USF 1995-96 Undergraduate Catalog - Page 185 - 186
SOW 3101 HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT I (3)
PR: All pre-core courses. Restricted to Social Work majors, others by School permission. An integrating human behavior-social environment course emphasizing dynamics of behavior and environmental factors as they relate to social work practice with individuals, and families and groups.
SOW 3102 HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT II (3)
PR: SOW 3101. Restricted to Social Work majors; others by School permission. An integrating course emphasizing dynamics of behavior and environmental factors as they relate to social work practice with organizations and communities.
SOW 3203 THE AMERICAN SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEM -SS (3)
A general education introductory course which provides students with a framework for understanding the historical development of American social welfare, its value base, and its response to minorities, women, children, the elderly, and the disabled.
SOW 3302 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK (3)
An introductory course tracing the development of social work as a profession including an examination of the knowledge, skill and attitudinal base of the profession and professional roles and functions.
SOW 3401 RESEARCH AND STATISTICS FOR SOCIAL WORK (4)
PR: All pre-core courses. Restricted to Social Work majors, others by School permission. The purpose of this course is two-fold: to familiarize the student with research as it is practiced in the profession of Social Work; and to equip the student with those theoretical understandings necessary to be a critical consumer of social work research.
SOW 4233 SOCIAL WELFARE: POLICY & PROGRAM (4)
PR: All pre-core courses and SOW 3203. Restricted to Social Work majors, others by School permission. An advanced policy course taking an analytical approach to contemporary social welfare policy issues and current social welfare programs.
SOW 4341 MULTI-METHODS OF SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE I: MICRO-SYSTEM INTERVENTION (5)
PR or CR: SOW 3101; SOW 3401. Restricted to Social Work majors; others by School permission. First practice course emphasizing development of skills and interventive methods with individuals, families and small groups. Course includes both didactic and experiential learning components.
SOW 4343 MULTI-METHODS OF SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE II: MACRO-SYSTEM INTERVENTION (5)
PR: All pre-core courses, SOW 4341; SOW 4233, and SOW 3102 may be taken as PR or CR. Restricted to Social Work majors, others by School permission. Second practice course emphasizing intervention at the community and organizational level. Builds upon theoretical and practical content of SOW 4341. Course includes both didactic and experiential learning components.
SOW 4510 FIELD PLACEMENT (10)
PR: Completion of all social work core courses except SOW 4522. Restricted to social work majors in Senior year. Supervised field placement in a social welfare organization consisting of 32 hours per week in the field and 4 hours per week in an integrated practice seminar which constitutes the third and final course in the practice sequence.
SOW 4522 SENIOR SEMINAR (2)
PR: SOW 4510 is taken as CR for Social Work majors. This course is the final course taken in the BSW curriculum for majors. The course focuses on the students' understanding of multicultural and intergenerational issues.
SOW 4900 DIRECTED READINGS (1-6)
PR: Completion of four social work courses including SOW 3401, upper level standing, and School permission. Content dependent upon student interest and ability. A contract will be jointly developed by student and instructor specifying nature of work to be completed. May be repeated up to 6 credit hours.
SOW 4930 VARIABLE TOPICS IN SOCIAL WORK (1-3)
Restricted to Social Work majors; others by School permission. Variable title courses to expand on the four sequence areas in the Social Work core curriculum. Allows focus on areas relevant to student's educational interest.
SOW 5930C SELECTED TOPICS IN SOCIAL WORK (1-4)
Restricted to Social Work majors, both graduate and undergraduate; others by School permission. Course is taken as an elective. Variable title courses will selectively expand specific social work content areas. May be repeated in varying topic areas.
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Publication Date: June 1, 1995
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