Social Work (S WK)

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in social work or permission of instructor. This is an intensive course that immerses students within the OU-Tulsa School of Community Medicine Summer Institute. A variety of experiential learning methods are combined into an interdisciplinary setting. Full participation in the Summer Institute is required in addition to specific assignments relevant to social work.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. May be repeated with change of content; 2 to 3 hours, maximum credit 12 hours. Focus is on issues significant to social work or social welfare. Non student may earn credit for both 4170 and 5170.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Practice issues in the care, treatment and delivery of social and health care services to elders.

Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of instructor. The primary focus of this course is on enhancing knowledge and understanding of biological determinants of health and behavior as they interact with the environmental dimensions of health and behavior. These issues will be discussed in relation to the individual, and family, as well as ethical and policy and program implications. (Irreg.) 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate, Non-Degree, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Study Abroad/Reciprocal Exch

Prerequisite: graduate standing. Examines and critically analyzes the policies, regulations, and organizational change issues that aim to improve the lives of children, youth, and families from tribal and United States backgrounds. The contexts, forces, and ideologies that produce the often-changing goals and methods of agencies serving children and their families at a tribal, state, and national levels will be examined. Emphasis will be placed on current opportunities and dilemmas facing Indian child welfare programs and public and private child welfare agencies. Using social and behavioral science research and information related to diversity and social justice, critical frameworks for assessing and analyzing child welfare policies, service systems, and organizational structures will be developed. It is highly recommended that S WK 5293: Social Work with American Indians be taken prior to this course. (Irreg.) 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours

Prerequisites: graduate standing. Provides the knowledge, skills, and self-awareness necessary for culturally relevant behavioral health services to tribal populations located in the United States. Knowledge will encompass traditional tribal conceptualizations of mental health and the impact of colonization. Indigenous and Western theories will frame the development of skills for mental health and substance abuse assessment, interventions, and prevention with individuals, families, and communities with a particular focus on tribal youth. It is highly recommended that S WK 5293: Social Work with American Indians be taken prior to this course.

Prerequisite: graduate standing in Social Work, Native American Studies or junior/senior undergraduate standing in Social Work or Native American Studies. An introduction to issues influencing social work among American Indians. Knowledge of tribal culture, historical and contemporary oppression, sovereign status, and current service contexts will be framed against the strengths and empowerment perspectives. The skills and values unique to social work with American Indians will be developed to form the essential foundation for effective practice across the individual, family, clan, community, and tribal nation. (Irreg.) 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate, Non-Degree, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture

Prerequisite: Graduate Standing in Social Work; 5103 or concurrent enrollment. A professionally supervised practicum placement in an area social service agency .

Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Social Work; 5103, or concurrent enrollment; 5413 or concurrent enrollment. A professionally supervised practicum placement in an area social service agency; continuation of 5413. (Sp, Su)

Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Social Work. Within a social systems framework and biopsychosocial perspective, students learn empirically-based theories that deal with lifespan development and family theory. This course provides an introduction to small group dynamics and development as well as a theoretical foundation for micro and mezzo level generalist practice. (F, Sp)

Prerequisites: Second year graduate standing in Social Work or S WK 5013, and concentration in administration and community practice. Enables students to obtain skills in planning an program implementation through development of funding proposals.

Prerequisite: graduate standing in social work or permission of instructor. Designed to assist the student in understanding and using the prevailing psychiatric taxonomic system, the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-IV-TR). Prepares students to function in clinical settings where familiarity with the DSM-IV-TR criteria and the multi-axial diagnostic framework is fundamental knowledge. Additionally, students will examine the benefits and risks of this psychiatric taxonomy in relationship to diversity, culture, prevention, treatment, and recovery from a mental illness. Therapeutic interventions including psychopharmacological strategies will be critically examined. Currently offered as an internet course. (Irreg.) 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate, Non-Degree Schedule Types: Lecture

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Social Work; permission of Field Education Coordinator; successful completion of all foundation year coursework or BSW equivalent. Students must resolve any grades of Incomplete prior to enrollment. Full time students must be concurrently enrolled in SWK 5553 and SWK 5763. Administration & Community Practice Concentration-focused candidacy year professionally-supervised practicum placement in an area social service agency.

S WK 5846 - Practicum IV - Administration & Community Practice Prerequisite: graduate standing in Social Work; permission of Field Education Coordinator; successful completion of SWK 5836; Corequisites SWK 5633 and SWK 5983. Students must resolve any grades of Incomplete prior to enrollment. Administration & Community Practice Concentration-focused candidacy year professionally-supervised practicum placement in an area social service agency. Part II of II.(Sp) 6.000 Credit hours 6.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate, Non-Degree, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Practicum, Study Abroad/Reciprocal Exch