Course Content and Recommended Reading
(All books are on 2-hour reserve for in-library use only.)

Community Organization (Macro Methods II)

1. History and development of community organization practice models.
2. Theories, strategies and skills relevant to community organization practice.
3. Roles of community organizers in planned change efforts for capacity building, advocacy, and empowerment.
4. Leadership, organization and dynamics in the process of community organization.

Data Analysis (Research II)

1. Data collection techniques and analysis of data.
2. Display techniques using charts, tables and graphs.
3. Appropriate use of parametric and nonparametric statistical tests.

Direct Services Practice (Methods II)

1. Problem-solving process with individuals, families, and small groups.
2. Development of skills in communication, interviewing, and use of the professional relationship.
3. Develop understanding of the referral, termination, and evaluation process.
4. Develop knowledge and understanding of how values and ethics impact on the assessment process, particularly with women, racial and ethnic groups, and special populations (elderly, gay and lesbian persons, etc.).

Human Behavior & The Social Environment 1

1. Major theories of lifespan development.
2. Stages of human growth and development.
3. Biopsychosocial bases of human behavior.
4. Issues of human diversity: race, ethnicity, gender, culture, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic forces.

Human Behavior & The Social Environment II

1. Theoretical perspectives of human development and implications for social work practice.
2. Basic concepts and principles of systems theory as related to human behavior at various levels of interaction: individuals, groups, organizations, and communities.
3. Relevance of race, ethnicity, sex, culture and socioeconomic status to human development and social work practice.

Macro Social Work Practice (Macro Methods 1)

1. Macro conceptual approach to social work practice.
2. Principal macro value and ethical dilemmas and issues.
3. Frameworks for assessing communities and organizations for planned change intervention.
4. Knowledge of how macro institutions can be utilized to address differectional needs of diverse populations.

Research Methods (Research 1)

1. Problem-solving within the context of research and social work practice.
2. Identification of major types of research designs.
3. Various procedures for sampling and collecting data and assessing the reliability and validity of instruments.

Social Service Management (Macro Methods II)

1. Theories, principles, practice and functions of management.
2. Develop knowledge of planning process, organization, staffing, directing, budgeting, and evaluation.
3. Knowledge and skills in systematic problem-solving in the human service organization.
4. Issues related to diverse populations in organizations, e.g., racism, sexism and discrimination against disabled and gay and lesbian workers.

Social Welfare Policy and Services 1 & II

1. History of social welfare policy and services.
2. Contemporary social service delivery systems.
3. Linkages between social policy activity and political, economic and value systems.
4. Models for policy analysis and planned social change.

Social Work Practice and Processes (Methods 1)

1. Social work generalist practice foundation.
2. Social work values and ethics.
3. Problem-solving at various levels of social work intervention: direct services and macro.
4. Social work interview.

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