Special Topics in Social Work

This engaging and accessible supplemental course will give you a basic understanding of human biology and how it relates to human behavior and the social environment. It successfully integrates social work theory with human biology theory

6 Credits

Social Work Field

This introductory course integrates concept of social work with empowerment, strengths, and human rights and social justice. It incorporates strengths and empowerment perspective while examining values and ethics, cultural diversity, social justice and human rights, social work practice, human behavior, populations at risk, and policy and services.

6 Credits

Basics of Human Behavior and Social Environment

This course introduces and incorporates current research on biological, psychological, socio-cultural, and spiritual dimensions of human behavior. Course pay particular attention to models of racial, ethnic, class, gender and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender identity-development; to influences of gender, sexual orientation, social class, race/ culture on family structure and function.

6 Credits

Practical: Share Your Social Work Experience - Level 2

This course offers a practical introduction to the theories and skills necessary to engage in effective, strengths-based practice. Direct Practice for Social Work interweaves diversity and social justice throughout the topics and teaches you how to make the connections between major theories and real-world situations.

6 Credits

Violence and Social Work

This course offers a comprehensive look at child maltreatment, incorporating history of child abuse. Course covers history of child welfare, gives an overview of functional and dysfunctional families, and contrasts healthy child development with development hampered by abuse and neglect. It concludes with discussion of prevention and consideration of future.

6 Credits

Introduction to Social Work and Human Services

This course offers generalist view of breadth and scope of human services. It uses various practice settings as a lens for examining role and functions of human service professional. Exploring nature of working with individuals, families, or groups is more meaningful when explored within the context of particular practice setting.

6 Credits

Foundations of Social Work Practice

This course blends ecosystems and strengths-based approaches along with diversity competent practice into a change process that social workers can use with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. It provides you with solid foundation for generalist social-work practice. It has strong theoretical framework that reflects modern theory and methods.

6 Credits

Social Welfare Policy

This course provides you with a comprehensive overview of social welfare policy in the United States while examining cutting-edge issues. It continues to focus on how the major sectors of social welfare policy, voluntary, governmental, and corporate-sectors, operate and co-exist ("pluralist approach"), while offering clear, user-friendly framework for policy analysis.

6 Credits