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SPED 3150 - Introduction to Early Childhood Special Education
This course will introduce information about children with special needs from ages birth through eight. Content will include laws specific to the education of young children with disabilities, discussion of early developmental milestones, the impact of early development on later functioning, the role of the family in early intervention, and recommended practices for assessment of and intervention with young children with disabilities.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 1 hour
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Mentally Impaired, Special Education: Learning Disabilities, and Special Education: Emotionally Impaired.
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SPED 3250 - Introduction to Transition Issues for Learners with Disabilities
This course provides an introduction to transition issues for learners with disabilities. The purpose of the course is to increase the student’s awareness of effective transition practices in grades K-12 and to help the student identify strategies for implementing such. Course topics include transition-related assessment, self-determination, curriculum for transition, and support services.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 2 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Mentally Impaired, Special Education: Learning Disabilities, and Special Education: Emotionally Impaired.
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SPED 3300 - Foundations of Special Education
What makes special education special? This course provides an overview of special education, describing current best practices and their historical foundations. Topics include learning and behavioral characteristics of students with disabilities, major legislation and policies, Council for Exceptional Children (CCE) ethical principles, the over-representation of underrepresented groups, and the roles, rights and responsibilities of students, parents, teachers, and school administrators. Program requires a grade of “CB” or better.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval and concurrent enrollment with SPED 3380 and SPED 3310.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities/Emotional impairments and Learning Disabilities/Cognitive Impairments.
Notes: This course satisfies General Education Proficiency 2: Baccalaureate-Level Writing.
When Offered: Fall
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SPED 3310 - Field Experience in Special Education I: Effective Instruction
This field experience exposes students to diverse classroom settings. Students will observe and practice explicit instructional skills, including gaining attention, pacing, offering specific praise, and providing corrective feedback. Students will observe and apply information and skills gained in co-requisite courses.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department approval and concurrent enrollment in SPED 3300 and SPED 3380.
Credits: 3 hour
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities/Emotional Impairments.
Notes: Graded on a credit/no credit basis.
When Offered: Fall
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SPED 3380 - Prevention and Intervention Techniques for Establishing Positive School Environments
This course provides an overview of applied behavior analysis and their application in schools for establishing positive classrooms and facilitating positive student behavior. Topics include basic classroom management strategies, positive teacher-student relationships, classroom rules, procedures, consequences, prevention of problem behavior through effective teaching, specific intervention techniques, functional assessments to develop behavior plans and medications. Program requires a grade of “CB” or better.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval and concurrent enrollment with SPED 3300 and SPED 3310.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities/Emotional Impairments.
When Offered: Fall
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SPED 3390 - Collaboration and Communication in Special Education
This course will provide an introduction to collaboration and communication skills needed by special educators as they work with other professionals and parents.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities and Special Education: Exceptional Child.
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SPED 3400 - Introduction to Cognitive Impairments
This course provides an introduction to the field of cognitive impairments. Historical perspectives, definitions, service delivery systems, evaluation procedures, and major issues are examined.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department approval and concurrent enrollment in SPED 3410 and SPED 3450.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities & Cognitive Impairments; and Special Education: Mentally Impaired.
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SPED 3410 - Classroom Practicum with Learners with Cognitive Impairments
This course provides students with an opportunity to work 6 hours per week (in two, three-hour blocks) in an elementary, middle school, or secondary classroom with learners with cognitive impairments. It is intended to build upon experiences from SPED 3310 and allow students to more fully participate in classroom teaching activities.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department approval and concurrent enrollment in SPED 3400 and 3450.
Credits: 1 hour
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities & Cognitive Impairments; and Special Education: Mentally Impaired.
Notes: Graded on a credit/no credit basis.
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SPED 3450 - Education of Learners with Cognitive Impairments
This course focuses on understanding the ways in which teachers organize curriculum and implement assessment and instruction to ensure maximum learning for students with cognitive impairments.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department approval and concurrent enrollment in SPED 3400 and SPED 3410.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities & Cognitive Impairments; and Special Education: Mentally Impaired.
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SPED 3700 - Introduction to Emotional Impairments
This course provides an introduction to the field of emotional impairments. Historical perspectives, definitions, service delivery systems, evaluation procedures, and major issues are examined.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department approval and concurrent enrollment in SPED 3710 and SPED 3750.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities & Emotional Impairments; and Special Education: Emotionally Impaired.
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SPED 3710 - Field Experience in Emotional Impairments
This field experience provides students with an opportunity to work 6 hours per week (in two, three-hour blocks) in an elementary, middle, or high school classroom with learners with emotional impairments. It is intended to build upon experiences from SPED 3310 and allow students to more fully participate in classroom teaching activities.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department approval and concurrent enrollment in SPED 3700 and 3750.
Credits: 3 hour
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education and Elementary Education: Learning Disabilities and Emotional Impairments.
Notes: Graded on a credit/no credit basis.
When Offered: Spring
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SPED 3750 - Strategic Interventions for Social and Academic Behaviors
This course focuses on the development and delivery of evidence-based practices to meet the instructional and curricular goals of students with documented behavioral and/or learning problems within one-to-one, small group, or large group settings. Program requires a grade of “CB” or better.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: SPED 3300 and SPED 3310 and SPED 3380; Corequisites: Department approval and concurrent enrollment in SPED 4350, SPED 4800 and SPED 4810.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities/Emotional Impairments.
When Offered: Fall
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SPED 3960 - Topical Studies in Special Education
A course on a variety of selected topics in the field of special education. Each offering of SPED 3960 will be given an appropriate subtitle which will be listed on the student’s official transcript.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit.
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SPED 4040 - Field Experience in Special Education II: Data-Based Decision Making and Effective Instruction
This field experience provides students with practice in individualized decision-making and instruction in the Common Core area of English Language Arts, and Content Areas in K-5 setting. Individualized instruction plans emphasize explicit modeling and efficient guided practice to assure acquisition and fluency through maintenance and generalization. Students will observe and apply information and skills gained in co-requisite courses.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department approval and concurrent enrollment in SPED 4330 and SPED 4340.
Credits: 3 hour
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities/Emotional Impairment.
Notes: Graded on a credit/no credit basis.
When Offered: Spring
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SPED 4100 - Seminar in Special Education: Learning Disabilities and Emotional Impairments
This seminar is taken concurrently with SPED 4750 and is open for only special education undergraduate students who have completed all of their special education professional sequence requirements. It will consist of weekly meetings to discuss issues related to their full-time intern teaching (SPED 4750).
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval. Corequisite: SPED 4750 and SPED 4760.
Credits: 2 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities and Emotional Impairments.
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SPED 4270 - Learners with Disabilities in Elementary and Middle School Programs
This course is designed for prospective and practicing elementary and middle school teachers. Emphasis is placed on meeting the needs of learners with disabilities in elementary and middle school programs. Required curriculum adaptation and modification as well as identification and development of resources and services for these learners are stressed. Program requires a grade of “CB” or better. May repeat course one time only.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Early Childhood; Elementary and Pre-Elementary Professional; Elementary Group Minors; Physical Education: Exceptional Child; and Speech Pathology and Audiology.
Notes: Not acceptable for Special Education majors.
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SPED 4290 - Learners with Disabilities in Secondary Education Programs
This course is designed for prospective and practicing secondary education teachers. Emphasis is placed on meeting the needs of learners with disabilities in general education secondary programs. Required curriculum adaptation and modification as well as identification and development of resources and services for these learners are stressed. Program requires a grade of “CB” or better. May repeat course one time only.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ED 3000 and ED 4060 (may be taken concurrently), with a grade of “CB or better in all prerequisites.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to Secondary Education majors in Biology, Chemistry, English, Earth Science, French, Geography, German, History, Latin, Math, Physics, Political Science, Social Studies, Spanish; and Elementary Education majors in French, German; and Health Education: School majors; and Speech Pathology and Audiology majors.
Notes: Not acceptable for Special Education majors.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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SPED 4330 - Assessment and Data-Based Decision Making in Special Education
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to assessment within a multi=tiered system of support emphasizing progress monitoring and data-based decision making for screening, classification, instructional planning, and evaluation. Topics will include principles of measurements, informal and formal assessment procedures, use and limitations of assessments, legal and ethical issues in assessments, and using technology to conduct assessments. Program requires a grade of “CB” or better.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department approval and concurrent enrollment in SPED 4040 and SPED 4340.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities/Emotional Impairments.
When Offered: Spring
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SPED 4340 - Evidence-Based Instruction I: Focus on K-5 Foundations of Reading, Written Language, and Content Areas
This course will focus on theories and research that form the basis of curriculum development and instructional practices within the Common Core of English Language Arts, and Content Areas for K-5 learners including students with high incidence disabilities and those students academically at-risk. The course will emphasize application of ethical principles and practices in planning and delivering explicit differentiated instruction using universal design for learning (UDL) principles, evidence-based instructional strategies, collaborative strategies, assistive technology, and development of self-determination skills within the context of assigned professional learning communities that ensure access to general education curriculum for students with high incidence disabilities and those academically at risk. Program requires a grade of “CB” or better.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department approval and concurrent enrollment in SPED 4040 and SPED 4330.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities/Emotional Impairments.
When Offered: Spring
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SPED 4350 - Evidence-Based Instruction II: Focus on 6-12 Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies
This course will focus on theories and research that form the basis of the Common Core in the areas of language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. The course will emphasize application of ethical principles and practices in planning and delivering differentiated instruction using universal design for learning (UDL) principles, evidence-based instructional strategies, collaborative strategies, assistive technology, and development of self-determination skills within the context of assigned professional learning communities that ensure access to general education curriculum for students with high incidence disabilities and those academically at risk leading to successful transition beyond high school. Program requires a grade of “CB” or better.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department approval and concurrent enrollment in SPED 4800 and SPED 4810.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities/Emotional Impairments.
When Offered: Fall
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SPED 4740 - Intern Teaching in Special Education: Cognitive Impairments
This intern teaching experience is open only to special education undergraduate students who have completed all of their Special Education-Cognitive Impairments professional sequence requirements. It will consist of full-time intern teaching in an appropriate educational setting serving students with disabilities. Students will participate in all phases of the school program to which they are assigned.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department approval and concurrent enrollment in SPED 4100.
Credits: 8 hours
Notes: Credit/No Credit only.
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SPED 4750 - Intern Teaching in Special Education: Emotional Impairments
This intern teaching experience is open only for special education undergraduate students who have completed all of their special education professional sequence requirements. It will consist of full-time intern teaching in an appropriate educational setting serving students with disabilities. Students will participate in all phases of the school program to which they are assigned.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department approval and concurrent enrollment in SPED 4100 LD and EI and SPED 4760.
Credits: 6 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities/Emotional Impairments.
Notes: Credit/No Credit only.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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SPED 4760 - Intern Teaching in Special Education: Learning Disabilities
This intern teaching experience is taken concurrently with SPED 4100 and SPED 5725 and is open only for special education undergraduate students who have completed all of their special education professional sequence requirements. It will consist of full-time intern teaching in an appropriate educational setting serving students with disabilities. Students will participate in all phases of the school program to which they are assigned.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department approval and concurrent enrollment in SPED 4100 and SPED 5725.
Credits: 6 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities/Emotional Impairments.
Notes: Credit/No Credit only.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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SPED 4800 - Development and Characteristics of High Incidence Disabilities
This course provides an overview of the etiology, development and characteristics of students with high incidence disabilities including learning disabilities. Various direct and indirect service options that facilitate the success of all students as they access general curriculum will be emphasized. Additionally, this course covers the laws that affect students with learning disabilities, history, assessment, medical aspects, teaching of young children and adolescents, and teaching strategies for pre-academic learning, oral language, reading, writing, mathematics, and social-emotional development. Current topics relevant to the education of students with high incidence disabilities including learning disabilities (i.e., response to intervention, collaboration, co-teaching, UDL, and technology integration) will be explored as well as the identification of research-based instructional practices. Program requires a grade of “CB” or better.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department approval and concurrent enrollment in SPED 4350 and SPED 4810.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities/Emotional Impairments.
When Offered: Fall
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SPED 4810 - Field Experience in Special Education III: Strategic Interventions for Learners with High Incidence Disabilities
The field experience emphasizes the use of data-based decision making and functional assessment to design, implement, and evaluate interventions that address the academic or social behaviors of learners. Students will observe and apply information and skills gained in co-requisite courses.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department approval and concurrent enrollment in SPED 4350 and SPED 4800.
Credits: 3 hour
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities/Emotional Impairments.
Notes: Graded on a credit/non-credit basis.
When Offered: Fall
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SPED 4850 - Education of Learners with Learning Disabilities
This course examines several theoretical perspectives which attempt to explain why students with learning disabilities fail to learn. Within each perspective, the application of selected theories to the Clinical Teaching Model is addressed. Emphasis is placed on the validity of interventions derived from each theory.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Department approval and concurrent enrollment in SPED 4800 and SPED 4810.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities.
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SPED 5000 - Topical Issues in Educating Learners with Disabilities
This course provides a survey or in-depth coverage of current issues directly related to the education of learners with disabilities.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities; Special Education: Cognitively Impaired; and Special Education: Emotionally Impaired.
Notes: The course may be repeated for credit.
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SPED 5040 - Teaching Practicum in Special Education
This course provides the student with a structured assignment working with a learner who is at-risk or has a disability. It is intended to enable the students to demonstrate skills in assessment and prescription and in the implementation and evaluation of a tutorial plan of instruction for a specific learner in a mainstreamed or self-contained setting.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: SPED 5300 and SPED 5330; and concurrent enrollment in SPED 5340.
Credits: 1 to 2 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to graduate students only.
Notes: Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
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SPED 5070 - Seminar in Special Education: Focus on Emotional Impairments
This seminar provides a review of key concepts in the field of emotional impairments with emphasis on content from the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification and the PRAXIS tests in emotional impairments or severe behavior disorders.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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SPED 5080 - Seminar in Special Education: Focus on Learning Disabilities
This seminar provides a review of key concepts in the field of learning disabilities with emphasis on content from the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification and the PRAXIS tests in learning disabilities.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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SPED 5300 - Introduction to Special Education
This course introduces students to the characteristics and needs of learners with sensory, physical, cognitive, emotional, and learning disabilities. Students develop an understanding of the psychological, sociological, philosophical, legal, and educational aspects of each type of disability.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SPED 5330 - Introduction to Assessment and Data-Based Decision Making in Special Education
This course introduces students to assessment within a multi-tiered system of support emphasizing progress monitoring and data-based decision making for screening, classification, instructional planning, and evaluation. Topics will include principles of measurement, informal and formal assessment procedures, use and limitations of assessments, legal and ethical issues in assessments, and using technology to conduct assessments. Program requires a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to graduate students only.
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SPED 5340 - Evidence Based Interventions I: Foundations of Reading, Written Language and Content Areas
This course will focus on theories and research that form the basis of curriculum development and instructional practices within the Common Core of English Language Arts, and Content Areas for K5 learners including students with high incidence disabilities and those students academically at-risk. The course will emphasize application of ethical principles and practices in planning and delivering explicit differentiated instruction using universal design for learning (UDL) principles, evidence-based instructional strategies, collaborative strategies, assistive technology, and development of self-determination skills that ensure access to general education curriculum for students with high incidence disabilities and those academically at risk.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: SPED 5330 (may be taken concurrently); Corequisite: SPED 5040.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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SPED 5400 - Introduction to Cognitive Impairments
This course provides an introduction to the field of cognitive impairments. Historical perspectives, definitions, service delivery systems, evaluation procedures, and major issues are examined.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Corequisite: SPED 5450
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SPED 5450 - Education of Learners with Mild and Moderate Cognitive Impairments
This course focuses on understanding the ways in which teachers organize curriculum and implement assessment and instruction to ensure maximum learning for students with mild and moderate cognitive impairments.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Corequisite: SPED 5400
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SPED 5700 - Introduction to Emotional Impairments
This course provides an introduction to the field of emotional impairments. Historical perspectives, definitions, service delivery systems, evaluation procedures, and major issues are examined.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Corequisite: SPED 5750
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SPED 5725 - Preventing Problem Behavior through Effective Teaching
This course is an advanced skill-building experience designed to scaffold university book-learned knowledge into effective classroom behavior management and teaching practice. The course is taught using a format focused on the development of problem solving and behavior intervention skills within a reflective teacher model. Course content will be directly related to problems and challenges experienced by class participants within their own elementary, middle, or high school classrooms. Emphasis in this seminar is on the direct application of behavioral principles and techniques to increase, decrease, and maintain academic and social behaviors within a public school classroom. The format of the class will be project based with each student completing and implementing Functional Behavior Assessment leading to an individual Positive Behavior Support Plan for either social/emotional or academic behavior.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Corequisites: SPED 4100 and SPED 4760.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Special Education: Learning Disabilities/Emotional Impairments.
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SPED 5750 - Education of Learners with Emotional Impairments
This course focuses on understanding the ways in which teachers organize curriculum and implement assessment and instruction to ensure maximum learning for students with emotional impairments.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Corequisite: SPED 5700
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SPED 5800 - Introduction to Learning Disabilities
This course provides an introduction to the field of learning disabilities. Historical perspectives, definitions, service delivery systems, evaluation procedures, and major issues are examined.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SPED 5850 - Advanced Theory and Practice with Learning Disabilities
Explores theories of learning disabilities, including an in-depth examination of controversies in the field. Also, examines issues and practices relating to the instruction of students with learning disabilities, including assessment and identification of learning disabilities, and intervention options.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: SPED 5800
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SPED 5980 - Readings in Special Education
This course is designed for advanced students interested in independent study. Topics chosen must be approved by the instructor and the department chairperson.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students. May be repeated for credit.
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SPED 5990 - Topics in Special Education
This course provides a survey or in-depth coverage of topics directly related to the education of learners with disabilities.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Departmental approval.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students. This course may be repeated for credit.
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SPPA 2000 - Communication Disorders and Sciences
This introductory course provides a broad overview of the acoustical, anatomical, biological, emotional, linguistic, physiological, and psychosocial bases of human communication and the ways in which it may be disordered. The impact of scientific investigation, technology, education, economics, health and rehabilitation on communication disorders will be addressed. Individual and societal variables related to communication and its disorders, the challenges of medical and technological advancements, and the quantitative tools used in assessment and rehabilitation will be stressed.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPPA 2001 - Honors Seminar in Communication Sciences and Disorders
This discussion section is a supplement to the lecture portion of SPPA 2000. The honors discussion is designed to give students hands-on experiences through clinical observation, exposure to use of clinical instruments, and learning about research opportunities in the fields of audiology and speech-language pathology, specifically active research at WMU.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: SPPA 2000
Credits: 1 hour
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Lee Honors College.
Notes: Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.
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SPPA 2030 - Normal Language Acquisition
A study of normal language acquisition as a basis for investigating disordered language. The course involves a survey of the stages of language acquisition and a consideration of mechanisms of language acquisition.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: SPPA 2000 with a grade of “C” or better.
Corequisite: SPPA 2040
Credits: 3 hours
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SPPA 2040 - Phonetics
A study of human speech sounds as a basis for understanding speech production and speech perception. Means of symbolizing speech sounds are provided to prepare the student for accurate transcription of speech behavior. Enrollment in a lab section is required.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: SPPA 2000 with a grade of “C” or better.
Corequisite: SPPA 2030
Credits: 3 hours
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SPPA 2041 - Phonetics Laboratory
Exercises and practice in phonetic transcription.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: LANG 2500 or BIOS 1120 or BIOS 1600 or BIOS 2110. A minimum grade of “C” is required for any prerequisite. Corequisite: SPPA 2040.
Credits: 1 hour
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SPPA 2050 - Speech Anatomy and Physiology
A study of respiration and phonation, with emphasis on their function in speech production and speech perception. The course includes a detailed study of the structures, physiology, and neurology.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Corequisite: SPPA 2060
Credits: 3 hours
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SPPA 2051 - Speech Anatomy and Physiology Lab
Study of speech anatomy and physiology in a cadaver laboratory.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: BIOS 1120 with a grade of “C” or better. Corequisite: SPPA 2050
Credits: 1 hour
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Speech Pathology and Audiology.
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SPPA 2060 - Hearing Science
A study of the structure and function of the hearing system, as related to communicative processes. The course includes a consideration of theories of speech perception. Corequisite: SPPA 2050.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPPA 2070 - Clinical Laboratory
This course introduces the student to the academic, clinical, and personal aspects of the professions of speech and language pathology and audiology, and it requires participation in structured observation of clinical activities.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Corequisite: SPPA 2030 and SPPA 2040.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPPA 2071 - Clinic Observation
This course provides students with supervised clinical observation of a graduate clinician providing speech-language-hearing services for an individual who demonstrates a communication disorder, delay or difference. Each student will be assigned to observe one therapy client for the semester, with two 50-minute therapy sessions held each week of the clinical semester. Over the course of the semester, the student will observe at least 15 hours of treatment for a communication disorder, delay or difference. At the end of this semester of observation each student should have accumulated the 25 observation hours required for professional certification of a speech-language pathologist or audiologist by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Each student should have earned 10 hours in SPPA 2070.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: SPPA 2030, SPPA 2040, SPPA 2041, and SPPA 2070; with a minimum grade of “C” required in all prerequisites.
Credits: 2 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Speech Pathology and Audiology.
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SPPA 2080 - Introduction to Audiology
An introduction to the measurement of hearing and the field of audiology. The course includes an introduction to aural pathologies.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall
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SPPA 2970 - Special Topics in Speech Pathology and Audiology
This is a variable topics, variable credit undergraduate level course for consideration of current and special interests in communication sciences.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Specific topics and number of credit hours will be announced each time the course is scheduled. May be repeated for credit.
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SPPA 3510 - Phonemic Disorders
A detailed study of the nature of phonemic disorders; orientation to clinical management.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: SPPA 2040.
Credits: 2 hours
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SPPA 3530 - Fluency Disorders
A detailed study of the nature of fluency disorders; orientation to clinical management.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: SPPA 2040 and SPPA 4030.
Credits: 2 hours
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SPPA 3540 - Language Disorders in Children
A detailed study of the nature of communication problems associated with congenital or acquired impairment of language function in children; orientation to clinical management.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: SPPA 2030.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPPA 4000 - Practicum in Speech Pathology and Audiology I
Clinical experience in the management of speech, language, and/or hearing disorders. Prior departmental approval required.
Credits: 2 hours
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SPPA 4010 - Practicum in Speech Pathology and Audiology II
Clinical experience in the management of speech, language, and/or hearing disorders.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: SPPA 4000.
Credits: 2 hours
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SPPA 4030 - Speech Science
Building on the student’s prior understanding of anatomic, physiologic, and neurologic bases of speech, this course examines normal speech production with reference to the acoustic and perceptual products of interacting respiratory, phonatory, articulatory, and resonance systems.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: SPPA 2050 and SPPA 2060.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPPA 4500 - Clinical Apprenticeship
This course provides students with a supervised clinical apprenticeship, working with a graduate student clinician. Services will be provided to an individual who demonstrates a communication disorder, delay, or difference. In the speech-language clinic, a student apprentice will be assigned to a graduate student clinician and one therapy client for the semester, with two 50-minute therapy sessions held each week of the clinical semester. In the audiology clinic, the student apprentice will be assigned to a graduate student clinician who will be providing a range of audiological services to a range of clients. Students are encouraged to review the Practicum Manual for detailed information about clinical practicum.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: SPPA 2030, SPPA 2040, SPPA 2041, SPPA 2050, SPPA 2051, SPPA 2060, SPPA 2070, SPPA 3510, and SPPA 3540. A minimum grade of “C” is required in all prerequisites. Department approval, junior standing and a minimum GPA of 3.5 in the Speech Pathology and Audiology major.
Credits: 2 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Audiology, or Speech Pathology and Audiology.
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SPPA 4560 - Rehabilitative Audiology
Principles and clinical management of communication problems associated with auditory impairment.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: SPPA 3580.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPPA 4590 - Special Studies in Communication Disorders
A survey of neuropathologies and structural deviations which result in communication disorders, including aphasia and dysarthria. This course is approved as a writing-intensive course which fulfills the baccalaureate-level writing requirement of the student’s curriculum.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPPA 5010 - Principles of Speech Science
Overview of the anatomy, physics, biology, physiology, and psychology of human speech production and speech perception. This course is intended to focus not only on well-established concepts in speech science, but also on the many research areas in which our understanding is incomplete.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors and masters in Speech Pathology and Audiology.
Notes: Open to upperclass or graduate students.
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SPPA 5530 - Stuttering and Other Fluency Disorders
Theories and therapies applicable to the understanding and clinical management of stuttering are studied in depth.
Credits: 2 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to masters and majors in speech pathology and audiology.
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students
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SPPA 5800 - Psychoacoustics
A study of the principles, theories, and methods which provide the bases for hearing measurement in clinical and experimental settings. Topics include quantification, measurement and analysis of acoustic signals and subjective responses to those signals.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerquisite: Departmental approval.
Credits: 3 hours
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SPPA 5801 - Pediatric Audiology
This course deals with the identification, measurement, and management of hearing impairment in infants and young children.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: SPPA 206 and SPPA 3580, or department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SPPA 5950 - Language Development and Disorders for Educators
This course provides the student preparing to be a classroom or special education teacher with information about the nature of spoken and written language, its development, conditions associated with language disorders, and the principles and methods of assessment and treatment for children, from infancy through adolescence, with specific language needs. Not applicable toward the master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology.
Credits: 2 hours
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SPPA 5970 - Topics in Speech Pathology and Audiology
Selected topics in speech pathology and audiology are systematically explored through lectures, laboratory experiences, and student projects. Possible areas of study are: instrumentation in audiology, manual communication, electrophysiologic audiometry, computer applications to speech pathology and audiology, augmentative communication, and contemporary professional issues.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
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SPPA 5980 - Readings in Speech Pathology and Audiology
Arranged on an individual basis to provide students the opportunity to pursue independent study of special areas of interest in depth.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
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STAT 1600 - Statistics and Data Analysis
A general introduction to statistics with an emphasis on data analysis and graphical presentation. Extensive use will be made of the computer to prepare results. Topics may include: data collection, sampling and experimentation, measurement issues, descriptive statistics, statistical graphics, normal distribution, cross-classified data, correlation and association, formal statistical inferences, and resampling methods.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 1100 or MATH 1110 with a grade of “C” or better, or satisfactory score on Mathematics Department Placement Examination.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: This course satisfies General Education Proficiency 3: College-Level Mathematics or Quantitative Reasoning.
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STAT 2160 - Business Statistics
An applications-oriented study of statistical concepts and techniques. The course focuses on the student as a user of statistics who needs a minimal understanding of mathematical theory and formula derivation. Major topics of study are statistical description, central tendency, dispersion, distributional shapes, sampling, confidence levels, probability, comparison tests, association tests, and regression analysis. The objectives of the course are to develop the skill to apply these concepts in conjunction with computer usage and make appropriate decisions regarding actual business problems. All STAT 2160 students are expected to take the final exam on the assigned mass exam day.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 1160 or MATH 1180 or MATH 1220 or MATH 1230 or MATH 2000; with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: This course satisfies General Education Proficiency 4: Mathematics or Quantitative Reasoning.
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STAT 2600 - Data Analysis Using R
Students will obtain a solid introduction to R as a functional programming language and will be able to use R to effectively compute statistical and graphical procedures. Topics covered: descriptive statistics and plots, discrete and continuous probability models including the binomial, Poisson, normal, gamma and Weibull distribution. Monte Carlo simulations, basic one and two-sample location problems using traditional and robust statistical procedures, regression (simple and multiple) and one and two-way ANOVA designs using traditional and robust statistical procedures.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 1100 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 4 hours
Notes: This course satisfies General Education Proficiency 4: Mathematics or Quantitative Reasoning.
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STAT 2830 - Methods of Data Analysis
This course is an examination of data analytic methods in the social sciences. Major topics include frequency distributions, graphic presentation of data, measures of central tendency and variability, cross-tabulation, sampling distributions, statistical inference by confidence intervals and significance tests, bivariate regression and correlation.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 1100 and SOC 2820, with grades of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Students can receive credit for only one of: STAT 2160, STAT 2600, STAT 2830, STAT 3640, STAT 3660 or SOC 2830. This course satisfies General Education Proficiency 3: College-Level Mathematics or Quantitative Reasoning.
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STAT 3620 - Probability
General probability spaces, conditional probability, independence, random variables, distributions of discrete and continuous random variables, expectation, moment generating function, joint distributions, conditional distributions, and transformations. Special probability models, including binomial, Poisson, gamma, beta, normal, t, and F. Convergence in probability and distribution and the Central Limit Theorem.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 1230 or MATH 1710 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 4 hours
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STAT 3640 - Foundations of Data Analysis
This course treats both the theory and applications of statistics. Topics include: random variables and probability distributions, the central limit theorem, sampling distributions, point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, correlation and regression.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 1230 or MATH 1710 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 4 hours
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STAT 3660 - Data Analysis for Biosciences
An introduction to statistics for students in the biological and related sciences with an emphasis on the basic concepts and explanations of why things work. The focus is on quantitative reasoning and statistical thinking for making decisions and conjectures. This numerical art will be illustrated with a wide range of interesting problems. Topics include descriptive statistics like means, medians, standard deviation, percentiles; correlation and regression - interpretation and prediction problems; the normal and binomial distributions; law of averages; sampling variability and standard errors; inferential statistics to -confidence intervals and tests of hypotheses for one- and two-sample problems.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MATH 1100 or MATH 1110 with a grade of “C” or better; or the equivalent or satisfactory score on the departmental placement exam.
Credits: 4 hours
Notes: This course satisfies General Education Proficiency 3: College-Level Mathematics or Quantitative Reasoning.
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STAT 4620 - Introduction to Mathematical Statistics
This course provides an introduction to the theoretical foundations of statistical estimation and hypothesis testing. Topics include concepts of sampling and inference, maximum likelihood estimation, and likelihood ratio tests.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 2300, MATH 2720, STAT 3620 and STAT 3640.
Credits: 3 hours
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STAT 4640 - Introduction to Statistical Computing
This course provides an introduction to the use of statistical computer software in the MINITAB and SAS packages. The statistical graphics capabilities of SASGRAPH and MINITAB will also be included. The following topics may be emphasized: data entry; editing; production of statistical summaries in the form of tables, graphs, charts, and plots for report writing purposes; data management methods for large survey-type data sets. The latter topic may include: subset analysis, updating, and missing data methods. Attention may also be given to the statistical topics of: correlation and regression analysis; one and two sample problems; and analysis of variance.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: An introductory statistics course.
Credits: 3 hours
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STAT 4810 - Communicating Statistical Results
The emphasis of the class will be the reporting of statistical analysis so that all relevant information is conveyed, avoiding the use of jargon and enhancing the text with the use of informative tables or graphics. Examples of statistical reports will be examined and discussed. Students will be assigned projects involving data gathering and analysis. Written and oral reports on the methodology used and the results of the analysis will be required of each student. Student reports will then be discussed and critiqued by the class for content and clarity of writing as well as appropriateness of the methodology used.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: STAT 2600, STAT 3620, STAT 3640, STAT 4620, STAT 4640, STAT 5680, with a grade of “C” or better in all prerequisites; and approval of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: This course satisfies General Education Proficiency 2: Baccalaureate-Level Writing.
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STAT 5610 - Applied Multivariate Statistical Methods
An applied treatment of multivariate procedures is presented. Classical procedures such as Hotelling’s T-squared methods are discussed for the one and two sample problems and MANOVA for standard designs. Topics that will be accentuated are principal components, discriminant analysis, cluster analysis, and factor analysis. Emphasis will be on graphical methods and applications.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: An introductory course in statistics such as STAT 2600 or STAT 3640 and a course in linear algebra.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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STAT 5630 - Sample Survey Methods
This course consists of a broad overview of the techniques of survey data collection and analysis and contains a minimum of theory. Topics may include: simple random, stratified, systematic, single-stage cluster, and two-stage cluster sampling; ratio and regression estimation; subpopulation analyses; problems of nonresponse; surveys of sensitive issues; minimization of survey costs; sample size determination. Real surveys are discussed and actual survey data are analyzed.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: An introductory statistics course such as STAT 2600 or STAT 3640 and instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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STAT 5650 - Design of Experiments for Quality Improvement
This course covers statistical methods useful for improving the quality of products and systems in an industrial setting. It provides a comprehensive set of tools to use in building better products and in reducing manufacturing and other costs. The focus will be on solving real engineering problems through case studies. Taguchi methods will be discussed along with modifications from standard statistical practice. Topics will include planning and experiment, experimental strategy, Analysis of Variance concepts, factorial designs, orthogonal arrays, loss functions, signal-to-noise ratios, identifying significant factor effects, graphical methods, parameter design and tolerance design.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: An introductory course in statistics such as STAT 2600 or STAT 3640.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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STAT 5660 - Nonparametric Statistical Methods
This course presents a broad overview of statistical methods commonly referred to as nonparametric or distribution-free methods. Topics include: inferences for proportions, contingency tables, goodness of fit problems, estimation and hypothesis testing based on ranking methods, measures of rank correlation, efficiency. Emphasis will be on the application of nonparametric statistical methods to data from many different applied fields.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: An introductory statistics course such as STAT 2600 or STAT 3640.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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STAT 5670 - Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments
A course in experimental design and the analysis of variance with particular emphasis on industrial experiments. Topics include: complete randomized, randomized complete block; Latin square, and split-plot designs; orthogonal contrasts and polynomials; multiple comparisons; factorial arrangement of treatments; confounding; fractional replication. The course is molded around the complete analysis of good applied problems.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: An introductory statistics course such as STAT 2600 or STAT 3640.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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STAT 5680 - Regression Analysis
An applied course in regression analysis; simple and multiple linear regression; resolution of fit of a model, including residual analysis, precision of estimation, and tests of general hypotheses; model building; step-wise regression; use of indicator variables; non-linear regression.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: An introductory statistics course such as STAT 2600 or STAT 3640.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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STAT 5820 - Time Series Analysis
The development and practical use of seasonal and non-seasonal ARIMA (Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average) Box-Jenkins time series models is presented. Identification of correct time series models, estimation of model parameters, and diagnostic checks of identified models will be covered. The uses of these models for forecasting future trends and assessing interventions will be examined. Extensive data analysis using SAS, MINITAB, and Splus/R statistical packages are included. Topics include: regression time series models, autocorrelation, partial autocorrelation, Yule-Walker equations, differencing, stationarity, autocorrelation models, moving average models, seasonality, invertibility, and Box-Pierce tests.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: STAT 3640 and STAT 5680.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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STAT 5850 - Applied Data Mining
Data mining can be described as the process of building models. For the development of models, the applied data mining course aims to go far beyond the classical statistical methods, such as linear regression. This course provides an applied overview to such modern non-linear methods as generalized additive models, decision trees, boosting, bagging and support vector machines as well as more classical linear approaches such as logistic regression, linear discriminant analysis, K-means clustering and nearest neighbors. Extensive data analyses are done using statistical programming R.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: STAT 5680 or STAT 6620 or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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STAT 5860 - Computer Based Data Analysis
Computer intensive statistical methods are discussed for a variety of statistical problems, including location problems, linear and nonlinear models, mixed models, and generalized linear models (glms). These analyses include bootstrapping and other resampling techniques, computational maximum likelihood procedures, and robust procedures. The course uses simulation procedures for various probability models. The software language R is used.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: (STAT 2600 or STAT 3640) and STAT 5680, with a grade of “B” or better in any prerequisite, or instructor’s approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
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STAT 5990 - Independent Study in Statistics
Advanced students with good scholastic records may elect to pursue independently the study of some topic having special interest for them. Topics are chosen and arrangements are made to suit the needs of each particular student.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approval of chairperson of department.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.
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SWRK 1000 - Introduction to Social Services
This course provides a fundamental image of the subject matter with the profession of social work. It takes a look at the broadest units of consensus within the profession and differentiates one broad topic from another. It identifies exemplars, theories, and methods of practice in a way that newcomers to the profession can comprehend.
Credits: 3 hours
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SWRK 2100 - Social Work Services and Professional Roles
This course introduces students to the social work profession: its code of ethics, value base, and commitment to social justice. The course examines the evolution of social work as a profession, acquaints students with contemporary social work roles and fields of practice, and examines the profession’s responsibilities in the delivery of social work services to minority and majority groups in the public and private sectors.
Credits: 3 hours
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SWRK 3000 - Social Welfare as a Social Institution
This course analyzes social welfare as a response to social problems and human needs. It examines the social, economic, political, and philosophical forces that have led to the historic development and institutionalization of social welfare. It encourages students to develop a critical perspective on social welfare policies and programs and stresses an understanding of the impact of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, and social class upon social policy and service delivery.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Completion of a minimum of 25 credit hours.
Credits: 3 hours
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SWRK 3200 - Social Work Interviewing and Assessment
This course seeks to provide students with professional interviewing skills, and enhanced understanding of verbal and non-verbal communication listening skills, and an awareness and understanding of diverse issues related to the interviewing process. The person-in-environment perspective will be utilized throughout this course. Students will develop beginning proficiency as generalist social work practitioners when interviewing clients and other professionals who may work in an interdisciplinary setting. Various approaches to practice will be introduced including observation and rapport development within the context of strengths-based social work practice. Students will begin to develop knowledge and proficiency in how to translate interview information into a bio-psycho-social assessment. Students will also learn introductory skills relating to the problem-solving model, particularly engagement and problem identification. Students are expected to demonstrate increased insight into their own behaviors, values, beliefs, and attitudes as they relate to professional social work practice.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: SWRK 2100
Credits: 3 hours
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SWRK 3330 - Introduction to Culture, Ethnicity, and Institutionalized Inequality in Social Work Practice
This course focuses upon ethnic/racial groups who are among social welfare consumers and social work clientele. Individual and institutional racism are examined. Racial/cultural characteristics and group strengths, needs, priorities, and experiences in the context of social welfare and social work are also explored. The course reviews implications of ethnic factors for social work practice, social policy, and social work education.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: SOC 2000 and SWRK 2100. Corequisite: SWRK 3200.
Credits: 3 hours
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SWRK 3500 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment
This course provides the student with a basic understanding of human behavior related to human development, ego psychology, learning theory, and family social and cultural dynamics. The course examines socialization and its influence on human behavior; identifies significant physical, mental, emotional, social, and cultural factors which affect client systems. The social and cultural factors examined include such things as social class, race, gender, age, sexual orientation.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: SWRK 2100, OT 2000, PSY 1000, SOC 2000, and completion of 55 credit hours. Prerequisites with concurrency: PSY 3000 or SOC 2830 or STAT 1600 or STAT 3660. Junior standing.
Credits: 3 hours
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SWRK 3510 - Social Work Concepts in Group, Community and Organizational Behavior
This course introduces the student to human behavior as it relates to small group process, formal organizations, and community dynamics. Students are introduced to selected systems concepts. The interplay of various forces which affect the development of social groups, organizations, and communities, and the effects of such interdependent systems on the client system are examined. The impact of race, sex, and age is considered in relation to groups, organizations, and communities.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: SWRK 2100, SWRK 3200, SWRK 3330, and SWRK 3500 and completion of 55 credit hours. Corequisites: SWRK 3650 and SWRK 4000.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: This course is restricted to Social Work majors.
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SWRK 3650 - Social Work Research Methods
Social Work 3650 is a research methods course that emphasizes the generation and appraisal of knowledge used in social work. The aim is for students to obtain knowledge and skills in research methods and data analysis approaches that are essential to effective and accountable social work practice. The course provides students with a working understanding of theoretical and practical issues inherent in the research process, particularly as it relates to professional practice. The course focuses on giving students a strong foundation of research knowledge and skill necessary for knowledge building in the social sciences arena. This course presents students with ideas, techniques, and procedures basic to evidence-based decision making. It provides students with a balance of lecture material and interactive activities, which include discussion, homework assignments, experiential exercises, and computer assignments.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL 1050 and SWRK 3500. Corequisites: SWRK 3510 and 4000.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: This course is restricted to Social Work majors only.
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SWRK 4000 - Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families
The problem-solving process serves as the basis of intervention strategies for this course. Students will learn practice theories and intervention strategies for use with individuals and families. Emphasizing the generalist intervention model, students learn social work roles including advocate, facilitator, case manager, and broker. Students will be expected to demonstrate an ability to formulate case plans including intake, assessment, plan of service, evaluation of intervention, and termination of services. Methods of practice evaluation are presented, including single-system design.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: SWRK 3500 with a grade of “C” or better. Corequisites: SWRK 3510 and SWRK 3650.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: This course is restricted to Social Work majors.
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SWRK 4010 - The Problem Solving Process with Task Groups and Organizations
This course introduces the subject of assessment and intervention with task groups and organizations as a central concern of social work. We will examine the systemic relationship between task groups and organizations and the role of the worker in task groups and organizations. This course also addresses human diversity and empowerment within task groups.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Senior standing and SWRK 4000 with a grade of “C” or better.
Corequisites: SWRK 4020.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: This course is restricted to Social Work majors.
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