This course introduces students to generalist social work practice with individuals and families. SW 600 teaches the generalist practice model and related skills: engagement, interviewing, assessment, planning/intervention, implementation, evaluation and termination with a focus on helping students to master professional skills for direct practice with individuals and families. Additionally, this course offers an examination of social work practitioners' roles in the direct delivery of social services within the context of professional values and ethics.

This advanced level practicum builds on the foundation practicum and foundation level courses, and prepares students to practice as social workers at the advanced level in public and private settings. The advanced generalist practicum focuses on the application of theory, knowledge, and skills, and integrates the social work competencies developed in the advanced curriculum year with practice experience in community-based agencies to address complex needs and problems.

This advanced level practicum builds on the SW 740 advanced practicum and the foundation practicum, and prepares students to practice as social workers at the advanced level in public and private settings. The advanced practicum focuses on the application of theory, knowledge, and skills, and integrates the social work competencies developed in the advanced curriculum year with practice experience in community-based agencies to address complex needs and problems.

This course requires students to apply quantitative research methods by conducting a survey, needs assessment, program evaluation, or research project related to their area of specialization in social work. Students will collect or access study data, analyze it, and present the results.

This course focuses on the role of research in the profession, the logic of research, the major strategies and techniques for conducting research in social work settings, and preparation of a research proposal. This is the first of a two-course sequence with a primary focus on quantitative methods.

Explores the nature of knowledge, how it is generated and acquired. Students will distinguish explanatory from practice theory, understand paradigms as bases for ideas, recognize and formulate concepts, understand relational statements, theoretical statements, and how these relate to theory and data. Strategies for building knowledge will be discussed. Students will analyze theories into their components, construct mini-theories, and propose how they can be tested in social work practice.

This course provides students with a theoretical and conceptual framework for understanding social problems and their implications for macro social work practice. Critical perspectives related to social science theory will be identified, assumptions assessed, values examined, and empirical evidence analyzed. Theories covered will be drawn from sociological, socio-cultural, political, economic, historical and other perspectives. Students will be expected to develop their abilities to analyze and critique social problems and macro social work practice.

Students will facilitate seminar sessions drawing upon educational theory and relevant literature, create syllabi, observe each other teaching, and develop papers elucidating their grading practices and philosophy of teaching.

Topics of current importance in Social Work research and practice, including philosophical, theoretical, ethical, and technical considerations. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve credits under different subtitles.

This course applies the Stanislavski based foundational components of acting through voice, body, and imagination to the exploration of plays from the late 20th century to present day. Students will investigate the key building blocks of acting, including given circumstances, relationships, obstacles, objectives, beats, playing action to activate the text, and communication skills. Ensemble building, solo activities, and scene work will be explored.