current international refugee situations, theories of social adjustment and acculturation; the cross-cultural skills needed to understand complex family dynamics of foreign-born populations; inter-and intra-ethnic tensions; cultural competence in social work interventions; and specific issues of oppression and social justice that face refugees and immigrants.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3
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MSSW 631 - Social Work Practice 1
This course establishes the generalist perspective as the framework for the practice
sequence. It provides information on the historical base of social work with a
strong emphasis on the underlying values and ethics of the social work profession
with a respect for human diversity (culture, race, class, religion, sexual orientation,
gender, differential ability, etc.). The emphasis is on learning the interviewing
skills involved in doing a psychosocial assessment and understanding the phases
of the helping process. Differential theoretical constructs, assessment and intervention
skills used in direct practice with individuals and families are examined.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 632 - Social Work Practice 2
This course continues within the advanced generalist framework established in
Practice 1. It examines assessment, goal setting, and interventions with groups
and communities. Students have the opportunity to examine issues of empowerment
and work with a diverse client population. Ethical dilemmas relative to group
and community work are also examined.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 633 - Social Work Practice 3
This course utilizes the knowledge and skills gained in the foundation courses
and advances these using more comprehensive models of assessment, theory, and
intervention. The theoretical assessment of vulnerable and/or at risk populations
provides the context for the application of sophisticated micro and macro interventions.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 634 - Social Work Practice 4
This is an advanced course designed to assist students in gaining the knowledge
and skills required to enter into the complex arena of interaction within and
between human service organizations and to prepare students to assume management
roles and responsibilities. As such, it builds on the foundation content in Practice
2, in leadership in communities and organizations, as well as on foundation content
in the Policy, HBSE, and Research sequences.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 642 - Therapeutic Applications of Adventure
This course is designed to provide thestudent with a theoretical understanding and practical working knowledge of the use ofexperiential education and adventureactivities as an element of social workpractice with vulnerable and resilientpopulation.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 643 - Seminar in Social Work Practice with Diverse Populations
This seminar provides an in-depth experience of assessment, intervention, and evaluation in work with diverse groups of individuals, families, and small groups. Theoretical and conceptual overviews of ethnicity, culture, stigma, and oppression will be examined. The seminar focuses on understanding the impact of internalized and institutional oppression and refinement of interventive skills when a multiplicity of factors may be operating.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 645 - Contemporary Challenges in Child Welfare
This course focuses on children and families as they relate to and are a part of the larger social system and its institutions of education, politics, economics, and religion. Particular attention is on families and children as victims of child abuse, neglect, and domestic violence. Processes which facilitate client healing and the use of interdisciplinary and collaborative community resources are examined.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 646 - Social Work Practice with Families
This course focuses on children and families in crisis by concentrating on issues of power distribution, communication system, and external institutional influences. Learning family treatment approaches and techniques of problem identification and assessment are introduced through examination of strategies to help families deal with maturation and situational crises.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 647 - Loss and Grief
This course is offered as a distance learning course. It prepares the MSW student
for social work practice with clients coping with loss and bereavement. The initial
focus increases students’ awareness of, and sensitivity to, issues related to
death, dying, disability and bereavement. Theories of attachment and loss are
used as a framework for assessing bereavement reactions in clients in different
developmental stages and from different cultural backgrounds. Therapeutic interventions
are examined and applied through case discussions and experiential exercises.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 648 - Substance Abuse in Social Work Practice
This course provides an opportunity to study substance abuse practice concepts and skills with emphasis on assessment, treatment planning, and intervention strategies with individuals and families affected by substance abuse. Evaluation of individual and family substance abuse problems is emphasized, with particular attention to the complex interaction with domestic violence.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 652 - Legal Aspects of Social Work Practice
This course examines law and legal processes using legal materials and teaches legal advocacy skills. Among the areas explored are social work malpractice, privileged communication, and discrimination. Selected types of dispute resolution are explored, with emphasis on developing initial skills in testifying and negotiation.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 653 - Working with Older Adults for Clinicians, Administrators, and Activists
This course is designed to provide an overview of the multifaceted issues in gerontology. It explores the phenomenon of growing old in America, from the changing demographics of society that will command our attention in the years ahead, to the pressing need for satisfactory long-term care arrangement. This course seeks to further students’ understanding of the myths and realities of aging, the role of social work in gerontology, health and social policy as it relates to aging, special populations, and research issues in gerontology.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 654 - Mediation and Conflict Resolution for Clinicians, Managers, and Activists
This course teaches widely applicable mediation skills through enactment approaches. Focus is on evaluation and intervention in different types of conflict, finding common ground, and developing collaborative, win-win strategies resulting in lasting agreements. The course is predominantly experiential. Students learn mediation skills through extensive use of role plays and other enactment approaches.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 656 - School Social Work and the Education of Exceptional Children
This course provides an overview of social work practice in public education settings. It furnishes information on the historical roots of school social work with a strong emphasis on the diverse roles and skills required to work effectively with many stakeholders. Since many school social workers are funded under the auspices of special education, this course examines the historical background information related to the field of special education legislation and litigation.It reviews the components necessary foreffective collaboration and consultation with parents, school personnel and other professionals. The course will primarily focus on the definition and characteristics of exceptionalities with an emphasis on understanding the growth and development of exceptional children who include both disabled and gifted and talented children.Particular attention is given to the role of theschool social worker and teachers in identifying, planning for and working effectively with special-needs children in the regular classroom.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 670 - Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
This course focuses on the strengths based approaches to practice with people with severe and persistent mental illness and their families. Primary among these approaches are strengths based case management, assertive community treatment and psycho-educational groups. Students will be helped to understand and address the bio-psycho-social conditions associated with serious mental illness. Special attention will be given to the impact of gender, race, ethnicity, socio-economic status and sexual orientation on the treatment of persons with severe and persistent mental illness and to the effects of mental health policy on these groups.
Credits: 3
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MSSW 674 - Field Seminar 1
Field Seminar1
Credits: 0.5
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MSSW 676 - Field Seminar 2
Field Seminar2
Credits: 0.5
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MSSW 677 - Field Seminar 2 - Second Half
Field Seminar2 - Second Half
Credits: 0.5
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MSSW 684 - Field Practicum 1 - First Half
In this course, Field Practicum and Field Seminar are taken concurrently as a single integrated foundation experience in generalist social work practice. In the agency-based practicum, the direct service experience requires psycho-social assessments, interagency collaboration, and relationship-based services to individuals and groups. The community organization experience requires involvement in community problems concerning lack of equality in human rights and basic social needs. Students identify community problems, set goals, and begin intervention.
Credits: 3.5
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MSSW 685 - Field Practicum I - Second Half
In this course, Field Practicum and Field Seminar are taken concurrently as a single integrated foundation experience in generalist social work practice. In the agency-based practicum, the direct service experience requires psycho-social assessments, interagency collaboration, and relationship-based services to individuals and groups. The community organization experience requires involvement in community problems concerning lack of equality in human rights and basic social needs. Students identify community problems, set goals, and begin intervention.
Credits: 3.5
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MSSW 686 - Field Practicum 2 - First Half
These are concentration courses in advanced generalist practice with Field Practicum and Field Seminar taken concurrently. The agency-based practicum emphasizes direct service organizations, and work with diverse multi-problem clients requiring complex multi-level intervention and advocacy. The administration experience requires an active contribution to the ongoing management activities of the practicum agency.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3.5
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MSSW 687 - Field Practicum 2 - Second Half
These are concentration courses in advanced generalist practice with Field Practicum and Field Seminar taken concurrently. The agency-based practicum emphasizes direct service organizations, and work with diverse multi-problem clients requiring complex multi-level intervention and advocacy. The administration experience requires an active contribution to the ongoing management activities of the practicum agency.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3.5
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MSSW 688 - Special Topics in Social Work
This course provides an opportunity for concentrated exploration and experience in a specialized or current area of relevance to social work. Topics are offered on a variable basis. A student may register for this course more than once, provided the topic is different each time.
Prerequisites & Notes
Social Work major or permission of instructor.
Credits: 1-4
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MSSW 692 - Independent Study
Graduate students with special needs, interests, and capacities conduct individual study under faculty supervision involving library work, tutorial work, research, independent reading or writing, or other approved study which contributes to the educational growth of a particular student.
Credits: 1-4
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MSSW 693 - Being a Leader & The Effective Exercise of Leadership
One of the six core values of Social Work is to effectively help those we serve. This is our competence, along with committing to values of service, social justice, a person’s dignity and worth, the importance of human relationships, and integrity. These values, by definition, not only require leadership on our part, but also define leadership.
This course is based on transformative learning methodologies developed over the past ten years by a team of academics and organizational change consultants. To date, the majority of academic research about leadership has focused on individual characteristics or traits and leadership behaviors that distinguish effective and ineffective leaders. Instead of learning behaviors, and trying to emulate what other leaders do, we need access to the being of a leader, and the effective exercise of leadership. Rather than being better able to explain and understand what happens, we want access to making it happen. We will approach this through an ontological inquiry, by exploring the importance of context - the way in which people and events occur or seem to us. During the course, we will develop a context for leadership with the power to give you the being and actions of a leader, and the effective exercise of leadership as your natural self-expression. We will also provide you the opportunity to become aware of and deal with personal obstacles (ontological constraints) to the exercise of leadership, allowing you to relax the grip those obstacles have on you and your ability to access your natural leadership capacity.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 101 - Introduction to Sociology
This course provides an introduction to sociological thought, research, concepts, and theory.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 133 - The YMCA Past, Present, and Future
This course provides an understanding of the development of the YMCA movement, including its past, present status, and future trends. The development of social, religious, and educational philosophies are studied along with past and present programs. Pertinent issues of the YMCA are examined as it responds to changing needs and challenges. This course is recommended for those considering a career with the YMCA.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 210 - Social Problems
This course examines specific social problems in the context of social structure and culture, with special attention given to issues of social justice.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 220 - Families in Society
This course focuses on the sociological analysis of the family, its development as a social institution, its relationship to society, and its contribution to personality.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 240 - Global Social Issues
This general education course explores current political, economic, cultural, and social changes that are transforming our world. We focus on globalization and its consequences, drawing on theoretical perspectives from sociology and other disciplines. We examine how countries are increasingly interconnected by flows of information, people, and money and develop our understanding about the consequences of globalization for people, business, and nations. The class ends by studying social movements working to increase understanding and reduce the harmful impacts of some negative outcomes of globalization.
Prerequisites & Notes
None
Credits: 3
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SOCI 250 - Youth in Society
This course is designed to provide a critical comparative framework for interpreting the experiences and perceptions of youth in the United States. We consider the ways that society portrays youth, the effect of corporate culture on youth, the expression of youth identities through experiences like the prom, the internet, fashion, and music. We look at real people’s experiences within these contexts, and see how they operate as spaces for youth to internalize and confront social power relations reflected in age, social class, racial and ethnic, and gendered norms.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 275 - Cities and Communities
The characteristics and functions of cities and metropolitan areas have changed as a result of new economic, social, and political realities in the U.S. and the world. This course focuses on the consequences of these changes on urban communities and the people who live in them. Using an assets approach, and using Springfield as our case study, the course explores effective community development strategies that can be used to both evaluate and intervene in various aspects of the “urban crisis.”
Credits: 3
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SOCI 310 - Environment and Society
This course focuses on the interconnectedness of human communities and their environment, exploring current environmental issues using the tools and insights of sociology.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 312 - Genders in Society
This class focuses on sociological analysis of gender relations. Sociological concepts and theories help to explain both differences and inequalities between men and women in United States society.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 322 - Racial and Ethnic Relations
This course examines U.S. racial and ethnic relations by using sociological concepts and theories. Explanations of racial and ethnic oppression are emphasized.
Credits: 3
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SOCI 330 - Sociology of Health and Health Care
This course surveys health and medicine from a sociological perspective. It focuses on how social forces create illness, influence our ideas about the meaning of illness and disability, and shape the structure of health care institutions as well as the work and social positions of health care professionals.
Credits: 3
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