MSW Program Course Descriptions |
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Note: All graduate courses in the School of Social Work have consent of
instructor as a prerequisite.
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SW 700 History and Philosophy of Social Welfare (3 units)
This course addresses the history of social welfare policies and services in
the United States. Historical developments are analyzed in terms of attitudes,
values, beliefs, philosophies, assumptions, and ideologies. Implications for
growth and development of the social work profession and social service
delivery systems are pinpointed. Political, economic, social, legal, historical
and cultural contexts are analyzed in terms of past, current and future
implications. Applications to and implications for diversity are emphasized. A
requirement for all students.
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SW 701 Social Policy Analysis (3 units)
Prerequisite: SW 700
This course offers a range of policy analytical models and frameworks that can
be used to analyze social policy. The purposes, functions, and applications of
policy models and analytical frameworks are addressed. Different types of
policies (with diverse objectives, assumptions and impacts) are pinpointed, and
policy models and analytical frameworks are applied to each. Frameworks for
analysis are discussed in terms of their applications to and implications for
all areas of practice. Strengths and weaknesses of the models and frameworks
are identified, particularly in light of population diversity. New
policy/program directions are explored, and action plans are developed. A
requirement for all students. |
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SW 710 Human Behavior and the Social Environment (3
Units)
A social systems conceptual framework for the study of human development and
social services through the life cycle. Current social services, exemplary
programs and unserved needs are identified at each stage of life with an
emphasis upon oppressed groups. A requirement for all students. |
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SW 711 The Life Cycle (3 units)
Prerequisite: SW 710.
Study of the phases and processes of human development in a life-span model.
Examination of the interrelated physical, cognitive, emotional, and
social-cultural elements shaping differential patterns of adaptive
goal-oriented behavior. Elective. |
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SW 720 Research Methods in Social Work (3 units)
Prerequisite: SW 450 or equivalent and completion of fist semester of
graduate social work program.
Major topics include the role of research in the development of social work
theory and practice, methods of date collection, processing and analysis, and
problems of statistical analysis and inference. A requirement for all students. |
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SW 721 Evaluative Research Methods (3 units)
Prerequisite: SW 720.
An intensive exploration of the design, execution and analysis of the efficacy
of evaluative research designs, methods, and strategiesin social welfare.
Emphasis upon measuring efficiencyof service delivery, and applied evaluative
research methods relevant to the innovative programs. |
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SW 730 Social Work Practice Methods (3 units)
Seminar presenting the central concepts and processes of urban generalist
practice. Major emphasis is given to the development of practice skills
relevant to the needs and aspirations of oppressed individuals, groups, and
communities. A requirement for all students. (Full-time students must
take this course concurrently with SW 740 and 741.) |
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SW 740 Field Education (2-5 units)
Must be taken concurrently with SW 741.
First year: Application of the urban generalist model to a variety of practice
settings serving oppressed groups. Second year: Integration of course work in
adcanced concentrations through practice under supervision of a faculty member.
Must be repeated for a maximum of 10 units. A requirement for all students. |
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SW 741 Graduate Field Education Seminar (2 units)
Must be taken concurrently with SW 740.
Evaluative seminar to enable graduate students to analyze their field
experience. Full-time students must repeat for a total of four (4) units;
planned part-time students must repeat for a total of two (2) units. A
requirement for all students. |
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SW 760 Social Work and the Law (3 units)
Social change through the judicial, legislative and executive processes. Topics
include the role of courts and evidence, and such issues as human reproduction,
marriage, divorce, adoption, children's rights, legal problems of the aged,
racism, sexism, poverty, consumer protection, housing, education, mental
health, licensing and malpractice. Elective. |
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SW 770 Ethnic & Cultural Concepts and Pronciples I
(3 units)
Presentation of conceptual framework for the understanding of ethnic/cultural
variables that influence social work practice with people and communities of
color (in particular: Asian-American, African-American, Chicano-Latino, and
Native American). A requirement for all students. |
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SW 771 Ethnic & Cultural Concepts and Principles
II (3 units)
Prerequisite: SW 770.
Analysis and evaluation of traditional social work intervention methods and
their limitations and the creative exploration of new and more relevant methods
of intervening in the problems experienced by people and communities of color. A
requirement for all students. |
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SW 800 Planning and Program Development (3 units)
Prerequisite:SW 700
This course addresses planning and program development od human service
organizations. Theories, types, levels, applications, and issues of planning
are studied. These knowledge and skill bases are used to plan and develop human
service programs. Focus is on needs assesment, program analysis, management
planning and programming, marketing, fundraising, and grant writing. Attention
is given to making program development relevant to the needs of diverse
populations and communities. This course is required for all Administration and
Planning and Social Development students. Optional requirement for Social Work
Practice with Families, Individuals, and Group students. |
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SW 801 Change Strategies and Professional Values (3
units)
Prerequisites: SW 710
Seminar on the role of social work profession in relation to social change and
the effect these changes have on present and future social relationships.
Review of salient professional values. A requirement for all Social Development
students. Optional requirement for Social Development students. Optional
requirement for Social Work Practice with Families, Individuals, and Groups
students. Elective for Administration and Planning students.
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SW 810 Health, Illness, and Disordered Behavior(3
units)
Prerequisites: SW 710
Seminar examining health, illness, disability, stress reactions and
psychopathology. These states are examined from a developmental perspective and
with a focus on implication for social work practice. A requirement for Social
Work Practice With Families, Individuals, and Groups students. |
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SW 811 Organizations, Institutions and Communities (3
units)
Prerequisite: SW 710
This course examines a range of organizational theories that relate to the
dynamics of complex organizations. Attention is given to social service
bureaucracies inboth the public and private sectors. Stability and change are
addressed in terms of life cycles, theories, strategies, and tactics that
impinge on change processes. Techniques for empowerment of community groups and
historically oppressed populations are explored. Required for all Administration
and Planing and Social Development students. |
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SW 820 Advanced Research Methodology in Social Work (3
units)
Prerequisite: SW 720
Theory and advanced methods of research applied to the design of research
projects. |
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SW 830 Social Casework (3 units)
Prerequisite: SW 730
Methods of helping individuals cope with personal and social problems.
Consideration of various approaches in the development of casework skills.
Enhancement of social functioning examined through case studies and videotapes
detailing social work interventions on behalf of individuals. A requirement for
all Social Work Practice With Families, Individuals, and Groups students. |
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SW 831 Advanced Social Casework (3 units)
Prerequisite: SW 830
Seminar on the use of relationships and the formulation of pscho-social
diagnoses; adaptation of the casework process in traditional and
non-traditional social casework; social therapeutic considerations in
complicated personal and social pathology. Optional requirement for all Social
Work Practice With Families, Individuals, and Groups students. |
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SW 832 Social Group Work (3 Units)
Prerequisite: SW 730
Seminar on small group behavior and the social work interventions required for
improving social relationships within groups. A requirement for all Social Work
Practice With Families, Individuals, and Groups students. |
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SW 833 Advanced Group Work (3 units)
Prerequisite: SW 832
Seminar, which analyzes the social and pscyhological problems of students'
client groups. Analysis of current theories of change and their utilization in
the social group work process. Optional requirement for all Social Work Practice
With Families, Individuals, and Groups students. |
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SW 834 Program Media in Social Group Work (2 units)
Activities and programs in relation to socio-emotional dimensions of the group
and to the structure and dynamics of personality. The social, psychological and
therapeutic uses of athletics, crafts, work, music, literature, dance, and
discussion. Elective. |
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SW 835 Social Development Methods I (3 units)
Prerequisite: SW 730
The nature of communities, community change dynamics, patterns of
decision-making and community power analysis. Special attention is given to
social planning and to social change strategies in working with disenfranchised
and oppressed communities. A requirement for all Social Development
students. Optional requirement for Social Work Practice With Families,
Individuals, and Group students. |
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SW 836 Social Development Methods II (3 units)
Prerequisite: SW 835
Examination of selected social change strategies including citizen action
organizing, client participation, and program development in social agencies
and community development corporations. A requirement for all Social Development
students. |
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SW 837 Family Social Work (3 units)
The urban family from both theoretical and practice orientations. The structure
and internal operations of various types of families; life cycle of the family;
assessment of dysfunction; intervention strategies; and the social worker's
role in the change process. Elective. |
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| SW 840-849 serve as ELECTIVES in the School of Social
Work |
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| SW 840 Family Meditation (3 units) |
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| SW 841 Social Work Practice With Gays and Lesbians (2
units) |
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| SW 842 Social Work With the Aged (3 units) |
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| SW 843 Child Welfare Practice (3 units) |
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| SW 844 Seminar on Social Work Values and Ethics (3
units) |
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| SW 845 Social Work Health Care (2 units) |
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| SW 846 Social Work in Industry (2 units) |
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| SW 847 Social Work in Immigrants and Refugees (3
units) |
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| SW 848 Social Work, Social Welfare and the Disabled (3
units) |
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| SW 849 Quasi-Morticide: Self Destructive
Behavior-Implications for Social Work Practice This course is offered
through the College of Extended Learning only. |
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SW 850 Human Services Administration I (3 units)
Prerequisite: SW 730
Application of theory to personnel processes in human service agencies.
Includes legal considerations related to hiring policies and practices,
recruitment, training, and development. A requirement for all Administration and
Planning students. Optional requirement for Social Work Practice With Families,
Individuals, and Groups students. |
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SW 855 Current Issues in Social Work (2-3 units)
Variable topics. Examination of current issues in social work practice an in
the profession. Exploration of selected issues in depth. Course may be taken
more than once for credit, but not more than three times for a maximum of six
units. |
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SW 855 Social Work Practice in School Setting (3
units)
Development of an understanding of the policies, theories, principles
underlying the practice of social work in public schools (K-12). The focus of
study will be on school social work as part of an interdisciplinary approach to
resolving school-related problems, and on social workers as facilitators and
advocates in aiding students, families, school and communities to achieve
educational goals. Required for students pursuing the PPS Credential. |
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SW 862 Child Welfare (2 units)
Analysis of major issues in the provision of public and publicly funded child
welfare services. Examination of preventive, supportive, and substitute
programs for children and families; discussion of changing urban family roles,
cultural-racial-class factors, effective development, and children's rights. Elective. |
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SW 863 Community Development (2 units)
Theories and functional pronciples of community development in terms of
relevant social science knowledge related to current concepts of community
organization in social work. Topics include delinquency control programs and
anti-poverty efforts in certain U.S. cities and programs or community
development in selected developing countries. Elective. |
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SW 864 Human Services Administration II (3 units)
Prerequisite: SW 880 or consent of instructor.
Modern management theory as applied to non-profit human service agencies.
Emphasis on the application of the theory and applied techniques to resolve
problems associated with fiscal accountability in human service agencies. A
requirement for all Administration and Planning students. |
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SW 865 Social Work Practice With People With Aids (2
units)
(This course is offered the College of Extended Learning only). |
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SW 880 Computers and Human Services Administration (2
units)
Prerequisite: Completion of or current enrolment in SW 850
Computer technology as it applies to contemporary management of social service
agencies. Emphasis will be on exposure to a range of concepts, skills and tools
that can be utilized to manage information systems in contemporary social
service agencies. A requirement for all Administration and Planning students.
Elective for other students. |
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SW 895 Research/Professional Practice Project in
Social Work (3 units)
Prerequisite: Advancement to Candidacy.
The execution of an individual or group research/professional practice project
reflecting studnet's interest and needs in working with oppressed communities. Option
to meet the culminating experience requirement. |
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SW 898 Master's Thesis (3 units)
Prerequisite: Advancement to Candidacy.
At the discretion of the faculty and on application of the student, consent may
be given for the student to write an individual thesis. The thesis topic must
fall within the social welfare field. A Graduate Approved Program (GAP) and
Thesis/Creative Work topic form muct be on file in the Graduate Studies and
Research Office (ADM 254) before registration. Option to meet the culminating
experience requirement.
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SW 899 Special Study (1-3 units)
An intensive study of a particular problem in social work or social welfare
under the direction of a member of the social work faculty. Open only to
students who have demonstrated ability to do independent work. Enrollment by
petition. A maximum of 6 units towards the MSW degree may be completed through
Special Study. |
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