This course presents an advanced study and analysis of leadership roles in social work practice with emphasis upon administration and supervision in public and nonprofit settings. Management practice is examined, including employee supervision, employee evaluation, department supervision, and conflict resolution. Additional specific areas to be addressed include understanding theories of adult learning and the subsequent impact on organizations, management and supervision, effective use of personnel and fiscal resources, consultation, and professional development of staff.

This course presents an advanced study and analysis of leadership roles in social work practice with emphasis upon administration and supervision in public and nonprofit settings. Management practice is examined, including employee supervision, employee evaluation, department supervision, and conflict resolution. Additional specific areas to be addressed include understanding theories of adult learning and the subsequent impact on organizations, management and supervision, effective use of personnel and fiscal resources, consultation, and professional development of staff.

Social workers must move beyond a conceptual understanding of theory to the practical application of theories that inform interventions with individuals, families, groups, and other client systems. This skills- based course prepares students to apply a variety of clinical theories to social work tasks such as: assessing and engaging clients, developing treatment plans (i.e., goals, outcomes), structuring and pacing interventions, and approaching the therapeutic relationship.

There has been unprecedented growth of new knowledge on the brain and its role in trauma responses, addiction and pervasive and chronic mental illness. Understanding of the brain, and the subsequent influence on behaviors, emotions and relationships, is critical to advanced social work practice. This clinical course provides a neuroscience framework for helping social workers understand lifespan development, attachment, trauma, addictions and other mental health disorders as well as psychoactive medications.

This course will cover theories, concepts, and frameworks that underpin best practices for teaching and learning in social work. Content will help prepare students to advance the mission of the profession through strong teaching that fosters inclusivity and integration of a critical lens to maintain awareness of oppressive systems. Course content will help prepare students to develop effective curriculum based upon CSWE's educational competencies.

This course focuses on current, and often controversial, issues in social work education. Students will grapple with contemporary issues facing social work educators - those ranging from broad philosophical concerns (e.g., decolonizing social work education, role of advanced standing MSW programs, etc.) to more micro level topics (e.g., power differentials in the academy, boundary issues, etc.). Through course readings, critical dialogue and questioning assumptions about how things have always been done.

This course examines current bio-ecological research findings that inform our understanding of the pervasive impact of trauma, particularly as trauma relates to service members and their families. Emphasis is placed on examining biopsychosocial influences on the incidence, course and treatment of acute stress, trauma and PTSD, and the differential effect of these factors on diverse populations at risk.

This course provides an introduction and investigation in the analysis, research, production, and creative techniques central to the art of theatre. Student will read performance texts, attend live performances, and create a public performance. This online hybrid course will meet face-to-face one session per week.

This course provides an introduction and investigation in the analysis, research, production, and creative techniques central to the art of theatre. Student will read performance texts, attend live performances, and create a public performance. This online hybrid course will meet face-to-face one session per week.

This course provides students with the tools to create their own short original works of theatre. Students will explore recent and current trends in theatre that allow performers to become creators of their own works. Students will examine the ways they can interpret language, literature, poetry, and dramatic texts to develop new ways to communicate their ideas in performance through the idiom of an ensemble.