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• SWK 378: SEL TPS IN SOC WK & SWL

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This is a course for students of social work who wish to deal with a specific social work topic or system in greater detail than current curricular offerings permit. Topics will depend on needs and interests of eligible students. May be taken a maximum of three (3) times.
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• SWK 379: INDEPENDENT STUDY

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  The student must confer and reach agreement with the faculty member who will guide the independent study. The student and the faculty member must agree upon a topic, course content, evaluation procedures, reading list, and amount of credit prior to registration for the course. This material (course content, evaluation procedures, reading list, etc.) must be filed with, and receive the approval of, the faculty of the discipline involved and of the departmental chairperson. May be repeated for credit. Student must have completed 12 clock hours in the major to enroll.
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• SWK 381: FLD INSTR IN SOC WORK I

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This is the first of two semesters (total 480 hours) of field instruction in social welfare agency settings which are required under the supervision of a professional social worker. Students apply foundation knowledge, skills, values, and ethics of professional generalist practice. Through supervision, students enhance their awareness of self, develop written and oral communication skills necessary for analysis of professional practice, and apply critical analytic skills for implementing and evaluating agency policies and programs. Students operationalize the unique values, functions and roles of professional social work practice and develop competency in identifying and assessing situations where the relationship of people and their social environment needs to be enhanced or changed. The professional responsibility of advocacy toward change and recognition of the impact of policy and programs on oppressed groups is an integral part of the applied learning. Open only to Social Work majors. Required of all Social Work majors. A grade of "C" or better is required in this course to enter SWK 383. Must be taken concurrently with SWK 382. Offered in fall only.
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• SWK 382: PROF SEM IN SOC WORK I

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This is the first of two semesters of Professional Seminar in Social Work which are required. The Seminars complement the Field Instruction and provide a structured learning opportunity where students process their practice experiences and integrate the common base of social work values, skills, and knowledge of generalist social work in a systems theory perspective. The Seminars also assist students to expand their knowledge of the human services field beyond the confines of their own placement. Topics and policies of social work and social welfare are discussed, based in large part, on the experiences of students in the field through written logs, client summaries, and classroom discussions of experiences including feelings about their social work practice. Open to Social Work majors only. Required of all Social Work majors. A grade of "C" or better is required in this course to enter SWK 384. Must be taken with SWK 381. Offered in Spring only.
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• SWK 383: FLD INSTR IN SOC WORK II

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This is the second semester of field instruction (a total of 480 hours) in social welfare agency settings which is required under the supervision of a professional social worker. Students apply foundation knowledge, skills, values, and ethics of professional generalist practice. Through supervision students enhance their awareness of self, develop written and oral communication skills necessary for analysis of professional practice, and apply critical analytic skills for implementing and evaluating agency policies and programs. Students operationalize the unique values, functions and roles of professional social work practice and develop competency in identifying and assessing situations where the relationship of people and their social environment needs to be enhanced or changed. The professional responsibility of advocacy toward change and recognition of the impact of policy and programs on oppressed groups is an integral part of the applied learning. An agency-based research project is required in this semester of fieldwork. Open to Social Work majors only. Required of all Social Work majors. Must be taken concurrently with SWK 384. Offered in Spring only.
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• SWK 384: PROF SEM IN SOC WORK II

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This is the second of two required semesters of Professional Seminar in Social Work. The Seminars complement the Field Instruction and provide a structured learning opportunity where students process their practice experiences and integrate the common base of social work values, skills, and knowledge of generalist social work in a systems theory perspective. The Seminars also assist students to expand their knowledge of the human services field beyond the confines of their own placement. Topics and policies of social work and social welfare are discussed, based in large part on the experiences of students in the field through written logs, client summaries, and classroom discussions of experiences including feelings about their social work practice. An agency-based research paper is required. Open to Social Work majors only. Required of all Social Work majors. Must be taken with SWK 383. Offered in Spring only.
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• SWK 395: HON:INDPT STUDY/THESIS

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Honors Independent Study/Thesis.
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• SWK 398: HONORS SUPPLEMEN RESEARCH

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  See page 166.
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• SWK 400: FOUND HUM BEHAVR/SOC ENV

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course, for foundation-year graduate students in social work, teaches students to critically evaluate and apply biological, psychological, and social theories to client situations across the lifespan. Effects of the interplay of biological, psychological, social, economical and cultural elements of the social environment on human functioning are examined. Systems promoting or deterring people in the attainment and maintenance of optimal health and well-being are explored with particular attention on the effects over the life course of these systems on populations at risk, ethnic and racial minorities, sexual minorities, women, and persons with disability.
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• SWK 450: FOUND OF SW PRAC W/INDIVI

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Students will learn a planned change process that includes relationship building, prevention, planning, interviewing techniques, case recording, termination and evaluation. Attention to the evolution of social work practice from an historical and international perspective will establish the context for this introduction to practice with individuals in the context of the agency setting. Students will be expected to participate in a laboratory experience involving a helping relationship project. Knowledge and skills relevant to engaging diversity in practice and advancing human rights and social justice will be emphasized. Issues of ethical decision-making, evidence based practice and professional identity will be integrated throughout the course. This course is required of all Master's of Social Work students.
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