Note: Semesters listed are when courses are normally offered. However, course offerings may change due to low course enrollment or unexpected staffing changes.

150 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK (3)	SPRING
This course offers an exciting opportunity for experiential learners to explore the profession of social work, social work values and ethics, and vocational calling to helping those in need. Students will be empowered to explore diverse social work settings and working with a variety of populations.

210 SOCIAL WELFARE INSTITUTIONS (3)	FALL
This course offers students an opportunity to actively engage in critiquing historical trends and current issues impacting social policies and programs. This exploration will offer faith-based perspectives on roles and responsibilities across various social, political, and economic systems. Prerequisite: Social Work 150, or permission of instructor.

225 SOCIAL WORK VALUES & ETHICS (2)	SPRING
This course offers rich opportunity for open-minded learners to stretch personal values and ethics in relation to God’s plan for fostering justice, humility, and unconditional love. Prerequisites: Social Work 150 and 210 or permission of the instructor.

300 TOPICS IN SOCIAL WORK (3)	SUMMER
This course will offer experiential learners unique knowledge and skills related to current and emerging topics of concern within the social work profession. Building on a community-centered generalist practice approach, this course will provide opportunities for focused skill development to serve at-risk/special populations.

310 HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT (4)

FALL

This course will offer experiential learners unique knowledge and skills related to current and emerging topics of concern within the social work profession. Building on a community-centered generalist practice approach, this course will provide opportunities for focused skill development to serve at-risk/special populations. Prerequisites: Social Work 150 and 225 or permission of the instructor. This course is offered during the summer session and the course topic is determined each year.

315 DIVERSE POPULATIONS (2)	SPRING
This course provides an opportunity for experiential learners to engage in self-reflection around the dynamics of diversity. Also explored are the issues of globalization as they impact urban communities. Significant factors and types of diversity will also be discussed. Prerequisites: Social Work 150, 210, 225 or permission of instructor.

340 GENERALIST I (4)	FALL
This course will offer experiential learners skills to conduct community-centered generalist practice with individuals. Using strength-based interviewing skills students will actively participate in simulations. Students will practice case management and working with involuntary clients and those in crisis. Prerequisites:Formally admitted to the program.

345 PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR I (1)	FALL
This capstone assessment course fulfills the College capstone requirement through the planning and implementation of a community social action project. Prerequisites: Formally admitted to the program.

350 GENERALIST II (3)
This course will offer experiential learners the skills to conduct community-centered generalist practice with groups and families. Students will engage actively in simulations using and adapting a variety of intervention methods across diverse settings. Prerequisites: Social Work 340 and formally admitted to the program.

353 RESEARCH FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (3)

SPRING

This course offers students the opportunity to explore research principles and skills in social work. Coverage of both quantitative and qualitative research methods used in social work and program evaluation; including a survey of research designs, sampling, data collection, data analysis, and interpretation from an ethical standpoint provides the foundation for this course. This course is identical to Sociology 353. Prerequisites: Mathematics 105 or 151.

355 PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR II (1)	SPRING
This capstone assessment course fulfills the College capstone requirement through the planning and implementation of a community social action project. Prerequisites: Social Work 345 and formally admitted to the program.

360 GENERALIST III (3)	FALL
This course will offer experiential learners the skills to conduct community-centered generalist practice with organizations and communities. Students will engage actively in simulations using and adapting a variety of organizational administration and asset-based community development approaches across diverse settings. Prerequisites: Social Work 340, 350, and formally admitted to the program.

365 PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR (1)	FALL
This capstone assessment course fulfills the College capstone requirement through the planning and implementation of a community social action project. Prerequisites: Social Work 345, 355, and formally admitted to the program.

370 COMMUNITY SOCIAL ACTION POLICY (3)	FALL
This course will energize and mobilize students for involvement in community-centered social action. Students will model assimilation and commitment to effecting dynamic social change within community through their leadership and development of a social change project. Prerequisites: Political Science 201 and Social Work 210, or permission of instructor.

399 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1)

400 FIELD EDUCATION (10)	SPRING
This course provides an exciting opportunity for students to gain valuable experience in a social work field-practicum setting. This formal practicum experience will allow students to put into practice the knowledge and skills they have gained throughout the social work program. Prerequisites: Social Work 340, 350, 360, and formally admitted to the program.

401 FIELD EDUCATION SEMINAR (2)	SPRING
This seminar course will assist students in monitoring their progress toward achieving learning objectives in field practicum. Students will share and learn from each other around issues of community-centered generalist practice. Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Social Work 400.