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Graduate Catalog 2015 - 2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Psychology
  

  • PSY 663 - Neuropsychological Assessment

    (4 credits)
    Examines the use of testing devices that measure an individual’s cognitive, perceptual, and motor performances as indicants of the extent and location of brain damage.


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  • PSY 667 - Special Topics in Psychology

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Course content is described in the online course schedule. May be repeated with a change of topic.


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  • PSY 670 - Crisis Management

    (2 credits)
    Examines issues related to crisis and trauma, with emphasis on institutional planning and response in schools, as well as the typical and atypical reactions of individuals. Offers guidelines for treatment, including debriefing strategies and long-term support.


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  • PSY 671 - Stress, Abuse And Trauma

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Clinical Psychology M.A. specialization. Emphasis on understanding the psychological consequences of unusually stressful life experiences which include such events as childhood abuse, natural disaster, assault, war trauma, and other traumatic events. Special emphasis on the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of post-traumatic stress.


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  • PSY 672 - Multicultural Psychology And Diversity Practicum

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the School Psychology M.A. specialization. Examination of theories of differences and their application to behavioral and organizational change, with emphasis on school-related issues and practices. Through didactic and experimental exercises, the course focuses on the sensitivities and information needed to work effectively with multicultural populations.


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  • PSY 677 - Foundations of Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience

    (3 credits)
    A survey of current knowledge of how behavior and cognition are controlled by neural processes, including examinations of a) neurons and neurotransmitters, b) sensory and motor systems, and c) how the brain and the peripheral nervous system are involved in the control of various behavioral and cognitive processes.


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  • PSY 685 - Comprehensive Exam in Diversity Management

    (16 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Diversity Management program. One of three exit requirement options for students in the Diversity Management Program. Students review all program content, then complete the program’s comprehensive exam. The exam tests for knowledge, skills and awareness to ensure that students are able to function as culturally competent diversity management professionals.


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  • PSY 686 - Action Research in DIversity and Inclusion in Organizational Settings

    (16 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Diversity Management program. One of three exit requirement options for students in the Diversity Management Program. Students progress through the stages of conducting, summarizing, and presenting a diversity intervention as an action research project. Features include choice of subject area, planning, literature review, research design, writing style, documentation, and preparation for oral presentation. The class is for practitioner-focused students and provides additional hands-on experience with strong reflection and analysis components.


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  • PSY 690 - Fieldwork Placement

    (4 credits)
    Placements in clinical, community, hospital, and educational settings for supervised experience in psychological assessment and intervention. In addition to placement experience, students are supervised in small groups by faculty members who are licensed psychologists. Taken in sequence during Fall and Spring for a total of eight credit hours.


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  • PSY 691 - Fieldwork Placement II

    (4 credits)
    Placements in clinical, community, hospital, and educational settings for supervised experience in psychological assessment and intervention. In addition to placement experience, students are supervised in small groups by faculty members. Taken in sequence during Fall and Spring for a total of eight credit hours across two courses (PSY 690 and PSY 691).


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  • PSY 693 - Special Topics In Psychology

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Course content announced in the Course Schedule. May be repeated with change of topic.


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  • PSY 694 - Directed Observation In The Schools

    (2 credits)
    Prerequisites: Must be admitted to the Psychology Specialist program; permission of instructor. Directed observation and participation in a school setting for students in the Specialist in Psychology program to meet state certification requirements. Applies only to those not holding an Ohio Teaching Certificate or license.


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  • PSY 696 - Special Problems In Psychology

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Individualized study in psychology designed to supplement individual program needs. The student must arrange program and credit with a faculty member before enrolling. May be repeated for up to 12 credit hours.


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  • PSY 698 - Applied Research

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Consumer Industrial Psychology M.A. specialization. Supervised research in consumer psychology, industrial psychology, and related topics.


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  • PSY 699 - Research and Thesis (variable credit)

    (16 credits)
    Prerequisite: Advanced graduate status, permission of instructor, and departmental approval. Completion of scholarly investigation under the direction of supervising faculty.


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  • PSY 701 - Multivariate Statistics

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Adult Development & Aging Doctoral Program; and completion of PSY 601 andPSY 602 . This course focuses on multivariate statistical analyses and related issues including multiple regression, partial correlations, suppression, and mediation, general linear modeling, MANOVA, discriminant function analysis, canonical correlation, exploratory factory analysis, and multilevel linear modeling.


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  • PSY 702 - Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Adult Development & Aging Doctoral Program; and completion of PSY 601 and PSY 602. This course focuses on the following statistical procedures path analysis, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling and related conceptual issues.


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  • PSY 703 - Multilevel Linear Modeling

    (4 credits)
    This course focuses on multilevel linear modeling and related statistical issues including theory and application, growth curve analysis, and mixture modeling.


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  • PSY 710 - Psychology of Adult Development & Aging

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Adult Development & Aging Doctoral Program or permission of the instructor. This course focuses on the major theories and models used to study adult development and aging processes. Key topics include biological, physical, sensory, perceptual, and cognitive changes; personality, intelligence, coping, and emotional regulation; caregiving, mental health and mental disorders; and developmental research designs.


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  • PSY 711 - Health Psychology in Later Life

    (4 credits)
    This course focuses on the major theories and methodologies for studying health psychology and aging. Using a biopsychosocial model and lifespan perspective, topics include psychoneuroimmunological processes, psychoneuroendocrinology, cardiovascular reactivity, psychosocial risk factors and buffers, health disparities, and intervention/clinical protocols.


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  • PSY 712 - Mental Health in Aging

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Adult Development & Aging Doctoral Program or permission of the instructor. This course focuses on acute and chronic mental health issues faced by older adults, including anxiety, depression, substance abuse, bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia, and dementia. The etiology, diagnosis, assessment, and treatment protocols also are covered along with key environmental, cultural, and personal factors.


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  • PSY 713 - Sensorimotor Processes in Adulthood

    (4 credits)
    This course focuses on the age-related changes in the human sensory and perceptual systems. Topics covered include vision, pattern recognition, perception, auditory, motor, and speech perception, attention, and motor control. Age-related disorders of these systems also are covered.


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  • PSY 714 - Neuropsychology of Aging

    (4 credits)
    This course focuses on principles of psychological and neuropsychological assessment in adulthood and later life including the assessment of memory processes, attention, executive functioning, language processes, and intelligence. Key issues covered include reliability, validity, norming, and standardization.


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  • PSY 715 - Social & Emotional Development in Later Life

    (4 credits)
    This course focuses on social and emotional development across the lifespan including key theoretical and methodological issues, ageism, personality, social relationships and attachment, social support, caregiving, death and dying, and bereavement.


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  • PSY 716 - Cognitive Aging

    (4 credits)
    This course focuses on the research and major theoretical positions in cognitive aging, including cognitive neuropsychology of the aging brain and cognitive aging and everyday life. Associated age-related gains, stability, and declines in cognitive processes are covered including attention, language, memory, and executive functioning.


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  • PSY 720 - Independent Reading & Research

    (1-4 credits)
    This course is an independent reading and research course designed to facilitate student’s learning in a specific content area. Students must arrange content area and credit with a faculty member and obtain written permission before enrolling. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 48 credit hours.


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  • PSY 721 - Special Topics in Psychology: Adult Development & Aging

    (4 credits)
    This seminar course is for special topics in the field of Adult Development & Aging. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 20 credit hours.


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  • PSY 722 - Special Problems in Psychology: Adult Development & Aging

    (1-4 credits)
    This course is an individualized study designed to supplement individual program needs. Students must arrange content area and credit with a faculty member and obtain written permission before enrolling. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 20 credit hours.


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  • PSY 725 - Role and Function of the School Psychologist I

    (2 credits)
    Examination of the profession of school psychology, including history, legal and ethical issues, service delivery models, employment trends, credentialing standards, and contemporary issues.


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  • PSY 726 - Role And Function Of The School Psychologist II

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Psychology Specialist School Psychology program. Continued examination of issues addressed in PSY 626.


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  • PSY 727 - Regulations and Procedures in School Psychology

    (2 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Psychology Specialist School Psychology program. An in-depth study of federal and state operating standards pertaining to the professional practice of school psychology, including documentation requirements.


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  • PSY 730 - Reading Assessment and Intervention

    (2 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Psychology Specialist School Psychology program. Study of principles and techniques for assessing the reading skills of children. Students gain competency in developing and applying remedial interventions, with emphasis on applications in school settings.


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  • PSY 735 - Systems Consultation in School Psychology

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Psychology Specialist School Psychology program.Comprehensive examination of models and methods of consultation in schools, with emphasis on issues associated with school reform, adoption and implementation of innovation, organizational culture, and working with teams.


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  • PSY 736 - Student-based Consultation in the Schools

    (2 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Psychology Specialist School Psychology program.Comprehensive examination of models and methods of consultation in schools, with emphasis on individual student issues. Emphasis on the application of problem-solving skills, communication skills, behavioral skills, and development of resistance management skills.


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  • PSY 767 - Special Topics in School Psychology

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Psychology Specialist School Psychology program.Course content announced in the Course Schedule. May be repeated with a change of topic.


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  • PSY 790 - Supervised Experience In School Psychology

    (6 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Psychology Specialist School Psychology program. Full-time school psychology internship experience for students enrolled in the School Psychology program. Taken in sequence during Fall and Spring for a total of twelve credit hours across two courses (PSY 790 and PSY 791).


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  • PSY 791 - Supervised Experience In School Psychology

    (6 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Psychology Specialist School Psychology program. Full-time school psychology internship experience for students enrolled in the School Psychology program. Taken in sequence during Fall and Spring for a total of twelve credit hours across two courses (PSY 790 and PSY 791). .


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  • PSY 795 - Seminar In School Psychology

    (2 credits)
    Corequisites: PSY 790  and PSY 791 . Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Psychology Specialist School Psychology program. Focuses on advanced issues in the practice of school psychology through the use of discussion, case presentations, and resource-sharing. Topics include behavioral consultation, legal and ethical issues, service delivery models, special populations, and assessment technology. Taken in sequence during Fall and Spring for a total of four credit hours across two courses (PSY 795 and PSY 796).


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  • PSY 796 - Seminar In School Psychology II

    (2 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Psychology Specialist School Psychology program. Focuses on advanced issues in the practice of school psychology through the use of discussion, case presentations, and resource sharing. Topics include behavioral consultation, legal and ethical issues, service delivery models, special populations, and assessment technology. Taken in sequence during Fall and Spring for a total of four credit hours across two courses (PSY 795 and PSY 796).


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  • PSY 899 - Dissertation

    (1-4 credits)
    Prerequisite: This course is reserved for students in the Adult Development & Aging Doctoral Program. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 24 credit hours.


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Public Health
  

  • MPH 601 - Public Health Concepts

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the M.P.H. program. Organizational structure, history, law, ethics, essential services, global problems, and the future of public health. Lecture, discussion, projects, and presentations.


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  • MPH 602 - Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the M.P.H program. Theories of health education and promotion. Intervention (communication, collaboration, and strategies) including socio-cultural, diversity, and regional issues as they pertain to public health.


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  • MPH 603 - Epidemiology & Public Health

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the M.P.H program. Epidemiological methods, including study design, legal/ethical aspects and Epi information, applications of methods, including screening, disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, and community needs assessment. Student presentations to focus on special topics, such as infectious diseases, chronic conditions, and others.


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  • MPH 604 - Biostatistics & Public Health

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the M.P.H. program. Principles of biostatistics in the context of multiple public health applications, Epi information, SAS, and JMP statistical packages to be used.


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  • MPH 605 - Health Sciences Administration in Public Health

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the M.P.H program. Management principles, including personnel administration, budgeting, financing, and continuous quality improvement as they pertain to public health, planning and evaluation principles, grant writing, public health economics, public health policy, and data sources.


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  • MPH 606 - Environmental Health Sciences in Public Health

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the M.P.H program. Air quality, water quality, food hygiene, sanitation, solid waste management, hazardous materials management, vector-borne disease, other special topics, occupational health, legal issues, environmental hazard identification, and response.


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  • MPH 608 - Public Health Practice and Issues

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: MPH 601, MPH 602, MPH 603 & MPH 604. In an organizational setting, the following topics will be explored: informatics and communication, diversity and cultural proficiency, and ethics. These topics are emerging public health issues, which will be applied in a practice setting. This is a required “limited practicum” course in the Master of Public Health program with two-thirds of the content being presented online and one-third in a practice setting.


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  • MPH 609 - Public Health Research and Evaluation

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: MPH 604. Corequisite: MPH 603. This is a theoretical and applied course on research methods relevant specifically to community-based public health. Students will critically review journal articles, create research questions, conduct comprehensive literature reviews, employ quantitative and qualitative research methods that fall within institutional review board parameters, develop and execute a data analysis plan. Culmination of coursework will be individual oral presentations and mock journal article.


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  • MPH 685 - Capstone I

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: At least four of the following core courses; MPH 601, MPH 602, MPH 603, MPH 604, MPH 605, MPH 606, successfully completed. Assessment of public health competencies and preparation for the capstone project, including development of a capstone proposal.


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  • MPH 686 - Capstone Project II

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: All six core courses (MPH 601, MPH 602, MPH 603, MPH 604, MPH 605, MPH 606) and MPH 685 successfully completed. A required culminating experience for MPH students to be taken after all core courses are completed. Requires working in partnership with a community organization/agency.


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  • MPH 691 - Grant Writing in Public Health Practice

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the M.P.H program. Required course for M.P.H. students without grant writing experience. Taught using a combination of classroom and web-based instruction, this course provides methods and techniques for writing and managing grant proposals to support public health programs. Emphasis on development of grant proposals, including narrative, program plan, evaluation design, timeline, budget and budget justification, identification of grant sources, managing funded projects, and use and development of requests for proposals.


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  • MPH 695 - Special Topics in Public Health

    (6 credits)
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the M.P.H program. Selections focus on specific topics of current interest to public health workers. Fliers describing the section offering are distributed prior to registration each semester. May be repeated with change of topic.


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  • MPH 696 - Public Health Practicum

    (6 credits)
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the M.P.H program. Student is teamed with a faculty advisor and community preceptor to work on a meaningful public health issue. For students who desire additional field experience.


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  • MPH 697 - Public Health Capstone Project

    (6 credits)
    Prerequisites: Graduate standing; MPH 601, MPH 602, MPH 603, MPH 604, MPH 605, and MPH 606. Student is teamed with a faculty advisor and community preceptor(s) to work on a meaningful public health issue. This work facilitates the integration of material from the core MPH courses. A paper (e.g. grant, study, proposal, etc.) demonstrating the applications learned in previous courses is required.


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  • MPH 699 - Independent Study in Public Health

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the M.P.H program. Supervised study of a public health issue or problem. Offered every semester.


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Social Work
  

  • SWK 601 - Foundation Field Practicum I

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. The first part of a two-semester, 400-clock-hour, supervised internship in a social service agency. That facilitates the acquisition of practice skills and experience appropriate for generalist social work practice and prepares students for entry into the second year.


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  • SWK 602 - Foundation Field Practicum II

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Second of the two-semester sequence described for SWK 601.


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  • SWK 603 - Advanced Field Practicum III

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. The first of a two-semester, 500-clock-hour, supervised internship in a social service agency, based on the student’s concentration. Designed to provide learning experiences to apply and test content from the professional foundation and the micro- or macro-practice concentrations.


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  • SWK 604 - Advanced Field Practicum IV

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Second of the two-semester sequence described for SWK 603.


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  • SWK 605 - Social Work Practice With Small Systems

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Students develop a professional social work would view and conceptualize problems and human interaction from such a perspective.


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  • SWK 606 - Social Work Practice With Large Systems

    (3 credits)
    Assists first-year graduate students in developing the knowledge base necessary for an understanding of the contemporary American community, its structure, politics, factors contributing to its growth and/or decline, and the roles and functions of various human service agencies and/or organizations within the community.


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  • SWK 607 - Advanced Practice With Small Systems I

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Focuses on the individual, families, and small groups. Students will be challenged to integrate human behavior theory with therapeutic change strategies and practice principles.


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  • SWK 608 - Advanced Practice With Small Systems II

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. A continuation of the sequence of courses related to social work practice with small systems. Emphasis is on work with therapeutic and task groups. The primary focus is on therapeutic techniques and helping the student develop a conceptual framework for clinical intervention.


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  • SWK 611 - Dynamics Of Racism And Discrimination

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Examines historical issues, social conditions, and social theory as a means to conceptualize racism and discrimination. Students will identify the underlying social policy issues as well as implications for direct social work practice.


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  • SWK 622 - Fundamentals of Social Work Research I

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Designed to introduce students to the logic of scientific inquiry, the research process, and the relationship between research and social work practice. Provides students with the knowledge to critically evaluate research; to contribute to the development of research; to understand the principles and processes of evaluating practice; and to consider research issues regarding values and ethics.


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  • SWK 623 - Fundamentals of Social Work Research II

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Increases the student’s knowledge of, and mastery of, skills for practice-related research and evaluation. Enhances the student’s understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies in social work research and practice. Students gain computer skills in text and data processing, and in accessing electronic resources abd electronic communication.


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  • SWK 631 - Human Behavior & Social Environment: Small Systems

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. A critical perspective is utilized to examine social and bahavioral science theories for explaining and assessing person and environment transactions in the context of small systems, and for informing practice responses to enhance these relationships, drawing upon content from but not limited to life-cycle, life-style, and culturally diverse perspectives.


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  • SWK 632 - Human Behavior & Social Environment: Large Systems

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Focuses on the human behavior of people as members of larger social systems, including small groups, communities, organizations, and institutions, and how racism, sexism, discrimination based on sexual orientation, and other forms of oppression influence these social systems.


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  • SWK 646 - Social Welfare Policy I

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Examines the historical role of social policy in the United States in relation to diversity issues and values and ethics in the profession. Attention is also given to the role of policy in achieving maximum social, economic, and emotional and physical well being.


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  • SWK 647 - Social Welfare Policy II

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Provides students with the opportunity to continue the development of their conceptual and analytical skills for analyzing social policies and programs. Students develop the necessary knowledge and skills for becoming social-change agents, especially in defining their role(s) within the political process.


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  • SWK 650 - Advanced Standing

    (6 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Designed for those students holding bachelor’s degree in social work. It covers and integrates content from the foundation year. After successfully completing this course students may enroll in the second year concentration.


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  • SWK 663 - Psychopathology and Social Work

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Provides an examination of the symptoms, theories, and psychosocial aspects of mental disorders and the role of the social worker in the assessment process.


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  • SWK 665 - Supervision and Staff Development

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Second-year graduate student or permission of instructor. An examination of the purpose, functions, and theories of supervision and staff development that facilitate professional use of self.


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  • SWK 671 - Social Work Administration

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Provides students with core knowledge, skills and values to assume leadership roles in nonprofit and public human service agencies. Introduces students to strategic planning, organizational decision making, supervision, fundraising, and fund management. Special attention is given to delivering quality services to vulnerable populations.


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  • SWK 672 - Community Organization and Planning

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Provides an overview of the concepts and philosophy of community organizing and planning in a multicultural society. Enhances an overall understanding of the social, political, and economic environments which shape and structure communities, and organizations affecting people.


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  • SWK 673 - Strategies of Community Organization

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Prepares students with knowledge and skills in intervention strategies and tactics of organizing communities; utilizes strategies for citizen involvement, empowering community advocacy.


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  • SWK 674 - Community, Economic Systems & Political Analysis

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Examines the enactment of social policies, the translation of policies into social programs, with political and economical considerations. Includes social, political, and economic subsystems of the client community.


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  • SWK 675 - Program Evaluation

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Provides students with an understanding of the principles of program evaluation and acquisition of techniques necessary to evaluate human service programs. Introduces students to the application of research methodology to assess human service needs and the effectiveness of service programs and to examine roles of program evaluators as advocates for empowerment of oppressed groups.


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  • SWK 680 - Aging & Social Work Practice

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Examines the well being and service needs of older Americans. Acquaints students with the benefits, resources, and services available to meet the needs of the elderly in multiple settings as determined by policies, programs, service agencies, and intervention strategies in the field of aging.


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  • SWK 685 - Social Work Practice With Families & Children

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. An introduction to social work practice with families and children (and youth) from a competency-based perspective drawing from solution amplifying and restoring (narrative) practice models. Home-based and managed mental health care have accelerated the expansion of a style of social work practice that is not only time sensitive, but also responsive to helping clients set and achieve observable goals.


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  • SWK 690 - Advanced Practice and Policy in Substance Abuse

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Second-year graduate student or permission of instructor. This course provides students with the knowledge and skill base necessary for practice with people involved in substance abuse, including evaluating programs and preventive work.


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  • SWK 692 - Group Work Practice

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite: Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Examines the fundamental knowledge and skills required for social work practice with groups across multiple client systems. Knowledge of social work values and ethics is applied as it related to all aspects of group work. Dynamics of working with special populations will be emphasized (e.g. the effects of the addictive processes on group therapy, age-appropriate communication with children.)


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  • SWK 693 - Special Topics in SWK

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Permission of department. Degree-seeking MSW student or permission of program director. Special offering varying with faculty expertise and student interest. Course title and content may change from term to term. May be taken for credit more than once but no single topic may be repeated.


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  • SWK 694 - Theories & Procedures in Addiction Studies

    (3 credits)
    Explores historical perspective of substance abuse in society; models and theories that describes addiction and the effects of addiction on individuals and families; effects of addiction in individuals; techniques and practices that have positive outcomes in treatment and prevention fields; and professional issues facing the addiction field.


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  • SWK 695 - Health Care: Planning & Policy Issues

    (3 credits)
    Provides specialized knowledge in planning and policy issues for students interested in health care policy issues and options. Students are introduced to the historical development of health care and the policies that guide it on the national, state, and local levels. Special emphasis is given to the effect of planning and policy issues on service delivery.


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Sociology
  

  • SOC 505 - Urban Sociology

    (3 credits)
    The study of metropolitan development and social life. Examines the role of economic, political, and cultural factors at the global, national, and regional levels. Explores the history of urban sociology and contemporary perspectives. Analyzes the process of social change at the metropolitan level.


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  • SOC 511 - Individual And Society

    (3 credits)
    Interaction between the individual and society. Examination of the ways in which society impinges on the individual’s behavior with special emphasis on the perspectives of symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodology, and conversation analysis.


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  • SOC 512 - Sociology of Mental Illness

    (3 credits)
    This course examines three central issues: 1) our changing understanding of mental illness, 2) the variety of approaches for the treatment of mental illness and 3) the impact of social policy on the lives of the mentally ill. By combining historical, medical, and sociological perspectives, this course provides a broad introduction to the study of mental illness. The material is drawn primarily from the United States.


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  • SOC 513 - Sociology of Education

    (4 credits)
    Education as socialization; the dual role of the school as change and conservation agent; characteristics of school populations; changing roles of private and parochial education; organization and structure of authority and decision-making processes in public and private schools.


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  • SOC 515 - Population Problems

    (4 credits)
    Sociological significance of population size, distribution, composition, and density; population and economic development; United States population data in relation to other major countries; programs of family planning; population policies.


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  • SOC 516 - Sociology of Aging

    (3 credits)
    Critical analysis of the social status and participation of older individuals in modern societies. Includes topics such as theories of aging, demography, family ties, economic status, health care delivery systems and long-term care, dying and death, and the United States as an aging society.


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  • SOC 517 - Sociology of Gender

    (3 credits)
    Examination of the significance of gender differences in the experiences of women and men in social institutions (e.g., family, education, economic, legal, political); the theoretical perspectives utilized to analyze these differences; and the effects of changing expectations on gender roles and identities.


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  • SOC 518 - Sociology of Childhood and Adolescence

    (4 credits)
    Explores the place of children and youth in societies by examining conceptions of children that guide adults’ expectations of children and social policies, and how age, gender, ethnicity/race, and social class affect the way children are treated by one another and by adults in families, schools, and neighborhoods in Western societies.


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  • SOC 519 - Sociology of Religion

    (3 credits)
    The course will present and compare/contrast major sociological theories of religion, examine historical and contemporary patterns of religious belief and participation, and the relationships between religion and other institutions including politics. The empirical focus will include both the contemporary United States and a comparative look at other societies.


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  • SOC 520 - Globalization

    (3 credits)
    This course offers an introduction to the major topics in globalization. The following issues are explored: the process globalization (the role of technological innovation, the change of business models, political changes worldwide); the history of globalization (the role of the nation-state, the rise and fall of the merchant, industrialist, and financier); theoretical thinking of globalization (neo-liberalism, westernization, and globalism); and the impact of globalization on global inequality, health, and environment.


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  • SOC 535 - Drugs, Alcohol, and Crime

    (3 credits)
    A sociological examination of key theoretical and empirical issues in licit and illicit drug use and alcohol misuse, their relationships to crime, and criminal justice system responses in the United States. The course emphasizes the history of drug and alcohol use in the U.S; laws pertaining to drugs and alcohol; links between law creation and race/ethnicity; methodological issues associated with the study of alcohol and drugs; the etiology and epidemiology of substance use and criminality from competing paradigms. No prerequisite or special consent required.


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  • SOC 541 - Juvenile Delinquency

    (3 credits)
    Examination of criminal and other forms of youthful misconduct in the context of the place of children and adolescents in American society. Particular emphasis on the causes of various forms of delinquency and community-based prevention and corrective programs.


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  • SOC 542 - Sociology of Law

    (3 credits)
    Society and law, foundations of law, legislation and judicial interpretation for regulating behavior, law and social change, and the legal profession.


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  • SOC 543 - Medical Sociology

    (3 credits)
    The role of social and cultural factors in health, re-search on the use of health services, the health professions, health care organizations, and major issues in public policy and health care.


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  • SOC 545 - Social Control

    (3 credits)
    The course begins with an examination of the meaning of social control, both as a formal and an informal system of constraint. The second part of the course offers a historical account of the emergence and development of the prison in both Europe and the United States. This involves a detailed consideration of the competing historical accounts of the birth of the prison offered by Robin Evans and Michel Foucault. Finally, the course explores contemporary issues concerning surveillance and the use of technology to exercise control over a modern, predominantly urban population.


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