SOW 315: Advanced Skills in Social Work Methods. Development of techniques and skills in problem-solving with families, groups, communities, and organizations. Selected frameworks for Social Work intervention are explored. Prerequisites: SOW 308 and SOW 314. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOW 321: Social Welfare Policies, Issues, and Programs. Historical and philosophical development of social welfare as an institution and Social Work as a profession. Policy structures of public and private agencies are examined. Prerequisite: SOW 201 or consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOW 322: Social Welfare Policies, Issues, and Programs II. Analysis and interpretation of social welfare policies, programs and issues. Examines the influence of movements, ideologies, political conditions, and sociocultural attitudes on social welfare. Prerequisites: SOW 310 and SOW 321, or consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOW 400: Statistics for Social Work. Prerequisite: A background in basic algebra. This course serves as an introduction to the use of statistics as a method of describing and analyzing data from research in Social Work with an emphasis on applied methods. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOW 401: Research Methods Social Work. Prerequisite: SOW 400 or consent of instructor. Introduces the basic logic, knowledge, and skills of research design and methodology in Social Work. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOW 422: Field Instruction I. An educational experience under faculty direction in an approved social service agency. Students work approximately 24 hours per week providing services to various client systems. Prerequisite: Admission to Social Work Program. Credit: 6 semester hours.

SOW 423: Social Work Seminar I. Students integrate knowledge, values, and skills learned in the classroom with their practice experience in an agency. Prerequisites: SOW 322 and consent of faculty. Co-requisite: SOW 422. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOW 424: Field Instruction II. Under faculty supervision, students work 24 hours per week in an approved social service agency. Prerequisites: SOW 422, SOW 423, and consent of faculty. Credit: 6 semester hours.

SOW 425: Social Work Seminar II. Taken in conjunction with SOW 424. Students are offered an opportunity to refine skills in problem-solving as a final preparation for professional practice. Prerequisites: SOW 422, SOW 423, and consent of faculty. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOW 430: Child Welfare Services. An historical analysis of child welfare as an institution and an in-depth study of programs, policies, practices, and their impact on children, youth, and families. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOW/CJE 433: Research Methods for Social Work. An in depth research effort. To include an introduction to basic logic, knowledge and skills of research design and methodology. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

SOW/CJE 434: Statistics for Social Work. This course serves as an introduction to the use of statistics as a method of describing and analyzing data from research in Social Work with an emphasis on applied methods. Prerequisite: SOW/CJE 433 and MAT 111 or MAT115 or MAT 200. Credit: 3 semester hours.