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These courses may have been taken by previous Social Work students or may have been identified as of possible interest to Social Work students. Some courses may be restricted and/or not open to
Social Work students. There are many other courses not listed offered elsewhere in the university that may be of interest. Interest in courses numbered below 500 should be checked for graduate
level status since many are only offered for undergraduate credit. You can check this by contacting the department offering the course or contacting the SSW Registrar.
The information may not be up to date or complete. Please seek additional information from the department where the course is offered and from the instructors of the course. We strongly
recommend you discuss your plans to take outside courses with your advisor to make sure they are a good fit for your educational program.
| School: |
Psychology |
| Credits: |
3 |
| Prerequisites: |
PSYCH 100; PSYCH 212, PSYCH 238, PSYCH 243 or PSYCH 270 |
| Course Description: |
Etiology, diagnosis, and facilitation of adjustment of the mentally retarded, gifted, physically handicapped, and emotionally disturbed child. |
Offerings
| Section | Instructor | Days | Location | U-M Class # |
|---|
| 001 | Chang, Edward C | - | 1505 NUB | 25575 |
| School: |
Psychology |
| Credits: |
3 |
| Course Description: |
This is a Topics course at the graduate level. Topics may change term to term and section to section. |
Offerings
| Section | Instructor | Days | Location | U-M Class # |
|---|
| 001 | Preston, Stephanie D | Fri | 4464 EH | 31131 |
| 006 | Jahn, Andrew | - | 4464 EH | 31133 |
| 009 | Tronson, Natalie | - | 4464 EH | 31135 |
| 002 | Edelstein, Robin | Wed | 3254 EH | 34644 |
| 004 | Beltz, Adriene Marie | Fri | ARR | 34645 |
| 005 | Preston, Stephanie D | - | ARR | 34646 |
| 010 | Smith, Jacqui | - | ARR | 40432 |
| School: |
Psychology |
| Credits: |
3 |
| Course Description: |
The main objective of the course is to help build a repertoire of research skills that students can bring to bear on their own research interests. As such, the course is designed to provide students with an overview of several methods associated with personality psychology. Particular emphasis will be placed on those methods currently utilized by faculty in the personality area. In addition, the course is designed to expose students to professional issues related to conducting and publishing their research in psychology-related outlets. |
Offerings
| Section | Instructor | Days | Location | U-M Class # |
|---|
| 001 | Awad, Germine | Wed | 3254 EH | 34648 |
| School: |
Public Policy |
| Credits: |
3 |
| Prerequisites: |
Open to SW students a week or so after Ford students enroll.
Note: PUBPOL 534 is one of the four courses Ford students can take for their second economics requirement. This class is almost always full of Ford students, but if there's space SW students ar |
| Course Description: |
This course surveys what we do and don't know about economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. We begin by discussing alternative perspectives on the goals of development. The substantive sections of the course address specific topics relevant to developing countries, such as: technology and growth; international trade and investment; international migration and remittances; coping with risk; public health and education; corruption and governance; and public finance. |
Offerings
| Section | Instructor | Days | Location | U-M Class # |
|---|
| 001 | Neggers, Yusuf | - | 1230 WEILL | 34441 |
| School: |
Public Policy |
| Credits: |
1.5 |
| Course Description: |
This course will provide students with a practical hands-on introduction to data analysis using Microsoft Excel. Given the widespread usage of Microsoft Excel in the workplace, the aim of the course is to enable students to become proficient in the professional use of the software application. Topics will include: data collection and management, data tables, scenario analysis, optimization using the solver tool, graphical and numerical techniques for summarizing data, and macros. No previous experience with Microsoft Excel is required. |
Offerings
| Section | Instructor | Days | Location | U-M Class # |
|---|
| 001 | Worthington, Alton Boyd Hale | Mon, Wed | 3117 WEILL | 23608 |
| School: |
Information, School of |
| Credits: |
3 |
| Prerequisites: |
Contact Department or Instructor |
| Course Description: |
Students electing SI 504 MUST also register for one of the discussion group sessions. Considers collections of information resources in the broadest sense of the term. Includes libraries and archives, business records, research data, personal files, art collections, and other sets of information items held by individuals or groups for later use. Deepens understanding of fundamental social processes within which such collections are embedded, and the processes that shape their creation, use, and meaning. Fosters the synthesis of collections and social systems by showing how collected information simultaneously results from ongoing social processes and affects them. |
Offerings
| Section | Instructor | Days | Location | U-M Class # |
|---|
| 001 | Hess, Michael Levine | Mon | 3420 CCCB | 28764 |
| 101 | Hess, Michael Levine | Mon | | 32487 |
| School: |
Information, School of |
| Prerequisites: |
none |
| Course Description: |
This course provides a foundational introduction to empirical methods, both quantitative and qualitative, that are applicable to health informatics and learning health systems, and that support both evaluation and research studies. |
Offerings
| Section | Instructor | Days | Location | U-M Class # |
|---|
| 001 | Quintana, Christopher Lee | Wed | 2229 SEB | 23462 |
| School: |
Information, School of |
| Course Description: |
This course will provide students with a hands-on introduction to interaction design. The course will focus on design methods and design thinking, and will allow students to develop their design sensibilities and practical skills through a series of design exercises. The course will cover individual and group ideation techniques; and contemporary perspectives on interaction design for common platforms (e.g., web, desktop, tablet, mobile, and beyond).
The course will combine readings, lectures, and in-class exercises to convey and reinforce the intellectual content. Individual and group assignments will provide an opportunity to engage more deeply with the material. The course work may include substantial individual/group project at the end of the course or a semester-long individual project. In-class presentations, along with group critique will allow students to receive feedback from peers and instructors to improve and refine their craft. In-class discussions will rely heavily on concrete examples that are analyzed and critiqued by students and instructors alike, and are used to illustrate and reinforce the course content. |
Offerings
| Section | Instructor | Days | Location | U-M Class # |
|---|
| 001 | Seo, Woo Suk | - | 2255 NQ | 19938 |
| 002 | Rampton, James Michael | Mon | 4151 USB | 34067 |
| School: |
Sociology |
| Credits: |
3 |
| Course Description: |
This course will explore the social aspects of health, aging and the health care system. We will examine such issues as the social causation of disease, relationships between doctors and patients, the health care professions, health and health care among women and the poor, and the current health care crises in the U.S. and cross-national contexts. |
Offerings
| Section | Instructor | Days | Location | U-M Class # |
|---|
| 001 | Anspach, Renee | Mon | 3207 LSA | 32082 |
| School: |
Studies Abroad |
| Course Description: |
The University of Melbourne's Faculty of Arts offers courses in a wide range of disciplines including Women's Studies, Australian and Asian Studies, and English Literature. The Australia Centre, part of the Faculty of Arts, has developed a course for study abroad and other international students entitled "Australia Now," which provides students with an introduction to Australian history and politics and requires them to develop a research project on some aspect of modern-day Australia. |
Offerings
| Section | Instructor | Days | Location | U-M Class # |
|---|
| TBD | TBD | - | | 30960 |