Offered each Fall. This course compares and contrasts the practice strategies that address the issues and goals identified in the initial stages of the helping relationship and relates these strategies to client systems of varying sizes. The course also addresses the important issues of evaluation and ending the work with clients, including how to stabilize change and emotionally disengage from clients. Offered each Spring. This course will introduce the logic and the skill of social scientific research necessary for both conducting research and responsible utilization of research as a consumer.
Emphasis is given to practice evaluation.
SOSC 240 or permission of the Department Chair. Offered each Fall. This course critically examines social work's role in society, its knowledge base and research methods, its value orientation, and its practice methods. The intent is to provide a framework within which students can begin to develop an integrated personal and professional value system. Offered each Fall.