Spring 2012
- SW 20—Community Engagement
Students volunteer in clinic/agency predetermined by the School of Social Work. Registration for course is officially documented on transcript.
- SW 1001—Introduction to the World of Social Work: A Global Perspective
Varied dimensions of social work, locally, nationally, and internationally. Origins/emergence of social work as a profession. Effects of worldwide economic/social oppression. Human behavior and the social environment. Child/adult social welfare theories. Policies, programs. Health and mental health. Care at end of life cycle.
- SW 1501—Introduction to Peace Studies
Interdisciplinary field that considers questions such as how human conflicts can be resolved in ways that promote justice/peace. Definitions, conditions, and causes of violence, nonviolence, war, and peace between nations, groups, or individuals.
- SW 1905—Freshman Seminar
Interdisciplinary seminar. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
- SW 2501W—Introduction to Social Justice
Meanings of social justice. Ways in which social justice advocates work for social change. Criminal justice, globalization, and social welfare. Students do service learning in a social justice organization.
- SW 3301—GLBT Social Movements
Development of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) social movement historically. Current state of GLBT movement. Readings draw on social movement theory, and GLBT Studies. Interdisciplinary course with classroom and community service learning.
- SW 3501—Theories and Practices of Social Change Organizing
Concepts, theories, and practices of social change organizing. U.S. power relations. How people organize. Cross-class, multi-racial, and multi-issue organizing. Students do service learning in social justice organization.
- SW 3701—Introduction to Child Maltreatment: Intervention and Prevention
Child abuse/neglect as form of family violence. Prevalence, scope, dynamics, responses, and prevention strategies. Individual, familial, and community analyses using ecological perspective and risk/resilience framework.
- SW 3702—Introduction to Adult Intimate Partner Violence: Intervention and Prevention
Theories, research, intervention, and prevention strategies regarding violence against women and the abuse of vulnerable adults in the United States. Issues of gender, race, culture, age, physical ability, SES, and sexual orientation. Includes service learning.
- SW 3703—Gender Violence in Global Perspective
Theories/research on violence in intimate domestic relationships examined through multiple lenses. Overview of interventions in Minnesota, United States, and other societies.
- SW 4501—Senior Seminar in Social Justice
Capstone course. Students complete a social justice portfolio, do service learning in a social justice organization.
- SW 4693—Directed Studies
Guided individual reading or study related to social issues, social work methods, or social work history.
- SW 4694—Directed Research
Guided research related to social issues, social work methods, or social work history.
- YOST 1001—Seeing Youth, Thinking Youth: Media, Popular Media, and Scholarship
Use of life-experience, news and popular media to explore everyday realities of being a young person, as it varies by age social class, race/ethnicity, geography, time period, sexual orientation, and capacity.
- YOST 2241—Experiential Learning
History/theory of experiential learning, its application in youthwork. Observation, reflection, program design, and evaluation skills grounded in experiential learning theory. 15 hours of field observation required.
- YOST 3001—Introduction to History & Philosophy of Youthwork
Foundations of youthwork. Where contemporary American youthwork stands, particularly in comparison with international perspectives on youth/youthwork.
- YOST 3032—Adolescent and Youth Development for Youthworkers
Application of theory/research about children/adolescents. How findings can be used. How theories facilitate understanding of behavior.
- YOST 3101—Youthwork: Orientations and Approaches
Historical/contemporary approaches to youthwork, diverse settings in which it is done, importance of worker's life experience in crafting ethical, effective practice. At least 15 hours of field experience.
- YOST 3240—Special Topics in Youth Studies
In-depth investigation of one area of youth studies. Teaching procedure/approach determined by specific topic and student needs. Topic announced in advance.
- YOST 3291—Independent Study in Youth Studies
Independent reading or research under faculty supervision.
- YOST 4196—Youthwork Internship
Supervised field learning in school-/community-based organizations/agencies. Emphasizes youthwork practice.
- YOST 4314—Theater Activities in Youthwork and Education
Empowering methods of personal/creative development using experiential learning and theater activities to enhance creativity/imagination. Approaches to working with youth in school and youth agency settings. Experiential learning, improvisational theater theory/practice.
- YOST 4316—Media and Youth: Learning, Teaching, and Doing
How to use various media sources with young people to enhance their development and civic engagement.
- YOST 4411—Youth Research and Youth Program Evaluation
Field research practicum. Basic social science approaches to the study of youth. Evaluating youth programs. Students complete a simple youth research/evaluation study.
May Session Courses
May 26th - June 12th
- SW 4693—Directed Studies
Guided individual reading or study related to social issues, social work methods, or social work history.
- SW 4694—Directed Research
Guided research related to social issues, social work methods, or social work history.
- YOST 4317—Youthwork in Contested Spaces
Consequences of rganized violence on everyday lives/futures of youth. Violence in conflict/post-conflict societies. Role of youthwork under these circumstances.
- YOST 4319—Understanding Youth Subcultures
Young people's participation in and understanding of subcultures, life-styles, and event cultures. Place of these in young people's identity, friendship, and life chances.
