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Field Instruction

Typical Program for Juniors and Seniors

                    Junior Year

     Fall                                Spring

   R Ssw 301                           R Ssw 302Z
   R Ssw 421                           R Ssw 304
                                       R Ssw 305

                    Senior Year

     Fall                                Spring

   R Ssw 322                           R Ssw 406
   R Ssw 400                           R Ssw 409
   R Ssw 451                           R Ssw 410

The following undergraduate courses offered by the school are considered liberal arts and sciences courses for the purpose of requirements for the B.A. and B.S. degrees: R Ssw 200, 210, 220, 299M, 301, 302Z, 320, 322, 350, 409, 421, 450, 451, 499.

All courses listed in this section are understood to be preceded by the school's letter R.

Courses

R Ssw 210 Social Welfare in the United States (3)
Within the context of societal responsiveness to human needs, examines U.S. social welfare policies and programs as influenced by economic, political and social changes. Addresses current public and private social welfare efforts and underlying value issues. Examines the role of professional social work within social welfare. Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors only.

R Ssw 220 Value Issues in Social Welfare (3)
Meets General Education: HD
The course considers implicit and explicit values of societal responses to human needs. From an examination of selected topics in social welfare, the course considers social, economic, ethical, religious, and/or personal values as they affect and are affected by social welfare. May not be offered during 1998- 99.

R Ssw 290 Community and Public Service Program (3)
This course requires a minimum of 100 hours per semester (about 7 1/2 hours per week) of volunteer work in public or private agencies which provide service to the community. A supervised evaluation and seminars are required. Prerequisite(s): sophomore standing and permission of instructor. S/U graded.

R Ssw 291 Human Service in the Community (2)
This course requires a minimum of 60 hours a quarter volunteer work in public or private agencies which provide service to the community. A supervised evaluation and seminars are required. May not be taken for credit by students with credit for R Ssw 390. Prerequisite(s): sophomore standing and permission of instructor. S/U graded.

R Ssw 299M Families in Middle Age and Late Life (3)
Meets General Education: SS
This course covers issues of the family in our aging society. Some of the topics to be covered include mutual assistance between generations, diversity in older families, family caregiving for the elderly, grandparenthood and great- grandparenthood, sibling relationships in later life, divorce and step-families, widowhood. May not be offered during 1998-99.

R Ssw 301 Human Behavior and The Social Environment I (3)
This course covers life cycle tasks from infancy to old age: the maturation process, class differences in social expectations, stress and balance in the maintenance of optimal functioning, the influence of opportunity systems in various cultures and subcultures in relation to social welfare. Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor. For majors only.

R Ssw 302Z Human Behavior and The Social Environment II (3)
Meets General Education: WI
Covered in this course are social effects of chronic problems related to dependency, child neglect, marital conflict, mental illness, retardation, delinquency, the addictions and other deviant behavior. Implications are discussed for social welfare intervention. Prerequisite(s): R Ssw 301 and permission of instructor. For majors only.

R Ssw 304 Field Planning Seminar (1)
This course is a learning module designed to prepare students for entry into field education. The goal of the seminar is to assist the student to become aware of her/his role as a beginning professional in the world of human services. Information regarding placement agencies is discussed and students visit a number of agencies weekly. Basic skills are reviewed and each student is interviewed individually in preparation for the placement match. Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor. For majors only. S/U graded.

R Ssw 305 Social Work Practice I (3)
Study is made of basic social welfare interventive methods utilized in assisting individuals, families, groups, organizations, and local communities with social problems. Particular attention is given to interviewing individuals and groups and to the use of community resources. Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor. For majors only.

R Ssw 320 Child Welfare (3)
Covered in this course are the child welfare services employed in dealing with the problems of dependent, neglected, delinquent children. Scope, method, problems and trends are reviewed with regard to each of the services; child welfare in other countries; and sociology of the child welfare worker. Prerequisite(s): R Ssw 200. May not be offered during 1998-99.

R Ssw 322 Introductory Research Methods in Social Welfare (3)
A study is made of methodological approaches and research techniques in the field of social welfare: problem formulation, research techniques in data collection, analysis, reviews of current research in professional journals and fundamentals of report writing. Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor. For majors only.

R Ssw 350 Community Law and Client Advocacy (3)
This course explains the role of attorneys, social workers and other advocates in our legal system. Examination is made of the legal rights of clients as parents, juveniles, employees, tenants, consumers, welfare clients, the aged and mental patients. Functioning of the courts and administrative agencies in resolving client problems is discussed, as is legal advocacy as a tool. Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor. May not be offered during 1998-99.

R Ssw 390 Community and Public Service Program (3)
This course involves volunteer work in public or private agencies involving service to the community. A minimum of 100 hours per semester (about 7 1/2 hours per week) must be spent in the agency, together with seminars examining some aspects of voluntarism and roles of participating agencies. Prerequisite(s): R Ssw 290 and permission of instructor. S/U graded.

R Ssw 400 Field Instruction in Social Welfare I (4)
This course involves the educational supervision of practice in an approved social welfare agency. Hours per week are set to meet acceptable professional standards. For the first five weeks, students participate in a learning module designed to provide basic interviewing skills and information regarding placement agencies. After placement, students attend a weekly seminar to discuss professional and practice issues. Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor; for majors only; grade of C or higher in Ssw 301, 302Z, 305 and 421.

R Ssw 406 Social Work Practice II (3)
Further study is made of interventive methods and skills. Emphasis is given to the development of applied knowledge and skill in the helping process. Prerequisite(s): R Ssw 301, 305, 400, and permission of instructor. For majors only.

R Ssw 409 Introduction to Social Policy Analysis (3)
This course is an introduction to the area of public policy making and the specific public policy-making process in social welfare. An examination is made of factors that maintain and shape public policy making, with particular attention to the policy implications of a federal political system. Decision making in social welfare is approached from the perspective of the nature of funding sources, statutes for service delivery, and monitoring of policy implementation. Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor. For majors only.

R Ssw 410 Field Instruction in Social Welfare II (4)
This course is a continuation of R Ssw 400, with emphasis on developing assessment and intervention skills. Students attend a weekly seminar to discuss professional and practice issues. Prerequisite(s): R Ssw 400 and permission of instructor. For majors only.

R Ssw 421 Community Organization and Community Development (3)
The material covers the basic principles, concepts and strategies of community organization as a method of social work practice. Discussion occurs of both formal and informal community structures to bring about social change. The distinction between community organization and community development is explicated. Community assessment techniques utilized in developed and underdeveloped regions will be examined. Prerequisite(s): R Ssw 210 and permission of instructor. For majors only.

R Ssw 450 Independent Study in Social Welfare (3)
Independent reading or research on a selected experimental, theoretical or applied problem is planned under the direction of a faculty member. Prerequisite(s): written permission of instructor and chair of undergraduate program. May be repeated with different content.

R Ssw 451 Social Work with Groups (3)
This course is one which explicates the social work method called group work. It covers the fundamental knowledge, skills, values and techniques inherent in the method, as well as basic professional social work values and philosophy. Emphasis is placed upon practice. Tracing the stages of group development, the course addresses itself to the role and function of the social worker in each period. Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor. For majors only.

R Ssw 499 Special Areas of Social Welfare (3)
Consideration of a topic or issue in the field of social work knowledge or practice is selected on the basis of faculty and student interest. May be repeated when topic differs. Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor.