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PROFESSIONAL FOUNDATION

SWK 500 Social Work Practice I.............................................3 credit hours
SWK 501 Social Work Practice II.............................................3 credit hours
SWK 510 Social Welfare Policy and Services I.............................3 credit hours
SWK 111 Social Welfare Policy and Services II...........................2 credit hours
SWK 520 Human Behavior and the Social Environment I................3 credit hours
SWK 521 Human Behavior and the Social Environment II...............3 credit hours
SWK 522 Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Diversity..........................3 credit hours
SWK 523 Rural-Urban Social Work..........................................3 credit hours
SWK 530 Applied Social Work Research....................................3 credit hours
SWK 581 Field Practicum & Seminar I.......................................4 credit hours
30 credit hours

ADVANCED CONCENTRATION
DIRECT PRACTICE (Family and Child Welfare)

SWK 600 Social Work Intervention Strategies..............................3 credit hours
SWK 601 Social Work Practice with Groups.................................3 credit hours
SWK 610 Family and Child Welfare Policies................................3 credit hours
SWK 621 Family Theories and Processes....................................3 credit hours
SWK 630 Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation.....................3 credit hours
SWK 661 Personality Theories & Psychopathology........................2 credit hours
SWK 680 Field Practicum II................................................ 4 credit hours
SWK 681 Field Practicum III................................................ 4 credit hours
SWK 689 Integrative Seminar..................................................3 credit hours
SWK___ Elective...............................................................2 credit hours
30 credit hours

DIRECT PRACTICE (Mental Health)

SWK 601 Social Work Practice with Groups.................................3 credit hours
SWK 602 Social Work Practice with Health & Mental Health............3 credit hours
SWK 616 Issues and Policies in Community Mental Health............ 3 credit hours
SWK 621 Family Theories and Processes................................... 3 credit hours
SWK 630 Needs Assessment & Program Evaluation.......................3 credit hours
SWK 661 Personality Theories & Psychopathology........................2 credit hours
SWK 680 Field Practicum & Seminar II......................................4 credit hours
SWK 681 Field Practicum & Seminar III.....................................4credit hours
SWK 689 Integrative Seminar................................................ 3 credit hours
SWK ___ Elective...............................................................2 credit hours
30 credit hours

POLICY, PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION

SWK 604 Theory of Practice of Social Welfare Administration..........3 credit hours
SWK 605 Organizational Behavior & Management ...................... 3 credit hours
SWK 613 Budgeting and Financial Management...........................3 credit hours
SWK 614 Principles of Planning and Administration..................... 3 credit hours
SWK 615 Grantwriting..........................................................2 credit hours
SWK 630 Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation.....................3 credit hours
SWK 680 Field Practicum & Seminar II......................................4 credit hours
SWK 681 Field Practicum & Seminar III.....................................4 credit hours
SWK 689 Integrative Seminar................................................ 3 credit hours
SWK ___ Elective...............................................................2 credit hours
30 credit hours

ELECTIVES

SWK 615 Grantwriting..........................................................2 credit hours
SWK 641 Crisis Intervention...................................................2 credit hours
SWK 642 Sexual Abuse: Assessment and Intervention.................. 2 credit hours
SWK 652 Social Work and the Law ..........................................2 credit hours
SWK 658 International Social Welfare and Social Work..................2 credit hours
SWK 663 Substance Abuse.....................................................2 credit hours

The professional foundation courses have been designed and structured to assure that students receive content essential to entry level social work practice and advanced concentration courses. Four (4) hours of Field Practicum are included in the professional foundation. The electives are deigned to support the concentration area.

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