Family Violence Prevention Minor
Family violence affects everyone, no matter what gender, race, class, age, ability, religion and sexuality. As members of communities, workplaces, schools, and families, we regularly encounter people affected by violence and experience long-term consequences of violence in relationships. It is important to know how to respond not only to the immediate aftermath of intimate partner abuse and child maltreatment, and abuse of elders and vulnerable adults, but also to the more complex needs of family members as they face these issues within our schools, clinics, and workplaces. Participants in the Family Violence Prevention Minor will learn theories and research related to violent behavior, examine relationships between violence in society and violence within families, and explore different professional responses to violence. Elective courses provide students with the opportunity to integrate these concepts into further study either within their major or in other fields of interest.
The Family Violence Prevention Minor is a 15-credit interdisciplinary undergraduate program for students interested in strengthening their educational experience with a research base and a set of practical skills in family violence. Courses are designed to teach students in fields related to social services, education, health care, and other direct service fields about issues related to child abuse and neglect, adult domestic violence, elder abuse, and intergenerational abuse.
Three required foundation courses:
SW 3701: Introduction to Child
Maltreatment: Intervention and Prevention, 3 cr
(fulfills CLE Cultural Diversity)
The course examines child abuse and neglect as a form of family
violence. It explores prevalence, scope, dynamics, responses, and
prevention strategies to support healthy children, families, and
communities. The course considers individual, familial, and community
analyses of the issue using an ecological perspective and a
risk/resilience framework.
SW 3702: Introduction to Adult Intimate Partner Violence:
Intervention and Prevention, 3 cr
(fulfills CLE Social Sciences)
This course studies adult Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in the U.S. It
introduces students to current theories, research, intervention, and
prevention strategies regarding violence against women and the abuse of
vulnerable adults, integrating issues of gender, race, culture, age,
physical ability, SES, and sexual orientation. Includes Service
Learning.
SW 3703: Gender Violence in Global
Perspective, 3 cr
(fulfills CLE Int'l Perspective)
Theories and research on violence in intimate domestic relationships
examined through multiple lenses, followed by overview of interventions
in Minnesota, United States, and other societies. Meets Liberal
Education social science core and international perspectives theme.
Choose 6 elective credits
- AFRO 3072/5072: Racism: Social & Psychological Consequences for Black Americans (3 cr)
- CAPY 5623: Affective Disorders & Suicide in Children and Adolescents (1 cr)
- CAPY 5644: Workshop: Child Abuse/Neglect & Childhood Psychopathology - Implications for Assessment/Treatment (1 cr)
- CSPH 5210: Peacemaking and Spirituality: A Journey Toward Healing & Strength (3 cr)
- EPSY 5152: Psychology of Conflict Resolution (3 cr)
- FSOS 1101: Intimate Relationships (3 cr)
- FSOS 3426: Alcohol & Drugs: Families & Culture (3 cr)
- FSOS 3104: Global 7 Diverse Families (3 cr)
- JWST 3521: History of the Holocaust (3 cr)
- SOC 3102: Introduction to Criminal Behavior & Social Control (3 cr)
- SOC 3501: Sociology of the Family (3 cr)
- SOC 4109: Domestic Criminal Violence (3 cr)
- SOC 4114: The Social Control of Women Offenders (3 cr)
- SOC 4461: Sociology of Conflict (3 cr)
- SW 5519: Mediation & Conflict Resolution (3 cr)
- SW 5525: Global Perspectives on Social Welfare, Peace and Justice (3 cr)
- SW 5706: Issues & Interventions in Child Sexual Abuse (2 cr)
- SW 5707: Intervention with Battered Women & their Families (2 cr)
- SW 5708: Substance Abuse & Social Work (3 cr)
- YOSt 5322: Work with Youth - Families (2 cr)
For further information, please contact:
Cindy Pavlowski
Undergraduate Advisor
190A Peters Hall
School of Social Work
College of Education and Human Development
612-624-4290
pavlo002@umn.edu