An integrative professional seminar for senior majors in social work, usually taken in the last semester of course work. Social work issues of an educational, professional and practice nature are examined. This course is a Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR) course in certain programs, and hence is not likely to be eligible for automatic transfer credit to UK.

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to child abuse and neglect, including historical perspectives, indicators of maltreatment, theories about its etiology, and effective interventions on the micro and macro levels. Students will learn about child protective policies and services, and the social worker's roles and responsibilities.

This course is designed to prepare rehabilitation and mental health counselors, social workers and students in related fields with a working knowledge of the medical and psychosocial aspects of physical disability and chronic illness, and to provide students with the knowledge and understanding necessary to function and serve effectively in rehabilitation counseling and related interdisciplinary, allied health, and mental health settings.

This course is designed to prepare rehabilitation and mental health counselors, social workers, and students in related fields with a working knowledge of the medical and psychosocial aspects of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disabilities, and to provide students with the knowledge and understanding necessary to function and serve effectively in counseling and related interdisciplinary, allied health, and mental health settings.

Study of issues of current and special significance for social work practice. Issues selected in accordance with the needs and interests of students enrolled.

This course introduces students to generalist social work practice with families and groups. SW 602 reviews the theoretical and philosophical formulations that underlie direct practice with groups and families. This course also focuses on helping students develop and apply professional practice skills based on these formulations.

While emphasizing the critical analyses of social policies and policy making processes, this course critically examines the history of the social welfare system, services, and programs. An important focus of this course is to identify and understand the impact of a wide range of social policies on social work clients and human service delivery systems within a social justice framework.

Students in this course engage in a generalist social work field placement under the direction of a faculty field professor and an agency field instructor. Through field education seminars students integrate knowledge, skills, and behaviors from prerequisite and concurrent courses, to demonstrate foundation social work practice with individuals, families, small groups, organizations and communities. The focus includes attention to context, policy, ethical considerations, the application of theory, and the use of research-informed interventions.

Introduction to systematic approaches to scientific thinking necessary for building knowledge and evaluating one's own practice. Includes ethical use of scientific inquiry, critical appreciation of quantitative and qualitative methodologies, and use of research for program evaluation.

This course is a practice course focusing on assessment and intervention in the Social and community Development Concentration. The course examines the community context of social work practice with an emphasis on neighborhoods, communities, and larger social systems that influence quality of life. Models of community practice are presented to assess and intervene in a social problems and social injustice that constrain opportunities and limit access to resources for individuals and families.