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NAN 7590 - Graduate Project Alternative to the Thesis
Credits: 3
Students develop and implement a scholarly activity as an alternative to the thesis requirement. An opportunity to complete an in-depth experience and communicate results via a written paper is provided. To initiate the graduate project, at least two-thirds of the program
Offering: As Needed
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NAN 7591 - Thesis
Credits: 3
Students develop and implement a formal research study in a selected area of interest. To initiate the thesis, at least two-thirds of the program
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 6003 - Social Welfare and Social Justice
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to the history, mission, and philosophy of social work and social welfare in the United States. Students will explore issues pertaining to social justice by examining cultural, racial, economic and political barriers which impact social policy.
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 6103 - Human Behavior & Social Environment
Credits: 3
In this course the theoretical underpinnings of human development in the social environment over the life course are explored. Students learn the biopsychosocial spiritual aspect of human development as it impacts the individual and social systems. Theories of the effects of trauma exposure on human development are emphasized in this course. Cultural diversity, populations-at-risk, and issues of social and economic justice are addressed across the developmental stages and societal boundaries. Furthermore, students learn to evaluate theoretical perspectives and apply theories to client situations and systems with an understanding and appreciation for the impact of social and economic forces and diverse backgrounds. Values and ethical principles related to various theoretical perspectives are infused throughout the curriculum to enhance students’ awareness of their personal values and clarification of conflicting values and ethical dilemmas.
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 6503 - Generalist Practice 1: Strategies for Helping Individuals, Families, and Groups
Credits: 3
This course emphasizes the development of skills and strategies for helping individuals, families, and groups within a variety of social work settings. Generalist practice skills are applied using a problem solving process which includes engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation. Students learn skills for working with clients at micro and mesa levels using the strengths perspective.
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 6803 - Impact of Social Policy
Credits: 3
Content in this course will build on the students knowledge of social work, social welfare, and social justice, with a focus on developing an understanding of social policy at local, state, regional, national and international levels. Implications for social work practice will be addressed, specifically advocating for improved social conditions and economic justice.
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 6881 - Selected Topics: Social Work
Credits: 1
Course content varies. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 6882 - Selected Topics: Social Work
Credits: 2
Course content varies. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 6883 - Selected Topics: Social Work
Credits: 3
Course content varies. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 6991 - Workshop:SWK
Credits: 1
May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 6993 - Workshop:SWK
Credits: 3
May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7003 - Research Methods
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to research design and analytical methods for evaluations. Social work students learn political and ethical concerns associated with the research process. The second section of this course will focus on the assessment of evidence-based practices in academic research to prepare students to become critical consumers of research. The final section reviews program evaluation models and introduces concepts and principles of program evaluation design and analysis. An understanding of the research process and the ability to assess evidence-based practices increases the likelihood that social workers will provide effective services to their clients and client systems.
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7004 - Social Work Practice with Exceptional Child
Credits: 3
While the focus of this course is an understanding of the various exceptionalities and how that affects a student’s education, the course will provide a social work perspective for practice related to prevention, intervention, and evaluation.
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7005 - School Social Work Policy and Practice 1
Credits: 3
It prepares students to provide school social work services to individuals, groups, families, the school system, and the community. This course covers the roles of the school social worker and the skills needed to perform the various roles.
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7006 - School Social Work Policy and Practice 2
Credits: 3
This course focuses on policy and legal issues related to providing school social work services to individuals, groups, families, the school system, and the community.
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7008 - School Informed Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Credits: 3
The central focus of the course will be on the links between diversity and its implication working in a school setting as social workers. We will closely examine the evidence that has emerged so far in order to be advocates for students, parent(s)/caregivers, and the overall school system.
Offering: As needed
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SWK 7103 - Generalist Practice 2: Strategies for Helping Organizations and Communities
Credits: 3
This course is designed to help students develop skills to help organizations and communities engage in social change. It emphasizes macro level practice to include theories and strategies for community organization and development through engagement, assessment, planning, intervention, termination and evaluation.
Prerequisite(s): SWK 6503
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7125 - Field Practicum 1
Credits: 4
Supervised social work experience in a social agency in the community. Graded Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite(s): Approval of director of field, taken concurrently with SWK 7126
Offering: As Needed
Notes: Approval of Director of Field
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SWK 7126 - Integrative Seminar 1
Credits: 1
Examines student experiences and problems in Field 1. Helps students integrate theory, knowledge and skills from previous courses. Must be taken concurrently with SWK 7125 . Graded Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite(s): Approval of director of field, taken concurrently with SWK 7125
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7135 - Field Practicum 2
Credits: 4
Continued supervised social work experience in the assigned first-semester social agency in the community. Graded Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite(s): SWK 7125 and approval of director of field. Must be taken concurrently with SWK 7136
Offering: As Needed
Notes: Approval of Director of Field
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SWK 7136 - Integrative Seminar 2
Credits: 1
Examines student problems and experiences in Field 2. Helps students integrate theory, knowledge and skills from concurrent and earlier courses. Graded Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite(s): SWK 7126 . Must be taken concurrently with SWK 7135
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7225 - Field Practicum 3
Credits: 4
Practicum experience in a social agency focused on the student’s area of interest in family-centered practice whenever feasible. Graded Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite(s): Approval of director of field, taken concurrently with SWK 7226
Offering: As Needed
Notes: Approval of Director of Field
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SWK 7226 - Integrative Seminar 3
Credits: 1
Examines student experiences and problems in Field 3. Helps students integrate theory, knowledge and skills from previous courses. Graded Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite(s): Approval of director of field. Must be taken concurrently with SWK 7225
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7235 - Field Practicum 4
Credits: 4
Continuation of field work experience in the same agency as in the third semester which is based on the student’s area of interest in family centered practice. Graded Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite(s): SWK 7225 and approval of director of field. Must be taken concurrently with SWK 7236
Offering: As Needed
Notes: Approval of Director of Field
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SWK 7236 - Integrative Seminar 4
Credits: 1
Examines student experiences and problems in Field 4. Helps student integrate theory, knowledge and skills from previous courses. Graded Pass/Fail.
Prerequisite(s): SWK 7226 . Must be taken concurrently with SWK 7235
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7403 - Assessment and Diagnosis
Credits: 3
An examination of the relationship of the individual, family, and group to the social environment with emphasis on the mental health and adaptive capacity of the individual. Major attention is given to theories pertaining to the etiology and course of mental and emotional disorders with special attention to prevailing diagnostic systems and their relationship to intervention planning. The importance of cultural or minority group affiliation on the dynamics of mental health is considered.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of the professional foundation curriculum or advanced standing
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7443 - Crisis Intervention
Credits: 3
This course provides theoretical and practical knowledge regarding best practices when clients are presenting in crisis. The course looks at crisis intervention from many perspectives and how it manifests in many different practice settings. It looks at micro (treatment of individuals who are in crisis), mezzo (such as Critical Incident Stress Debriefing), and macro (community responses to crises such as mobile crisis units, crisis hotline, ACT teams, etc.) levels of crisis intervention. Special attention is given to the unique needs of children and adolescents who are in crisis. In addition, special topics are addressed, including the crises of suicide, rape, and domestic violence, and crises associated with loss and grief (including crises experienced by caretakers and crises associated with the experience of divorce).
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7453 - Introduction to Trauma Competencies
Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of the complex nature of trauma, types of trauma, and the impact of trauma on individuals, families, communities and organizations. Multiple types of trauma will be covered including event, interpersonal, developmental and complex trauma. The emphasis is on the theoretical perspective that symptoms or “problem” behaviors are an adaptation to trauma, rather than a “disorder”. The leading research on the neurobiology of trauma, as well as core competencies associated with effective clinical practice is presented Foundational to this class, trauma competent assessments and interventions will be presented, discussed, and implemented. Students also learn how secondary trauma impacts social workers and the importance of professional self-care in their ongoing growth and development.
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7463 - Advanced Trauma Competencies
Credits: 3
Application of trauma competencies focuses on specific subpopulations impacted by trauma such as survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, veterans, and individuals struggling with addictions, as well as abuse and neglect. Treatment strategies and clinical applications based in neuroscience comprise the core curriculum for this application-based class which focuses on tailoring interventions to the unique needs of the client.
Prerequisite(s): SWK 7453
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7583 - School Social Work
Credits: 3
This course addresses the roles and functions of school social workers in providing services to students, families, and school personnel within diverse communities. Current best practices in assessment, educational planning, intervention and evaluation will be emphasized. The impact of government and school policies on the provision of educational services will be examined.
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7703 - Clinical Practice with Individuals
Credits: 3
This course will focus on understanding and application of the common skills that are necessary for clinical practice with individuals. Students will be given ample opportunities to learn and practice these skills in a class setting using a variety of modalities to observe and receive feedback. Examples of common skills include establishing and monitoring treatment alliance; self-care practices; professional writing; assessment and evaluating client progress; utilizing advances in neuroscience with client and self. This course serves as a foundation for students to more fully grasp and apply therapeutic theories.
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7713 - Clinical Practice with Families
Credits: 3
In this course students build on established skills and are introduced to additional concepts and practices that are commonly applied to work with couples, families and groups. Examples of common skills: recognizing process and content dynamics; identifying implicit relationship patterns; use of self in the therapeutic process. This course serves as a foundation for students to more fully grasp and apply therapeutic theories.
Prerequisite(s): SWK 7703
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7723 - Clinical Practice with Groups
Credits: 3
This course will further solidify the common skills introduced in Clinical Practice 1 and 2. Building on these established skills, students will be introduced to additional theory, concepts, and practices that are commonly applied to work with groups. Examples of common skills: recognizing process and content dynamics; identifying implicit relationship patterns; use of self in the therapeutic process. Clinical Practice with Groups is the final part of the advanced practices courses, all serving as a foundation for students to more fully grasp and apply therapeutic theories.
Offering: As needed
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SWK 7991 - Independent Study:Social Work
Credits: 1
Offering: As Needed
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SWK 7993 - Independent Study:Social Work
Credits: 3
Offering: As Needed
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THEO 6003 - The God Who Pursues
Credits: 3
The patristic theme of the condescension of God is the focus for this course, i. e., of God ever lowering himself, in humility and love, in pursuit of mankind, as recorded in the sacred Scriptures. According to some church fathers, this condescension of God did not end on the cross, but continued in the descent of Christ into hell. Hans Urs von Balthasar is among contemporary theologians who conceive of the condescension of God in these terms and his thought informs the heart of this course. St. Thomas Aquinas is the other principal theologian considered in this course, with an emphasis given to Thomistic considerations of the nature of God, creation, evil and the bliss of eternal life at the end.
Offering: As Needed
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THEO 6103 - Athanasius, Augustine, and Aquinas
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to the study of theology using Athanasius, Augustine, and Aquinas as models. In addition to studying their theological methods, students will be introduced to key controversies and doctrinal developments from the patristic and medieval periods through a broad reading of primary sources by those three Doctors of the Church.
Offering: As Needed
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THEO 6113 - Lands of the Bible
Credits: 3
This course consists of a personal experience of holy sites such as Galilee, Jerusalem, and Bethlehem. Students are afforded the opportunity to pray at the very places where the drama of salvation unfolded, including Mass with the local Hebrew speaking Catholic community and the Stations of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa. The students also prepare a presentation or lesson to share the fruits of this experience in a classroom or parish setting. In anticipation for the pilgrimage, students participate in a few live meetings together, as well as a series of guided discussions over assigned readings.
Offering: As Needed
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THEO 6213 - Old Testament Theology
Credits: 3
This course serves as a survey of key theological concepts in the Old Testament. Students will be exposed to the Catholic doctrine of revelation, methods of interpretation, major biblical motifs, and the cultural context of the Old Testament. This course will also introduce students to biblical criticism and explain the process of how the Canon developed. The focus of the course will be doctrinal development in the people of Israel and its role in salvation history.
Offering: As Needed
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THEO 6233 - The Church in the New Testament
Credits: 3
While offering a broad introduction to major issues in New Testament scholarship, the focus of this course will be on the role of the Church in the creation and interpretation of the New Testament. Students will explore the historical context of various New Testament authors and audiences to gain a deeper understanding of their original meaning and purpose. Additionally, students will explore the role of today’s Church in biblical interpretation by considering various exegetical methods used within the Church.
Offering: As Needed
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THEO 6253 - The Four-Fold Gospel
Credits: 3
This course begins by considering why the Church has four gospels rather than just one, contrasting the four canonical gospels with the so-called gnostic gospels. The story of their recent “discovery” and why these gnostic gospels were not accepted by the Church is next explored. After this, the course then moves to compare and contrast the rich theologies of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, each witnessing to Jesus Christ in different ways, together comprising the inestimable treasure of the Church: the four-fold Gospel.
Offering: As Needed
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THEO 6313 - Controversies in Church History
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to the development of doctrine by focusing on pivotal moments in the two thousand year history of the Church. Topics include Gnosticism and Arianism in the early Church, the Great Schism between East and West, the Reformation, the trial of Galileo, and the twentieth-century context for Vatican II.
Offering: As Needed
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THEO 6343 - Foundations of Moral Theology
Credits: 3
This course provides a graduate level introduction to moral theology with a particular focus on the natural law tradition. Students are also introduced to a range of contemporary ethical systems, current issues in natural law theory, and debates regarding Church authority in moral controversies. The course concludes with a focused study of contemporary moral controversies, which is continued in THEO 6413 .
Offering: As Needed
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THEO 6353 - Liturgy and the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
Credits: 3
The liturgical reforms of Vatican II serve as the focus for this course, with an emphasis given to the historical development of the RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) and its restoration today. The Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist) will also be explored within the context of the RCIA.
Offering: As Needed
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THEO 6413 - Current Issues in Moral Theology
Credits: 3
This course will explore the most pressing moral issues of our time, with a special emphasis given to moral issues catechists are most likely to encounter. Issues of social justice will be grounded in Catholic social teaching and natural law as previously presented in THEO 6343 .
Offering: As Needed
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THEO 6543 - Newman and the New Evangelization
Credits: 3
This course will hold up St. John Henry Newman as an exemplar of the New Evangelization. As both an Anglican and later a Roman Catholic, Newman strove to present Christianity in vivid, concrete, and engaging ways, which this course will explore. After he became Catholic, Newman was concerned with several key questions: how does one come to faith? Can one lead others to it? How can one be certain about it? Is it rational to believe what one cannot prove? The course will present the answers Newman found to these questions, which can serve as a catalyst for a New Evangelization today.
Offering: As Needed
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THEO 6590 - Independent Study: Theology
Credits: 3
Offering: As Needed
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THEO 6713 - Christian Rome
Credits: 3
This optional, elective course meets for 10 days in Rome, Italy with a concentration on the principal sites of early Christianity, including St. Peter’s basilica, with a visit to excavations under the basilica leading to the tomb of St. Peter; the other papal basilicas of St. John Lateran; St. Mary Major; and St. Paul Outside the Walls as well as the churches of several early Christian martyrs and saints. Day trips include trips to Assisi and Orvieto.
Offering: As Needed
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THEO 6883 - Selected Topics:THEO
Credits: 3
Course content varies. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Offering: As Needed
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THEO 7590 - Research Methods in Theology
Credits: 3
In preparation for the thesis, this course will acquaint students with the primary sources necessary for theological research in the various branches of theology as well as providing an in-depth consideration of the various research methods currently employed in theological study, especially the historical-critical method in contemporary biblical studies. The course will culminate with the student selecting a thesis topic and creating a bibliography of primary and secondary sources for the thesis topic.
Offering: As Needed
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THEO 7591 - Thesis
Credits: 3
The student, in association with a thesis advisor, will generate a thesis of approximately seventy-five pages on some topic in theology.
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