An introduction to professional skills. May be taken concurrently with an applied pre-professional experience in human services. Prerequisite: 24 semester hours completed

An introduction to professional skills through an applied experience in a community-based or human service-related setting. Each credit will require a minimum 50 contact hours in a professional experience.  CR/NC only. Pre/Co-requisite: SWK 205.

History of social welfare and social action. Analysis of American social welfare systems. Links between social policy and needs and impacts on vulnerable groups.

Theoretical and practical overview of community development as a core social work competency, focusing on critical issues confronting communities in the 21st century.