This course examines how various aspects of post-secondary education are impacted by diversity, power, and privilege. While race and ethnicity are foregrounded in this course, students also engage in readings and critical discussions regarding the role of gender, socio-economic, religious, sexual orientation, and able-bodiedness on issues such as post-secondary access, the college student experience, college/university curricula, higher education policy, and administrative practices.

Through a social science approach, this course introduces key principles of internet studies in order to interpret the way the internet-as a place unto itself-works through us, upon us, and even in us to shape and be shaped by our everyday lives. This course introduces the concepts, technologies, politics and histories behind the digital system known as the Internet and the larger information ecosystem of the world today from a critical social perspective.

This course provides an overview of the doctoral program, introduces students to expectations related to doctoral education, and addresses writing for academic and professional social work practitioners. Topics that will be covered include but are not limited to: orientation to the program, curriculum, and capstone project; academic writing for publication; and professional documentation across practice settings (e.g., case notes, contract writing, MOUs, etc.).

This course examines relevant and timely topics that impact social work practice across the micro-macro continuum and all practice settings. Current, ongoing, pressing issues facing social workers will be identified with the inherent flexibility to explore topics related to students' interests. In the course, students will explore a contemporary issue of their choosing that may connect to their focus in the DSW program and ultimately their capstone project.

This course encompasses aspects of professional practice related to use of supervision and ethically derived practice. Students are introduced to the place of ethics in professional social work practice, the philosophical formulations that underlie ethics and relevant concepts derived from these formulations. The course emphasizes the development of ethical reasoning and decision-making.

Social workers must be able to evaluate knowledge and critically think about the research that informs practice. Additionally, social workers must be consumers as well as producers of evidence based research and practice. This course covers the requisite foundations of knowledge of the scientific approach, tools to identify resources, and skills to tailor interventions, implement evidence-based interventions and evidence supported common social work practice factors.

Advanced social work practice requires knowledge and skills related to competent data analysis. This course is grounded in the conceptual understanding of how data informs social work practice. Topics to be covered include but are not limited to: descriptive analysis, correlations, ANOVA, and regression. Students will gain familiarity with cleaning data, interpreting results and applying critical thinking to help them make sense of statistical presentations in published manuscripts, popular media, and other sources.

This course will examine the history of American architecture by focusing on the built environment of Kentucky, from early Native American ceremonial sites to examples of the Federal, Greek Revival, and Italianate styles; the architecture of enslavement; early twentieth- century eclecticism; Modernism; New Urbanism; and other national and international trends. While the course will survey buildings by era, type, and style, particular attention will be paid to social function and context.

This course provides supervised professional experience in public and private sector positions, and is intended to introduce students to the skills and working environments of careers in environmental and sustainability studies. Students should consult with a ENS faculty member in advance of registering for this class. This course may be repeatable up to a maximum of six credit hours.

Readings, research, and discussions in seminar format to illuminate problems of historical and contemporary significance, in areas of special faculty competence. This topics course is not restricted to geographical region or time period. May be repeated up to fifteen credits.