• SW 490R: Independent Studies

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Instructor approval, department chair approval, and University Advanced Standing; for Behavioral Science Bachelor Degree students only. For qualified students who wish to undertake a well-defined project or directed study related to an area of special interest. Requires individual initiative and responsibility. Includes limited formal instruction and faculty supervision. Projects may include writing a publishable paper, passing a competency exam, producing an annotated bibliography, oral presentation, or other options as approved by the instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits.
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• SW 6000: Social Work Practice I--Generalist Practice with Individuals

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSW program. Teaches students to apply the generalist social work Planned Change Model with individuals: engagement, assessment, goal setting/contracting, implementation, evaluation, and transition/ending. Prepares students to utilize core social work interpersonal communication skills to engage clients in a professional partnership and complete a comprehensive assessment. Emphasizes the importance of cultural humility, principles of strengths-based and anti-oppressive social work practice, empirical research, and theories of human behavior and person-in-environment. Overviews intervention modalities, including case management. Discusses ethical and professional demeanor and practice.
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• SW 6020: Social Work Practice II--Generalist Practice with Families and Groups

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): SW 6000. Teaches students to apply the generalist social work Planned Change Process with families and groups: engagement, assessment, goal setting/contracting, implementation, evaluation, and transition/ending. Introduces group and family development and the theory and models of social work practice with groups and families. Prepares students to utilize group leadership and family communication skills necessary for research-informed practice. Emphasizes ethical and anti-oppressive practice and discusses how working with families and groups can advance human rights and social justice.
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• SW 6030: Social Work Practice III--Advanced Practice with Individuals

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): SW 6000 or acceptance into the Advanced Standing MSW Program.. Examines clinical approaches most often used with clients. Emphasizes the theoretical basis of treatment modalities and how to apply them in practice.
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• SW 6040: Social Work Practice IV--Advanced Practice with Families and Groups

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSW Program. Builds on the skills and knowledge for generalist social work practice with an emphasis on advanced practice with small groups and complex family cases. Implements the planned change process to target workable intervention strategies. Identifies family and group problems such as scapegoating, manipulation, resistance, and how to solve those problems.
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• SW 6050: Social Work Practice V--Advanced Practice with Organizations and Communities

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): SW 6300 or Acceptance into the Advanced Standing MSW Program. Analyzes multiple approaches social workers use to influence groups, organizations, communities, and systems. Examines concepts, theories, and models of macro level practice and skills for addressing complex practice and organizational situations.
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• SW 6200: Human Behavior and the Social Environment

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSW Program. Teaches students critical perspectives, theories, and frameworks that describe the behavior of individuals, families, interpersonal and group relationships, communities, and social and political systems. Focuses on theories and knowledge related to biological, sociological, psychological, spiritual, and cultural processes as they affect development across the lifespan as well as well-being, challenge, and coping. Emphasizes the person-in-environment framework for understanding the reciprocal nature of interactions between micro, mezzo, and macro systems. Investigates varying social environment factors, including historical, social, racial, cultural, economic privilege and power, oppression, and marginalization that impact individuals, families, organizations and communities.
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• SW 6250: Macro Systems and Social Impact

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSW program. Applies the social work Planned Change Model (engagement, assessment, goal setting/contracting, implementation, evaluation, and transitions/ending to community and organizational macro systems. Utilizes systems theory and thinking to examine social problems within actionable parameters: identifying stakeholders and their relationships to power and influence; examining historical precedence and current policy; identifying causes, consequences, and reinforcing feedback loops; investigating existing interventions; and determining the gaps and opportunities for intervention within a system. Examines the social work profession utilizing an anti-oppressive lens and explores the values, principles, standards, laws, policies, and regulations that direct ethical social work practice on the macro level.
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• SW 6300: Social Welfare Policy and Analysis

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSW program. Teaches students to identify the impacts of historical and current social policies on individual, family, and community well-being, human rights, social and economic justice, and structural oppression. Analyzes the role of governments, and the private and non-profit approaches to social policy and service formulation, implementation, and evaluation. Examines major social forces and institutions as they relate to and determine social welfare policy and welfare services in the United States. Teaches students how to advocate for policy that ensures that resources, rights, and responsibilities are distributed equitably.
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• SW 6320: Social Work Practice with Diverse Populations

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): SW 6000. Emphasizes the social work profession's commitment to cultural humility, anti-oppression, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and advancing social, economic, and environmental justice. Explores how intersectionality (including, but not limited to age, social class, culture, disability and ability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, immigration status, nationality, religion, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and tribal sovereign status) determines experiences of power, privilege, and marginalization and shapes people's life experiences. Prepares students to practice social work reflexively in congruence with principles of anti-oppressive practice and to challenge dominant norms and world views that work to marginalize persons. Requires significant self-reflection to understand one's unique positionality as a social work practitioner.
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