| Credits: |
1 |
| Prerequisites: |
None |
| Course Description: |
This mini-course will acquaint students with the basic and advanced facts about HIV/AIDS and sensitize students to the multitude of public health, social policy and social service delivery issues that AIDS presents, and provide US and global perspectives to HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention. Students will be sensitized to the special challenges AIDS presents for social work practice. Students will be presented with an approach to evidence based practice, and will review the state of HIV related evidence based prevention practice from national and global perspectives. |
| Pathway Elective For: |
Global Social Work Practice, Interpersonal Practice in Integrated Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse (Host) |
| Credits: |
1 |
| Prerequisites: |
None |
| Course Description: |
This course is aimed to create the following impacts on student learning: increased knowledge of the history of community based art and design in the US; increased knowledge of methods for collaborative community based art and design; develop skills in collaboration with community groups in developing community based art and design projects; Knowledge and skills to evaluate the impact of community based art and design activity.
Our class is organized around principles of andragogy (adult learning), empowerment, and collaboration. We will develop a co-learning environment that will include presentations, skill building activities and exercises, speakers, and different media. Experiential activities will be central to the structure and process of this course. |
| Pathway Elective For: |
Community Change (Host), Global Social Work Practice |
| Credits: |
1 |
| Prerequisites: |
None |
| Course Description: |
This course examines environmental justice organizing in a US and global context. Students will explore the disproportional impact of environmental racism and climate change on low-income communities of color in the US and globally. The course will examine both the history of environmental justice organizing as well as contemporary US and global efforts to organize for change. A particular focus will be on grassroots and coalition building as a strategies for environmental justice and climate change organizing. |
| Pathway Elective For: |
Community Change (Host), Global Social Work Practice, Policy & Political Social Work |
| Credits: |
3 |
| Prerequisites: |
None |
| Course Description: |
This course will examine theories, social policies and services, social movements, activism and research concerning gender-based violence, and domestic violence (intimate partner violence) in particular. While focusing on domestic violence, the course will address other forms of gender-based violence through an ongoing analysis of interlocking systems of oppression, power and control.
This course is an integrative seminar designed to help students strengthen their critical analysis skills and integrate their knowledge and skills at micro, mezzo, and macro levels. The course encourages the application of these knowledge skills to various levels of practice aimed at ending domestic violence and other forms of gender-based violence, especially social change activities through policy advocacy and community organizing. |
| Pathway Elective For: |
Community Change (Host), Global Social Work Practice, Policy & Political Social Work |
| Credits: |
1 |
| Prerequisites: |
None |
| Course Description: |
The Language Translation and Interpretation is a one-credit mini-course that aims to prepare students to identify, address, and evaluate the language translation and interpretation needs of individuals, families, and communities whose native language is not English. The course will focus on strategies and evidence-based practices for engaging with individuals, families, and communities with or without the aid of an interpreter. Examples of topic issues include gender, class, race/ethnicity, and how these factors influence translation and interpretation in social work practice. The course is recommended for both monolingual and multilingual students working with populations in the U.S.A. and/or other countries. |
| Pathway Elective For: |
Community Change, Global Social Work Practice (Host), Interpersonal Practice in Integrated Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse |
| Credits: |
1 |
| Prerequisites: |
None |
| Course Description: |
The Understanding and Organizing Against Inhumane Immigration Policy mini-course focuses on the impact of immigration-related public policy on individual, families, and communities. In this course, we will identify and address sweeping national controversies around immigration and significant questions about social justice and racial discrimination. This course will focus on the problems undocumented immigrants face and the public policy strategies of enforcement, particularly at the border and in the interior of the country. Along with discussion of the policies and practices of enforcement, we will explore local enforcement consequences to individuals, families, and local communities. Discussions will include global, national, state, and local components. Students in this course will acquire the skills to critically analyze and address this aspect of immigration policy, its controversies, and strategies for organizing for change within local communities. |
| Pathway Elective For: |
Community Change, Global Social Work Practice (Host), Policy & Political Social Work |
| Credits: |
1-2 |
| Prerequisites: |
None |
| Course Description: |
The Global Course Extension (GCE) mini-course builds off a 3-credit on-campus Advanced Global Topics in Social Work course. This course focuses on a specific global social work-related topic, such as migration, displacement, poverty, climate change, indigeneity, etc. This mini-course involves a 2-4 week trip to a pertinent international location that will allow students to further engage and explore the themes and topics introduced in the on-campus course. Participation in this mini-course requires that students satisfactorily complete the associated 3-credit Advanced Global Topics in Social Work course. Additionally, students must apply and be accepted to participate in a GCE course through an application process. |
| Pathway Elective For: |
Global Social Work Practice (Host) |
| Credits: |
3 |
| Prerequisites: |
None |
| Course Description: |
The Advanced Global Topics in Social Work course is taught by various members of the program faculty and is typically offered during the winter semester. Each version of the course has its own subtitle, some being offered one time only while others may be repeated. Advanced Global Topics in Social Work courses provide an in depth focus on a global social work issue, such as migration, displacement, poverty, climate change, indigeneity, etc. Additionally, students in the Advanced Global Topics in Social Work course have the opportunity to apply for the Faculty-Led Global Course Extension (GCE) mini-course that includes a 2-4 week trip to a pertinent international location that will allow students to further engage and explore the themes and topics introduced in the on-campus course. |
| Pathway Elective For: |
Global Social Work Practice (Host) |