Course Descriptions
HS 4430/SW8820 – Social Work Forensics
3 credit hours (required)
This course provides an overview of the interplay between human service and social work professionals and the court systems. It will also focus on forensic social work practice and theory. Additionally, it illustrates skills for working with diverse populations across the lifespan and across diverse settings, such as community, medical, school, child welfare, mental health and addictions, and juvenile and criminal justice settings.
- Prerequisites for HS Majors: Completion of general education requirements, HS3300 or permission of the department.
- Prerequisites for MSW students: Completion of 30 hours of MSW coursework.
HS4450/SW8821– Perspectives on Child Maltreatment & Child Advocacy
3 credit hours (required)
This course covers the history, comparative perspectives, legal framework and responses to child maltreatment. It also discusses the skills necessary to work in the field and other pertinent issues pertaining to child maltreatment and child advocacy. The field of child maltreatment is fraught with controversy. Much of the class focuses on these controversies. The approach of the course will be from a variety of diverse, professional perspectives including the perspectives of a prosecuting attorney versus a defense attorney.
- Prerequisite: HS4430/SW8820 (Social Work Forensics).
HS4460/SW8822 – Professional & System Responses to Child Maltreatment
3 credit hours (required)
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to identify and investigate child maltreatment and apply intervention strategies for children and their families including prosecution where indicated. The class will discuss issues related to child witnesses such as recantation, suggestibility, memory and the impact of multiple interviews on children.
- Prerequisite: HS4430/SW8820 (Social Work Forensics).
Elective (3 credit hours)
Undergraduate students may select from the following concentration electives:
- HS4415 Child Welfare
- HS4420 Family Violence
Graduate students may select from the following electives:
- SW8725 Social Work Practice with Domestic Violence
- SW8812 Clinical Practice with Abused and Neglected Children and their Families: Child Protective Services
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