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SWK 836 - Conflict Resolution in Social Work Practice 3 Credit(s) This course examines social conflict and the theories, principles, and methods of conflict resolution in relation to social work practice. The course will cover the dynamics of interpersonal and group conflict and methods to manage and resolve disputes. The principles and methods of negotiation and mediation will be covered, and the course will examine a number of contexts where mediation is commonly used by social workers and other human service professionals.
Prerequisites: Admission to MSW Program or permission of Instructor and MSW Program Coordinator.
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SWK 841 - Field Education III and Integrated Seminar III 4 Credit(s) Concentration year field education and integrated seminars are geared to the advanced development of social work knowledge, values and skills to a specialized area of advanced generalist practice. Academic theory mastered in the foundation year and contained in concomitant courses in Practice, Human Behavior and Policy is reinforced and further integrated. The goal of both semesters is to provide practicum experiences where students have the opportunity to develop, reinforce, and refine competencies through performance.
Prerequisite or co-requisite: SWK 810
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SWK 842 - Field Education IV and Integrated Seminar IV 4 Credit(s) Concentration year field education and integrated seminars are geared to the advanced development of social work knowledge, values and skills to a specialized area of advanced generalist practice. Academic theory mastered in the foundation year and contained in concomitant courses in Practice, Human Behavior and Policy is reinforced and further integrated. The goal of both semesters is to provide practicum experiences where students have the opportunity to develop, reinforce, and refine competencies through performance.
Prerequisite or co-requisite: SWK 820
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SWK 845 - Mental Health Policy and Services 3 Credit(s) After a review of the historical background, current mental health policies and trends will be discussed, with a focus on Massachusetts state and local systems. General frameworks for mental health programming including various preventive strategies and methods of financing and administering these programs will be studied.
Prerequisites: SWK 722 or SWK 797
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SWK 846 - Health Policy and Services 3 Credit(s) This course adopts a social problem framework to examine and critically analyze health policies, health service delivery, and overall financing and organization of health care in America. Inequalities in health care services, disparities in incidence and scope of illness, and demographically-linked variations in access to health care resources and health outcomes will be examined. A critical lens will be applied to an examination of structural, institutional, and political factors that sustain these inequalities.
Prerequisites: SWK 722 or SWK 797
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SWK 850R - Selected Topics: Children and Family Services 3 Credit(s) This course is designed to provide increased knowledge, skills, and competencies for work within the field of children and families. Topics vary according to students’ interests and faculty expertise.
Prerequisites: Admission to MSW Program or permission of Instructor and MSW Program Coordinator.
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SWK 854 - Policies and Services for Older Adults and End-of-Life Care 3 Credit(s) The course examines policies and programs affecting older adults and end-of-life care, distinct but overlapping areas of social work practice. Issues explored include work, retirement, abuse and neglect, discrimination, cultural sensitivity and ethical challenges, disability, health care and insurance, home care and acute-long-term care, hospice and palliative care, economic security, living arrangements, guardianship, legal rights and protections, and advanced care planning.
Prerequisites: SWK 722 or SWK 797
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SWK 855 - Designing Social Work Research 3 Credit(s) This course is the first half of a year-long applied research course during which students design a research project. Students will select a research topic, review relevant literature, construct data collection instruments or processes, prepare a research proposal and obtain approval from the relevant Institutional Review Board/s.
Prerequisite: SWK 722 or SWK 797 or waiver examination.
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SWK 856 - Conducting Social Work Research 3 Credit(s) This course is the second half of a year applied research course during which students conduct a research project. Students will collect data, analyze data using appropriate computer technology, submit a formal final paper and present their findings to the College community.
Prerequisite: SWK 855
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SWK 859 - Political Action and Health Care Advocacy for Social Workers 3 Credit(s) This elective course in political action and legislative advocacy contains both classroom and experiential components, including three classes at Salem State College and an intensive week of study in Washington, D.C. The course focuses on a selected public health care policy or program which is known to respond to the critical health care needs of at-risk populations.
Prerequisites: SWK 702 & SWK 703 . Course instructor will determine eligibility in consultation with Program Coordinator.
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SWK 860R - Selected Topics: Health/Mental Health Services 3 Credit(s) This course is designed to provide increased knowledge, skills, and competencies for work within the field of health and mental health. Topics vary according to students’ interests and faculty expertise.
Prerequisites: SWK 722 or SWK 797 or permission of the Instructor and MSW Program Coordinator.
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SWK 861 - Social Work With Groups 3 Credit(s) This course provides an overview of social work’s pioneering role in the early development of the theory and practice of social group work with diverse populations. The focus will be on the common aspects of all groups - e.g. leadership, stages of group development and group dynamics with an emphasis on a generalist perspective.
Prerequisites: SWK 722 or SWK 797 or permission of the Instructor and MSW Program Coordinator.
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SWK 862R - Substance Abuse 3 Credit(s) This course provides students with both macro and micro understanding of the phenomena of abuse of alcohol and other drugs nationally. The course emphasizes a complex systemic view of substance use and treatment which is grounded in the available addictions research, and consistent with a bio-psycho-social view of social work practice.
Prerequisites: Admission to MSW Program or permission of Instructor and MSW Program Coordinator.
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SWK 863N - Aids and Social Work 3 Credit(s) This course provides a framework for understanding the impact of the AIDS epidemic upon clinical social work practice and public health policy. The global epidemiology of AIDS, its modes of transmission, and the shifting demographic trends will be examined. Special emphasis will be on the biopsychosocial needs of those groups who have been most affected by AIDS: gay men, IV drug users, black and Hispanic men, women and children.
Prerequisites: Admission to the MSW Program or permission of Instructor and MSW Program Coordinator.
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SWK 864 - Short-Term Models and Brief Interventions 3 Credit(s) This course is designed to supplement direct practice content. Students explore assessment and diagnostic concerns related to short-term practice models with adults, families and children. Course focuses on crisis intervention, cognitive-behavioral, brief couples and family intervention, and psychodynamic models.
Prerequisites: SWK 705 or SWK 797 or permission of Instructor and MSW Program Coordinator.
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SWK 865 - Psychological Trauma: Assessment and Intervention in Social Work Practice 3 Credit(s) This elective will focus on the assessment, intervention and prevention of maladaptive responses of children, adolescents and adults who have been exposed to acute or chronic traumatic events and/or environmental situations. From the perspective of individual, family and community practice methods, emphasizing resiliency and empowerment, the course will introduce theoretical and practice issues to be considered in effective social work practice with this population.
Prerequisites: SWK 722 or SWK 797 or permission of MSW Program Coordinator.
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SWK 866 - Assessment of Psycho-Social Pathology 3 Credit(s) This course focuses on the methods and criteria used in making differential decisions about psychiatric diagnoses, and introduces students to the application of the most commonly used diagnostic system, the DSM-IV-TR. This includes a critical analysis of its strengths and weaknesses.
Prerequisite: SWK 722 or SWK 797 or permission of MSW Program Coordinator.
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SWK 867 - Disability in Human Services Policy & Practice 3 Credit(s) This course examines the historical, theoretical, social and political aspects of current U.S. policies and programs relevant to populations with disabilities, with the exception of populations with psychiatric disabilities. Targeted to graduate students in the human services, with a specific focus on social work students, the course examines key policy controversies, historic legislation, landmark court cases and sub-population-specific issues. A review of the service delivery systems in which policies and programs are implemented are also reviewed in preparation for direct practice with a spectrum of people with disabilities.
Prerequisite: SWK 702 or permission from the instructor
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SWK 868 - Clinical Practice with Children and Adolescents 3 Credit(s) This elective course will concentrate on specific practice methods in assessment and direct work with children and adolescents in a variety of settings, including schools and child welfare systems. There will be a special emphasis on enabling students to develop a sound, coherent and articulated conceptual base for assessment and intervention with children and adolescents individually as well as in families, groups, and social systems.
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SWK 870R - Selected Topics: Older Adult Services 3 Credit(s) This course is designed to provide increased knowledge, skills and competencies for work with older adults. Topics vary according to students’ interests and faculty expertise.
Prerequisites: SWK 722 or SWK 797 or permission of MSW Program Coordinator.
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SWK 871 - Social Work with Elders and their Families 3 Credit(s) This elective addresses the experience of normal aging and the challenges associated with the transition into aging. Discussions include the role of family members in relation to the elderly family member, the impact of illness and disability on both elders and caregivers, and prevention and treatment of elder abuse.
Prerequisites: Admission to the MSW Program or permission of the MSW Program Coordinator; course intended for professionals working in relevant practice area.
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SWK 875 - Directed Study in Social Work 3 Credit(s) This course is developed in consultation with a faculty member who will supervise the work. The student chooses a topic that is not covered by other graduate elective course offerings. The proposal includes: name of faculty sponsor, rationale for taking the proposed course, specific number of contact hours with the sponsor, products of the course, and exact method of evaluation of student performance.
Prerequisites: SWK 722 or SWK 797 or permission of MSW Program Coordinator.
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SWK 880R - International Travel and Seminar 3 Credit(s) This course involves travel abroad as well as pre and post-trip seminars. Students will engage with human services professionals in a host organization or university in a foreign country and gain comparative knowledge about social work practice, social service programs and policies, and critical human rights campaigns. This course may be repeated for a maximum of six credits.
Prerequisites: Admission to the MSW Program or permission of the Instructor and MSW Program Coordinator.
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SWK 881R - Institute for Undoing Racism 3 Credit(s) The Institute on Undoing Racism is a series of programs and activities designed to enhance people’s awareness of the phenomenon of racism and the methods and ways to undo it. The Institute provides knowledge, emphasizes values and offers skills to eliminate racism on a personal and institutional level.
Prerequisites: Admission to the MSW Program or permission of the MSW Program Coordinator.
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SWK 882 - International Perspectives in Social Welfare 3 Credit(s) This course examines social welfare issues in a global context. Topics include poverty, inequality, human rights, the oppression of women and girls, welfare state alternatives, migration, international institutions, and the debate over globalization. The experiences of rich, middle-income, and poor countries will be explored.
Prerequisites: SWK 703 or permission of Instructor and MSW Program Coordinator.
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SWK 889 - Partnerships for Families: An Interprofessional Approach 3 Credit(s) “Helping professionals” - educators, social workers and nurses - will share perspectives and learn new ways of working effectively with children and their families in school settings. Drawing on the knowledge bases and resources of each field and using a family-centered approach, participants will increase their understanding of family processes, cultural contexts and strategies for promoting professional-family partnerships.
Prerequisites: Admission to the MSW Program or permission of the MSW Program Coordinator; course intended for professionals working in relevant practice area.
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SWK 916R - Supervision, Staff Development and Consultation 3 Credit(s) This course examines the principles and techniques of supervision, staff development, and consultation. The supervisory process will be reviewed in relation to administrative, educational, supportive, and catalytic functions. Emphasis throughout the course will be on the supervisory and staff development skills necessary for the development of a staff capable of functioning creatively and independently.
Prerequisite: SWK 722 or SWK 797 or permission of the MSW Program Coordinator.
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