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CHESS 16-33 REV COURSE SWRK 26100

February 7, 2017

Purdue Northwest Curriculum Document

Program Name: Social Work Program

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  • Document No: CHESS 16-33 REV COURSE SWRK 26100
  • Proposed Effective Date: Fall 2017
  • Submitting Department: Behavioral Sciences, Social Work Program
  • Date Reviewed by Department: February 7th, 2017
  • Submission Date: February 7th, 2017
  • Date Reviewed College/School Curriculum Committee: March 03, 2017
  • Contact Person: Paul McGrath, Professor of Economics

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  • Approval by Faculty Senate: May 5, 2017
  • Date Reviewed by Senate Curriculum Committee: 4/14/17
  • Name(s) of Library Staff Consulted: NA
  • Will New Library Resources Used?: No
  • Form 40 Needed?: Yes

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Task: Course Change or New Course Proposal

  • Program Name(s): Social Work Program
  • Degree Name(s): Bachelor of Arts Social Work

Section I: This section is for changes in programs, minors and certificates

  • List the major changes in each program of study, minor or certificate:
  • Impact on Students:
  • Impact on University Resources:
  • Impact on other Academic Units:

Section II: This section is for changes in courses only

  • Subject: Change in course description for SWRK 26100
  • Justification: Social work intro fundamentals are currently taught in two courses (SWRK 16200 and SWRK 26100). One course will suffice with a change in the material covered and as described in the modified description.

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Current:

SWRK 26100:

Credit Hours: 3.00

Overview of social work profession and practice. Survey of substantive fields of social work and consideration of relevant attitudes, values, and ethics.

Prerequisite: for entry into social work concentration. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. 3.000 Credit hours

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Proposed:

SWRK 26100:

Credit Hours: 3.00

Introduction to Social Work provides an opportunity to discover the profession of social work as a tool for change at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels of intervention. Students gain a preliminary understanding of social work’s mission, core values, and concepts. Students explore essential skills needed to develop professional and personal success with people and systems in a multicultural world. The course is open to anyone who is curious about social work, interested in serving others, eager to increase self-awareness, motivated by personal development, and desirous to begin to shape a professional identity. Typically offered Fall Spring.

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Course Objectives / Learning Outcomes

  • Impact on Students: Students in SWRK 26100 examine the different careers social workers have in the community as a lens for viewing fundamental concepts in the field of social work. The proposed change below broadens the concepts covered significantly and incorporates topics covered in another class, which will be eliminated immediately pending the approval of changes to 26100. This change would make a positive impact on the program, as employing one unified class to cover introductory topics would give students the opportunity to take an additional social work elective that pertains to their area of interest. A more comprehensive curricular document will be presented at a later date that will request this and other programmatic changes.
  • Impact on University Resources: This change does not impact university resources; it would give social work faculty an opportunity to teach a social work elective in their field of interest. NA
  • Impact on other Academic Units: NA