Nov 23, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2017-18

SW 4801 - Social Work Practice I


The first of the two semester senior social work practice courses, SW 4960 is designed to teach students the basic concepts and skills of generalist social work, focusing on both micropractice, particularly assessment of individuals and families, and macropractice, beginning assessment of organizations and communities. Classwork will focus on learning the skills of social work intervention with individuals and families, groups, and social systems at all levels. Introduces and guides students through the initial stages of practice evaluation used for purposes such as analyzing the level of goal attainment and the effectiveness of interventions with individuals, groups, families or communities. Concepts introduced in this course can be further processed in the accompanying field seminar and in field work practice. In the subsequent courses in the senior practice sequence, students will build on the skills and concepts introduced in this course.

Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I


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