2022-23 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

SWK-3430 Junior Seminar I –Fa 1 hour and SWK-3440 Jr Field Experience I –Fa 3 hours Junior Field Experience I is the placement of students in a poverty focused social service agency. The first four weeks will be one hour orientation sessions designed to inform and equip the student to complete all assignments required before entering their junior experience. Each student will be in field for a minimum of 75 hours, practicing eight hours weekly with clients and agency staff under the supervision of a qualified field instructor. Seminar class will meet once a week for one hour, where the student will receive input from peers and faculty. Prerequisite: admission to the social work program. Corequisite: It is recommended that SWK-3430 and SWK-3440 be taken concurrently. (Fee: $150) SWK-3450 Junior Seminar II –Sp 1 hour and SWK-3460 Jr Field Experience II –Sp 3 hours Junior Field Experience II is the placement of students in a poverty-focused social service agency. Each student will be in field for a minimum of 75 hours, practicing eight hours weekly with clients and agency staff under the supervision of a qualified field instructor. Seminar class will meet once a week for one hour where the student will receive input from peers and faculty. The last four weeks will be one-hour orientation sessions designed to inform and equip the student to complete all assignments required before entering their senior field seminar. Prerequisite: admission to the social work program. Corequisite: It is recommended that SWK-3450 and SWK-3460 be taken concurrently. (Fee: $150) SWK-4210 3 hours Social Work Practice with Diverse Populations –Fa This course provides instruction for students to acquire values, skills, and knowledge of generalist social work practice. Instruction emphasizes helping students develop cultural competence for practice with diverse groups. Privilege, anti-racism, equity, diversity, and inclusion are examined from a biblical worldview. Prerequisite: admission to the social work program. (Fee: $15) SWK-4220 4 hours Social Work Practice with Communities and Organizations –Sp This course is designed for students to develop and demonstrate competency in social work practice in multiple macro settings. Instruction emphasizes use of generalist practice skills to examine anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion in communities and organizations from a biblical worldview. Secular- humanist and biblical perspectives of justice are compared.. Prerequisites: admission to the social work program (Fee: $80) SWK-4440 Special Topics: Social Work 1–3 hours Investigation of specific topics in Social Work that have intrinsic worth and engage student interest. SWK-4510 Senior Seminar I –Fa 2 hours and SWK-4560 Senior Field Experience I –Fa 6 hours This course offers students the opportunity to practice social work 16 hours weekly with professional supervision. A seminar is held two hours weekly in which students submit their own practice record for critical study and offer feedback to their peers. Emphasis is placed on the integration of students’ social work theoretical knowledge and skills as they enter the profession. Students must complete a minimum of 225 hours in field. Prerequisite: admission to the social work program. Corequisite: It is recommended that SWK-4510 and SWK-4560 be taken concurrently. (Fee: $250) SWK-4520 Senior Seminar II –Sp 2 hours and SWK-4570 Senior Field Experience II –Sp 6 hours These courses offer students the opportunity to practice social work 16 hours weekly, with professional supervision. A seminar is held two hours weekly in which students submit their own practice record for critical study and offer criticism to their peers. Emphasis is placed on the integration of the students’ social work theoretical knowledge and skills as they enter the profession. Students must complete a minimum of 225 hours in field. Prerequisite: admission to the social work program. Corequisites: It is recommended that SWK-4520 and SWK-4570 be taken concurrently. (Fee: $250) SWK-4610 Statistics for Social Workers –Fa 3 hours This course is one of the two courses in the research sequence for undergraduate social work majors. It provides an introduction to the conceptual and quantitative tools used to describe and interpret data that informs social work practice. Students learn how to select, run, and interpret statistics applicable to social work practice, while critically evaluating the provisional nature of frequentist statistics from a biblical worldview. The course provides students an opportunity to acquire a foundation in personal computer skills through relevant examples of technology. Students will be able to recognize how statistics can be used to evaluate anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion in practice through class discussions and relevant computer lab assignments. Prerequisite: admission to the social work program or permission of the instructor; students must have satisfied Cedarville’s mathematics proficiency requirement before enrolling. SWK-4620 Social Work Research Methods –Sp 3 hours This course provides basic knowledge about research methods as they apply to social work. Social work practice and research share common features and processes, as both are fundamentally problem-solving enterprises. Students learn to apply the basic concepts and principles presented within this course, while critically examining the concepts and principles from a biblical worldview. Prerequisite: admission to the social work program. SWK-4950 1–3 hours Independent Study in Social Work Provides the means whereby gifted and interested students may explore, in a more in-depth and intensive manner, general information acquired in the major courses. Further, independent study provides a logical way to complete required hours not obtained in normal sequencing. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Page 310 2022–23 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Course Descriptions SWK-3430 – SWK-4950 SOCIAL WORK