Spring 2021 Course Schedule
Below is the DRAFT schedule for Spring 2021 (as of 10/26/2020). You can search by CRN, Course Number, Title, Instructor, or by words in Course Comments. You are unable to search by specific day. If there is a search result, it will appear in the day/time the course is offered.
REGULAR SESSION CLASSES BEGIN JANUARY 19, 2021
The maximum number of credits allowed for spring is 15. However, a 1-credit course may be added to the spring course load, for a maximum total of 16 credits. The minimum credits allowed are six (6). To request an academic course overload (over 16 credits), students must complete the academic overload form. Registration for over (16) credits is on a space available basis.
NOTE: The following courses have been approved for diversity content: SOWK 610, 713, 715, 718, 720, 766, 783; SWCL 710, 724, 726, 730, 748, 749, 750,775 and 776; and SWOA 704
Courses may be cancelled due to insufficient enrollment. Courses offered and instructors listed are subject to change.
* Course offered spring semester only
Course Section Key
SY1, SY2, etc = Synchronous course for Baltimore students
AY1, AY2, etc = Asynchronous course for Baltimore students
SG1, SG2, etc = Synchronous course for USG students
AG1, AG2, etc = Asynchronous course for USG students
Asynchronous classes allow students to complete their work at their own pace. Students are given a timeframe – it's usually a one-week window – during which they need to connect to their class at least once or twice.
Synchronous classes require students to participate in partial to entire sections of class at the exact same time. Students and instructors are online at scheduled dates/times to participate in lectures, discussions, activities, and presentations.
PLEASE NOTE: MSW students should own a computer and have access to the internet while in the program. In addition to a computer, the minimal technical standards for taking a hybrid or on-line class are updated each semester and can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/ssw-tech-requirements
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| CRN Code | Course ID | Course Section Number | Couse Name | Instructor | Course Comments | Room |
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| 27899 | SWCL 754 | AY1 | Social Work and Developmental Disabilities | Bellin | Social Work and Developmental Disabilities (SWCL 754) will be offered in an intensive format during the Spring 2021 semester with asynchronous, self-paced curriculum modules due 9PM EST Monday, Wednesday, Friday across January (1/4/2021) through early February (2/3/2021). Each module will open on Blackboard one week before the due date to maximize student learning and flexibility (i.e., students complete the modules at a time of convenience before the due date). SWCL 754 Final Exam will be administered online via Blackboard on Friday, February 5, 2021 from 12PM-1:45PM EST, so please confirm availability before enrolling in this course. No exceptions will be made to the exam date or time, unless extreme extenuating circumstances arise or ADA accommodations are applicable. Social Work and Developmental Disabilities is an optional methods course and is recommended for students who are interested in service delivery to pediatric populations in a range of systems—school, child welfare, juvenile justice, health and behavioral health. This online practice course builds on the competencies students acquire in their foundation year of the MSW program. Prior experience in the disability field is not necessary to be successful in this course. | Online |
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| CRN Code | Course ID | Course Section Number | Couse Name | Instructor | Course Comments | Room |
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| 27305 | SOWK 699 | SY2 | Communication & Assessment across cultures: Social Work with Foreign-Born Populations | Bellinger | Meets Monday 1/4, Saturday 1/9 and Monday 1/11/2021, 10:00a-3:00p. The purpose of this 1 credit course is designed to provide students with the necessary cultural awareness in working with foreign born populations. With globalization, social work practitioners need to be skilled in understanding the diverse cultures and ethnic backgrounds that shape our landscapes. The course will offer knowledge and some valuable skills needed for social workers to support these populations. (This 1-credit course may be combined with other 1-credit offerings to fulfill an elective requirement for the MSW degree.) | Online |
| 27970 | SOWK 699 | SY1 | Interprofessional Study of Suicide Assessment and Risk Formulation | Frey | Meet Dates: March 26th, April 16 & 30th from 9:00AM - 11:00AM. Responding to current social issues calls for a collaborative approach and bringing together experience and perspectives of several professional disciplines, this course explores suicide and suicide risk assessment and response from multiple professional perspectives. In this course, students will learn together to better understand stigma and bias about and toward suicide and suicidal individuals. Students will gain knowledge, self-efficacy, and skills to effectively assess and respond to client/patient suicide risk with a focus on assessing and responding to suicide risk in health and behavioral health settings. (This 1-credit course may be combined with other 1-credit offerings to fulfill an elective requirement for the MSW degree.) Pre-requisites: SOWK 632 and SOWK 636. | Online |
| 28323 | SOWK 699 | SY8 | Social Change through the Regulatory Process and Executive Branch | Ferretto | Meeting times: Fridays 9am-12pm ( 3/12, 3/26, 4/9, 4/16, 4/30). Public policy has the potential to advance justice in society. Often the attention is on the legislature and laws that are passed however the executive branch of government through their political institutions generate public policy that have significant impact on how issues are defined and addressed. This course explores the process through which federal and state governments in the United States formulate and implement public policies. The course covers: how social problems are addressed in the executive branch through regulations, executive orders, and other forms of policy; the challenges of translating public issues into regulatory language; the drafting, implementation, and evaluation of public policies. (This 1-credit course may be combined with other 1-credit offerings to fulfill elective credit requirements for the MSW degree.) | Online |
| 28321 | SOWK 699 | SY6 | Strategic Thinking, Strategic Planning, and Strategic Actions for Strategic Results | Rivelis | Meeting times: Wednesdays 6-9pm (2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/24, 3/31). Students will have an opportunity to sharpen their strategic thinking, develop an understanding of strategic planning, and practice using the process and tools needed to forge strategic actions to effectively advance a social change, social justice and/or social profit organization’s critical agenda. Through highly interactive class sessions, students will walk away the skill to apply these processes and related tools to current social issues and concerns in order to achieve desired cause and/or organizational results. (This 1-credit course may be combined with other 1-credit offerings to fulfill elective credit requirements for the MSW degree.) | Online |
| 28322 | SOWK 699 | SY7 | Strategic Communication for Strategic Results | Rivelis | Meeting times: Wednesdays 6-9pm (4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5). Now more than ever Social Workers – Macro & Clinical – need the skills and tools to strategically and effectively communicate internally and externally with clients, community members, colleagues, stakeholders, funders, decision-makers, media, legislators, and the general public. They need to know how to shape and deliver compelling messages to a variety target audiences via a variety of vehicles in order to achieve strategic results that move the needle. Students will examine and explore the art and science of strategic communication using a combination of role plays, case studies and ripped from the headlines current events. (This 1-credit course may be combined with other 1-credit offerings to fulfill elective credit requirements for the MSW degree.) | Online |
| 26476 | SOWK 699 | AY1 | Tele-Behavioral Health: Delivery of Clinical Social Work Services | Schindler/Beaulieu/Quinn-Stabile | The course is online with a mandatory synchronous orientation on Friday, January 8th from 2-3:00pm. This is a 1-credit course. This course will provide an introduction to the practical and knowledge-based skills required to engage in safe, effective, and ethical tele-behavioral health services. Through a series of on-line modules and practice sessions, students will gain confidence and competence in the use of appropriate technology, establishing virtual services with a client, safety planning, and how to handle potential issues that arise. Additionally, students will learn about current research on what treatment modalities are effective delivered virtually as well as how particular services can be competently delivered through technology, e.g. substance use treatment, case management and group treatment services. (This 1-credit course may be combined with other 1-credit offerings to fulfill elective credit requirements for the MSW degree.) | Online |
| 28319 | SWCL 779 | AY1 | Interprofessional Approaches to Healthcare Delivery | Bellin | This 1-credit intensive clinical course offers graduate social work students an opportunity to interact and learn with UMB professional students across disciplines in the annual Interprofessional Education Day to held virtually April 7, 2021 from 12PM-5PM. Core elements of interprofessional collaboration, including shared decision-making, mutual role understanding, and the development of joint treatment plans, are delivered in asynchronous multi-media learning modules to be completed prior to April 7, 2021. To prepare social work students to be effective colleagues on healthcare teams, this course uses: (1) brief lectures on the meaning and practice of interprofessional collaboration; (2) experiential exercises to catalyze open communication, role clarification, and healthy partnerships on healthcare teams; and (3) virtual participation in the annual IPE Day at UMB. (This course does not meet the requirement for a SWCL Methods course) (This 1-credit course may be combined with other 1-credit offerings to fulfill elective credit requirements for the MSW degree.) | Online |
REGULAR SESSION SPRING 2021
FIELD PRACTICUM
Following are the course numbers for your field practicum. You must register for field as a course. Field has a different schedule than classroom classes.
CRN
20591 SOWK 636 (01) Foundation Field Practicum & Seminar II 2nd semester -- Reminder: You must also register for SOWK 632.
26964 SOWK 636 (SG1) Foundation Field Practicum & Seminar II (Shady Grove Students Only) Reminder: Must also register for SOWK 632.
21049 SWCL 795 (01) Advanced Clinical Field Practicum 2nd semester -- Reminder: You must also register for a SWCL course.
27316 SWCL 795 (EXT) Advanced Extended Clinical Field Practicum (Students approved by OFE for an extended field practicum) -- Reminder: You must also register for a SWCL course.
27315 SWCL 795 (SG2) Advanced Clinical Field Practicum (Shady Grove Students Only) -- Reminder: You must also register for a SWCL course.
27625 SWCL 795 (SGX) Advanced Extended Clinical Field Practicum (Shady Grove Students Only & Students approved by OFE for an extended field practicum) -- Reminder: You must also register for a SWCL course.
21065 SWOA 795 (01) Advanced Macro Field Practicum 2nd semester -- Reminder: You must also register for a SWOA course.
27318 SWOA 795 (EXT) Advanced Extended Macro Field Practicum (Students approved by OFE for an extended field practicum) -- Reminder: You must also register for a SWOA course.
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| CRN Code | Course ID | Course Section Number | Couse Name | Instructor | Course Comments | Room |
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| 20553 | SOWK 600 | AY1 | Social Welfare and Social Policy | Crumpton | Online | |
| 25997 | SOWK 600 | AY2 | Social Welfare and Social Policy | Mulhern | Online | |
| 27491 | SOWK 645 | AY1 | Human Behavior and the Social Environment | Stoddard | Online | |
| 27740 | SOWK 670 | AY1 | Social Work Research | Hicks | Online | |
| 20626 | SOWK 670 | AY2 | Social Work Research | Craddock | Online | |
| 28042 | SOWK 720 | AY1 | Comparative Social Policy* | Crumpton | Online | |
| 27620 | SOWK 783 | AY2 | Qualitative Cross-Cultural Research | Gioia | Online | |
| 21009 | SWCL 703 | AY1 | Family Therapy | DiBlasio | Online | |
| 27916 | SWCL 704 | AY1 | Integrated Behavioral Health Practice | Belcher | Online | |
| 21038 | SWCL 744 | AY1 | Psychopathology | Gioia | Online | |
| 21040 | SWCL 744 | AY2 | Psychopathology | Belcher | Online |
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| 20557 | SOWK 600 | SY1 | Social Welfare and Social Policy | Schneider | Online | |
| 25996 | SOWK 632 | SY1 | Social Work Practice with Groups and Families* | P. Smith | Online | |
| 27306 | SOWK 699 | SY5 | Parent, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health | Wasserman/Candelaria | This 3-credit course focuses on infant and early childhood mental health principles and practices, building upon the fields of early development and family systems. Considerations of and measures for a thorough relationship-based assessment and diagnosis of children birth to 5 are stressed throughout the course, with significant attention to the foundational premise of reflective practice within clinical work within this field. Discussion, course readings, video content, case-based assessments and other interactive activities and assignments will focus on general developmental theory, including attachment and ecological theory; assessment, diagnosis and psychopathology; and evidence-based models for intervention and consultation within the child and family serving system. Considerations for policy and systems of care will be reviewed. PLEASE NOTE: Prerequisites: SOWK 630, 631 & 635. | Online |
| 28312 | SOWK 705 | SY1 | Practice, Programming, and Policy in the Face of Twin Pandemics: COVID19 and Racial and Ethnic Inequity | Shdaimah | This international, inter-professional elective brings together a cohort of students from UMB and University of Haifa, in Israel. Using a social justice lens, this course will explore practices, programs and policy responses to the pandemic in diverse and divided cities. We will use visual methods such as photography and artifact elicitation to share- across language, culture, and profession- ideas about social justice and the personal, professional, and societal impact of COVID19. Synchronous course meetings will take place virtually between 9am-12pm on six Mondays: February 22, March 1, 8, 22, April 5 and 12 as well as the Monday-Thursday of Spring break, March 15-18th (also 9am-12pm). The majority of these will be with UMB and UH students together. Asynchronous work is to be completed by UH/UMB partners between meetings. This course has an optional subsidized travel component If international travel is permitted prior to June 1 for students from Israel and the US. The course will enroll up to 12 students each from UMB and UH. If you would like more information, please follow up with Corey Shdaimah at cshdaimah@ssw.umaryland.edu | Online |
| 20646 | SOWK 725 | SY1 | Work, Well-being and Social Policy* | Carlstrom | Online | |
| 20658 | SOWK 777 | SY1 | Research in Child Welfare | Lee | Note: It is expected that students who enroll in this class do so because of a sincere interest in evaluating the impact of child welfare services and to develop competent child welfare practice skills. In order to be successful in this course, students should have practice experience in child welfare and/or either past or current enrollment in SOWK 715 or SWCL 727 | Online |
| 22847 | SWCL 705 | SY1 | Clinical Social Work w/Addictive Behavior Patterns | TBD | Online | |
| 21026 | SWCL 722 | SY1 | Cognitive Behavioral Therapies | Pecukonis | Online | |
| 21031 | SWCL 727 | SY1 | Clinical Practice With Families and Children in Child Welfare | Wirt | Online | |
| 22879 | SWCL 748 | SY1 | Clinical SW in Relation to Death, Dying & Bereavement | Cagle | Online | |
| 21053 | SWOA 704 | SY1 | Community Organization | Hicks | Online |
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| CRN Code | Course ID | Course Section Number | Couse Name | Instructor | Course Comments | Room |
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| 28315 | SOWK 789 | SY1 | Research Project: Interracial/Inter-ethnic Couples Research | Greif | The purpose of this 3-credit advanced research course is to introduce students to the qualitative research process and the ways that it can be used to build understanding of under-researched topics. In class time is limited to Mondays 12:15 – 1:45 to allow enough out-of-class time to complete research project components. This understanding can lead to theory development and the development of practice interventions. The topic is interracial couples’ relationships. Students will first complete required IRB training (CITI and HIPAA). They will then be trained on how to conduct a qualitative interview with one partner in an interracial/interethnic couple using a survey and interview guide to learn what their experiences are as a couple. Three interviews are to be completed. Students are encouraged to find the three participants. They will submit a written transcript of each interview for analysis. Students will read and discuss other students’ interviews during class time, participate in class discussions where the meaning and central themes from the interviews will be discussed, make a brief in-class presentation of their initial findings, and turn in a 10-15 page paper based on research findings. This course fulfills the advanced research requirement and has been approved for Clinical Concentrators in the Behavioral Health, EAP, Aging, Health, and Families and Children (not Title IV-E) specializations. Prerequisites: SOWK 670 | Online |
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| 28302 | SOWK 600 | SY2 | Social Welfare and Social Policy | Shdaimah | Online | |
| 28305 | SOWK 610 | SY1 | Structural Oppression and Its Implications for Social Work | Hicks | This is a new 3-credit Foundation requirement for new Foundation Admits – continuing students may also register for this course. | Online |
| 28306 | SOWK 610 | SY2 | Structural Oppression and Its Implications for Social Work | Fuld | This is a new 3-credit Foundation requirement for new Foundation Admits – continuing students may also register for this course. | Online |
| 27304 | SOWK 632 | SY2 | Social Work Practice with Groups and Families* | Schiff | Online | |
| 28316 | SWCL 703 | SY1 | Family Therapy | Rosenbaum | Online | |
| 21021 | SWCL 714 | SY1 | Clinical and Public Health Perspectives in Child and Family Health* | Dababnah | Special Approval: Enrollment limited to Health/Child, Adolescent and Family Health (CAFH) sub-specializers. Any other specializations must send an email to sswregistration@ssw.umaryland.edu to request enrollment by 12/07/2020. | Online |
| 27082 | SWCL 722 | SY2 | Cognitive-Behavior Therapies | Pecukonis | Online | |
| 21032 | SWCL 727 | SY2 | Clinical Practice With Families and Children in Child Welfare | Jones Harden | Online | |
| 27923 | SWCL 744 | SY1 | Psychopathology | Munson | Online | |
| 27918 | SWCL 771 | SY1 | Evidence-Based MH Treatment w/Children & Adolescents* | Seo/Serico | Online | |
| 28320 | SWOA 702 | SY1 | Social Planning | Victorson | The purpose of social planning is to create permanent solutions for some of society’s most vexing social problems. Social planning in the social work context involves the careful analysis of social problems, the design of potential solutions, and the recommendation of an implementation plan to make the solution happen. Therefore, careful attention is paid in readings and assignments to vulnerable populations, social and economic justice, issues of diversity, a rigorous examination of white supremacy, government sponsored segregation, anti-blackness as an independent political system and policy analysis. | Online |
| 26417 | SWOA 707 | SY1 | Social Policy & Social Change* | Davitt | Online |
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| CRN Code | Course ID | Course Section Number | Couse Name | Instructor | Course Comments | Room |
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| 28303 | SOWK 600 | SY3 | Social Welfare and Social Policy | L. Siegel | Online | |
| 25999 | SOWK 632 | SY3 | Social Work Practice with Groups and Families* | Okundaye | Online | |
| 26619 | SOWK 670 | SY1 | Social Work Research | Baik | Online | |
| 27308 | SOWK 708 | SY1 | Integrated Behavioral Health Policy | Mulhern | Online | |
| 20641 | SOWK 710 | SY1 | Legislative Process in Social Welfare* | Schneider/Klingenmaier | This is an advanced Policy course. It is also offered as SWOA 710 for students wanting an advanced Macro methods course. Choose only ONE version of this course. All students attend the same section. Prerequisite: SOWK 600. | Online |
| 27897 | SOWK 721 | SY1 | Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy | Singer | Online | |
| 20648 | SOWK 726 | SY1 | Aging and Social Policy* | Davitt | Online | |
| 22846 | SWCL 700 | SY2 | Advanced Clinical Interventions | Sydnor | Online | |
| 25898 | SWCL 705 | SY2 | Clinical Social Work w/Addictive Behavior Patterns | Latson | Online | |
| 21019 | SWCL 712 | SY1 | Clinical SW Practice with Individuals Experiencing Acute, Chronic and Life-Threatening Conditions | Cheung | Online | |
| 21039 | SWCL 744 | SY2 | Psychopathology | Makonnen | Online | |
| 27743 | SWCL 775 | SY1 | Clinical Social Work Practice with Immigrants and Refugees | J. Siegel | Online | |
| 21052 | SWOA 703 | SY1 | Program Development | TBD | Online | |
| 27024 | SWOA 710 | SY1 | Legislative Process in Social Welfare* | Schneider/Klingenmaier | This is an advanced Macro methods course. It is also offered as SOWK 710 for students wanting an advanced Policy course. Choose only ONE version of this course. All students attend the same section. Prerequisites: SOWK 632 and SOWK 636. | Online |
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| 26013 | SOWK 600 | SY4 | Social Welfare and Social Policy | L. Siegel | Online | |
| 26007 | SOWK 632 | SY4 | Social Work Practice with Groups and Families* | Hodorowicz | Online | |
| 28064 | SOWK 699 | SY4 | Yoga Therapy | Wimberly/McPartland | This is a 3-credit elective course. Students will be introduced to and have a chance to practice yoga techniques that can be used in both personal and clinical settings for mood stability and attaining optimal mental health. In particular, students will learn practices such as breathing exercises, meditations and body movements to empower clients to heal from a variety of mental health issues. Other topics will include a brief history of yoga; what comprises yoga; the body and mind connection; and how yoga can support healing in both the body and mind. Students will learn about the latest research on how and why yoga creates a physical change in one’s body and increases one’s ability to regulate emotions. No yoga experience is needed. | Online |
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| 28304 | SOWK 600 | SY5 | Social Welfare and Social Policy | Schneider | Online | |
| 26001 | SOWK 632 | SY5 | Social Work Practice with Groups and Families* | Koskinen | Online | |
| 28043 | SOWK 670 | SY2 | Social Work Research | T. Rose | Online | |
| 27311 | SWCL 700 | SY3 | Advanced Clinical Interventions | Stubbs | Online |
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| 26014 | SOWK 600 | SY6 | Social Welfare and Social Policy | TBD | Online | |
| 26003 | SOWK 632 | SY6 | Social Work Practice with Groups and Families* | E. Smith | Online | |
| 26002 | SOWK 632 | SY7 | Social Work Practice with Groups and Families* | P. Smith | Online | |
| 26089 | SOWK 645 | SY1 | Human Behavior and the Social Environment | Ofonedu | Online | |
| 25838 | SOWK 713 | SY1 | Social Policy and Health Care | Singer | Online | |
| 26963 | SOWK 718 | SY1 | Equality and Social Justice* | Schneider | Online | |
| 21006 | SWCL 700 | SY4 | Advanced Clinical Interventions | Showers | Online | |
| 27619 | SWCL 722 | SY3 | Cognitive-Behavior Therapies | Mollette | Online | |
| 26967 | SWCL 747 | SY1 | Intro to Forensic Social Work* | Vogel | Prerequisites: SOWK 632 and 636 | Online |
| 27595 | SWCL 749 | SY1 | Clinical Social Work Practice with LGBTQI+ Individuals and Communities | Westgate | Online | |
| 23222 | SWCL 750 | SY1 | Social Work in Education* | Woolley | Online | |
| 28048 | SWOA 732 | SY1 | Resource Development for Nonprofit Groups | Davis | Online |
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| 27593 | SOWK 670 | SY3 | Social Work Research | Hicks | Online | |
| 20625 | SOWK 670 | SY4 | Social Work Research | Hodorowicz | Online | |
| 26811 | SWCL 700 | SY5 | Advanced Clinical Interventions | Fuld | Online |
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| 27379 | SOWK 600 | SY7 | Social Welfare and Social Policy | Phillips | Online | |
| 26005 | SOWK 632 | SY8 | Social Work Practice with Groups and Families* | Schiff | Online | |
| 26484 | SOWK 645 | SY2 | Human Behavior and the Social Environment | Long | Online | |
| 27312 | SWCL 700 | SY6 | Advanced Clinical Interventions | Fuld | Online |
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| 26006 | SOWK 632 | SY9 | Social Work Practice with Groups and Families* | P. Smith | Online | |
| 20642 | SOWK 713 | SY2 | Social Policy and Health Care | Westgate | Online | |
| 28313 | SOWK 766 | SY1 | International Social Welfare | Bjornholm (Altland) | Online | |
| 21016 | SWCL 705 | SY3 | Clinical SW w/ Addictive Behavior Patterns | Hudak | Online | |
| 28317 | SWCL 726 | SY1 | Clinical SW with African American Families | Howard | Online | |
| 24541 | SWOA 704 | SY2 | Community Organization | Victorson | Online |
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| 26616 | SOWK 632 | SY0 | Social Work Practice with Groups and Families* | Ligget-Creel | Online | |
| 21044 | SWCL 744 | SY3 | Psychopathology | Sacco | Online |
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| 26621 | SOWK 670 | SY6 | Social Work Research | R. Rose | Online |
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| 28307 | SOWK 610 | SY3 | Structural Oppression and Its Implications for Social Work | Hodorowicz | This is a new 3-credit Foundation requirement for new Foundation Admits – continuing students may also register for this course. | Online |
| 28308 | SOWK 610 | SY4 | Structural Oppression and Its Implications for Social Work | Howard | This is a new 3-credit Foundation requirement for new Foundation Admits – continuing students may also register for this course. | Online |
| 25998 | SOWK 632 | SYR | Social Work Practice with Groups and Families* | Parker | Online | |
| 26615 | SOWK 670 | SY5 | Social Work Research | Reiman | Online | |
| 20636 | SOWK 704 | SY1 | Social Work and the Law | Peacock | Online | |
| 27621 | SWCL 710 | SY1 | Advanced Group Methods | Schiff | Online | |
| 27623 | SWCL 738 | SY1 | Financial Stability for Individuals, Families, and Communities* | Clark | This course examines barriers to and opportunities for the financial stability of individuals and families, and the impact of low wealth in communities. This is an advanced clinical methods course. It is also offered as SWOA 738 for those wanting an advanced macro methods course. The major assignment for the course will vary according to the concentration (SWCL or SWOA) chosen. Choose only ONE version of this course. All students attend the same section. “A significant portion of student assignments will depend upon personal reflection and analysis activities.” | Online |
| 27599 | SWCL 756 | SY1 | Motivational Interviewing in Social Work Practice | Wirt | Max Enrollment is 10 students. | Online |
| 25901 | SWCL 774 | SY1 | SW w/ Military Service Members and their Families* | TBD | Online | |
| 21056 | SWOA 722 | SY1 | Supervision in Social Work | Berry | Online | |
| 27624 | SWOA 738 | SY1 | Financial Stability for Individuals, Families, and Communities* | Clark | This course examines barriers to and opportunities for the financial stability of individuals and families, and the impact of low wealth in communities. This is an advanced macro methods course. It is also offered as SWCL 738 for those wanting an advanced clinical methods course. The major assignment for the course will vary according to the concentration (SWCL or SWOA) chosen. Choose only ONE version of this course. All students attend the same section. “A significant portion of student assignments will depend upon personal reflection and analysis activities.” | Online |
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| 28118 | SOWK 670 | SY7 | Social Work Research | Abel | Online | |
| 28047 | SOWK 699 | SY3 | Special Topic: Advanced Core Interventions for Adult Trauma Practice | Ringel | This is a 3 credit course and will provide hands on practice of four trauma focused models introduced in the Adult Trauma course. These include trauma focused mindfulness, EMDR, Sensorimotor therapy, Internal Family Systems, and trauma focused psychodynamic strategies. Prerequisite: SOWK 632 & 636. | Online |
| 20639 | SOWK 706 | SY1 | Mental Health and Social Policy | Unick | Online | |
| 27922 | SOWK 767 | SY1 | Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) - Breaking the Cycle* | Graham | Online | |
| 27935 | SOWK 772 | SY1 | Research: Program Evaluation | T. Rose | Online | |
| 21010 | SWCL 703 | SY2 | Family Therapy | Greif | Online | |
| 27920 | SWCL 715 | SY1 | Mindfulness, Stress Reduction, and Self Care | Wimberly | Online | |
| 27462 | SWCL 722 | SY4 | Cognitive-Behavior Therapies | Fuld | Online | |
| 23517 | SWCL 748 | SY2 | Clinical SW in Relation to Death, Dying & Bereavement | Kozaczek | Online | |
| 27598 | SWCL 756 | SY2 | Motivational Interviewing in Social Work Practice | Pecukonis | Max Enrollment is 10 students. | Online |
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| 20644 | SOWK 715 | SY1 | Children and Social Services Policy | Shaw | Online | |
| 20643 | SOWK 715 | SY2 | Children and Social Services Policy | Harburger | Online |
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| 26628 | SWOA 721 | SY1 | Strategic Talent and Performance Management | Hopkins | This advanced macro methods course will meet in a special 3-Module Intensive Format. Each intensive will meet on Fridays 12:15-5:00pm and & Saturdays 9am-5pm. Meeting dates: February 5 & 6; March 5 & 6; and April 9 & 10. NOTE: Students who enroll in SWOA 721 commit to all three modules as a 3-credit course. | Online |
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Note: All USG courses are limited to students accepted to the Shady Grove MSW location. https://schedule.sgrove.usmd.edu/ScheduleOfClasses
PLEASE NOTE: MSW students should own a computer and have access to the internet while in the program. In addition to a computer, the minimal technical standards for taking a hybrid or on-line class are updated each semester and can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/ssw-tech-requirements
FIELD PRACTICUM:
26964 SOWK 636 (SG1) Foundation Field Practicum & Seminar II (Shady Grove Students Only) Reminder: Students must also register for SOWK 632.
27315 SWCL 795 (SG2) Advanced Clinical Field Practicum (Shady Grove Students Only) -- Reminder: You must also register for a SWCL course.
27625 SWCL 795 (SGX) Advanced Extended Clinical Field Practicum (Shady Grove Students Only & Students approved by OFE for an extended field practicum) -- Reminder: You must also register for a SWCL course.
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| 27919 | SWCL 715 | SG1 | Mindfulness, Stress Reduction, and Self Care | Ringel | Meet days & times: 1/4, 1/8, 1/9, 1/11, 1/15, 1/16, 9am-11:30am AND 1/6 & 1/13 6pm-7:30pm. In addition, students will be expected to complete individual weekly assignments on their own, as well as small group assignment to be due at the end of the course. | Online |
| 27899 | SWCL 754 | AY1 | Social Work and Developmental Disabilities | Bellin | Social Work and Developmental Disabilities (SWCL 754) will be offered in an intensive format during the Spring 2021 semester with asynchronous, self-paced curriculum modules due 9PM EST Monday, Wednesday, Friday across January (1/4/2021) through early February (2/3/2021). Each module will open on Blackboard one week before the due date to maximize student learning and flexibility (i.e., students complete the modules at a time of convenience before the due date). SWCL 754 Final Exam will be administered online via Blackboard on Friday, February 5, 2021 from 12PM-1:45PM EST, so please confirm availability before enrolling in this course. No exceptions will be made to the exam date or time, unless extreme extenuating circumstances arise or ADA accommodations are applicable. Social Work and Developmental Disabilities is an optional methods course and is recommended for students who are interested in service delivery to pediatric populations in a range of systems—school, child welfare, juvenile justice, health and behavioral health. This online practice course builds on the competencies students acquire in their foundation year of the MSW program. Prior experience in the disability field is not necessary to be successful in this course. | Online |
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| 27896 | SOWK 699 | SG1 | Special Topic: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) | Rathbone | Course meets Friday, February 5th and 26th from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Dialectical Behavior Therapy is an evidence-based treatment for suicidal, self-harming, and other behaviors associated with disorders of emotion dysregulation. The aim of this 1 credit special topics course is to give students an overview of the basics of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) with a particular focus on its application to adolescents and young adults. The course will review modalities, components, strategies and interventions and will give clinicians an understanding of this life-saving treatment. Additionally, the course will provide instruction on how to implement skills groups and modifications that can be made for diverse populations. Students must have completed their first semester of foundation field (SOWK 635) and foundation practice courses (SOWK 630 and 631). (This 1-credit course may be combined with other 1-credit offerings to fulfill elective credit requirements for the MSW degree.) | Online |
| 27970 | SOWK 699 | SY1 | Interprofessional Study of Suicide Assessment and Risk Formulation | Frey | Meet Dates: March 26th, April 16 & 30th from 9:00AM - 11:00AM. Responding to current social issues calls for a collaborative approach and bringing together experience and perspectives of several professional disciplines, this course explores suicide and suicide risk assessment and response from multiple professional perspectives. In this course, students will learn together to better understand stigma and bias about and toward suicide and suicidal individuals. Students will gain knowledge, self-efficacy, and skills to effectively assess and respond to client/patient suicide risk with a focus on assessing and responding to suicide risk in health and behavioral health settings. (This 1-credit course may be combined with other 1-credit offerings to fulfill an elective requirement for the MSW degree.) Pre-requisites: SOWK 632 and SOWK 636. | Online |
| 28323 | SOWK 699 | SY8 | Social Change through the Regulatory Process and Executive Branch | Ferretto | Meeting times: Fridays 9am-12pm ( 3/12, 3/26, 4/9, 4/16, 4/30). Public policy has the potential to advance justice in society. Often the attention is on the legislature and laws that are passed however the executive branch of government through their political institutions generate public policy that have significant impact on how issues are defined and addressed. This course explores the process through which federal and state governments in the United States formulate and implement public policies. The course covers: how social problems are addressed in the executive branch through regulations, executive orders, and other forms of policy; the challenges of translating public issues into regulatory language; the drafting, implementation, and evaluation of public policies. (This 1-credit course may be combined with other 1-credit offerings to fulfill elective credit requirements for the MSW degree.) | Online |
| 28321 | SOWK 699 | SY6 | Strategic Thinking, Strategic Planning, and Strategic Actions for Strategic Results | Rivelis | Meeting times: Wednesdays 6-9pm (2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/24, 3/31). Students will have an opportunity to sharpen their strategic thinking, develop an understanding of strategic planning, and practice using the process and tools needed to forge strategic actions to effectively advance a social change, social justice and/or social profit organization’s critical agenda. Through highly interactive class sessions, students will walk away the skill to apply these processes and related tools to current social issues and concerns in order to achieve desired cause and/or organizational results. (This 1-credit course may be combined with other 1-credit offerings to fulfill elective credit requirements for the MSW degree.) | Online |
| 28322 | SOWK 699 | SY7 | Strategic Communication for Strategic Results | Rivelis | Meeting times: Wednesdays 6-9pm (4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5). Now more than ever Social Workers – Macro & Clinical – need the skills and tools to strategically and effectively communicate internally and externally with clients, community members, colleagues, stakeholders, funders, decision-makers, media, legislators, and the general public. They need to know how to shape and deliver compelling messages to a variety target audiences via a variety of vehicles in order to achieve strategic results that move the needle. Students will examine and explore the art and science of strategic communication using a combination of role plays, case studies and ripped from the headlines current events. (This 1-credit course may be combined with other 1-credit offerings to fulfill elective credit requirements for the MSW degree.) | Online |
| 26476 | SOWK 699 | AY1 | Tele-Behavioral Health: Delivery of Clinical Social Work Services | Beaulieu | The course is online with a mandatory synchronous orientation on Friday, January 8th from 2-3:00pm. This is a 1-credit course. This course will provide an introduction to the practical and knowledge-based skills required to engage in safe, effective, and ethical tele-behavioral health services. Through a series of on-line modules and practice sessions, students will gain confidence and competence in the use of appropriate technology, establishing virtual services with a client, safety planning, and how to handle potential issues that arise. Additionally, students will learn about current research on what treatment modalities are effective delivered virtually as well as how particular services can be competently delivered through technology, e.g. substance use treatment, case management and group treatment services. (This 1-credit course may be combined with other 1-credit offerings to fulfill elective credit requirements for the MSW degree.) | Online |
| 28319 | SWCL 779 | AY1 | Interprofessional Approaches to Healthcare Delivery | Bellin | This 1-credit intensive clinical course offers graduate social work students an opportunity to interact and learn with UMB professional students across disciplines in the annual Interprofessional Education Day to held virtually April 7, 2021 from 12PM-5PM. Core elements of interprofessional collaboration, including shared decision-making, mutual role understanding, and the development of joint treatment plans, are delivered in asynchronous multi-media learning modules to be completed prior to April 7, 2021. To prepare social work students to be effective colleagues on healthcare teams, this course uses: (1) brief lectures on the meaning and practice of interprofessional collaboration; (2) experiential exercises to catalyze open communication, role clarification, and healthy partnerships on healthcare teams; and (3) virtual participation in the annual IPE Day at UMB. (This course does not meet the requirement for a SWCL Methods course) (This 1-credit course may be combined with other 1-credit offerings to fulfill elective credit requirements for the MSW degree.) | Online |
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| 28298 | SOWK 600 | AG1 | Social Welfare and Social Policy | Crumpton | Online | |
| 28299 | SOWK 600 | AG2 | Social Welfare and Social Policy | Reiman | Online | |
| 20628 | SOWK 670 | AG1 | Social Work Research | Mattocks | Online | |
| 20624 | SOWK 670 | AG2 | Social Work Research | Chatterjee | Online | |
| 21012 | SWCL 703 | AG1 | Family Therapy | DiBlasio | Online | |
| 27378 | SWCL 744 | AG1 | Psychopathology | Collins | PLEASE NOTE: THIS CLASS HAS TWO ON-LINE FIXED TIME EXAMS, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAYS FROM 2P-5P as well as quizzes. Students should not register for this course if you are thinking of registering for a Thursday 2p-5p class. | Online |
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| 26004 | SOWK 632 | SG1 | Social Work Practice with Groups and Families* | Schiff | Online | |
| 26626 | SWCL 700 | SG1 | Advanced Clinical Interventions | Pittman | Online | |
| 28318 | SWCL 773 | SG1 | Adult Trauma and Clinical Social Work Practice* | TBD | Online |
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| 28300 | SOWK 600 | SG1 | Social Welfare and Social Policy | C. Smith | Online | |
| 26010 | SOWK 632 | SG2 | Social Work Practice with Groups and Families* | Howard | Online | |
| 26627 | SOWK 706 | SG1 | Mental Health and Social Policy | Pierson | Online | |
| 27313 | SWCL 700 | SG2 | Advanced Clinical Interventions | Pittman | Online |
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| 28301 | SOWK 600 | SG2 | Social Welfare and Social Policy | C. Smith | Online | |
| 26011 | SOWK 632 | SG3 | Social Work Practice with Groups and Families* | Howard | Online |
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| 26625 | SWCL 700 | SG3 | Advanced Clinical Interventions | Makonnen | Online | |
| 27917 | SWCL 722 | SG1 | Cognitive Behavioral Therapies | Boyle | Online |
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| 28309 | SOWK 610 | SG1 | Structural Oppression and Its Implications for Social Work | Wagner | This is a new 3-credit Foundation requirement for new Foundation Admits – continuing students may also register for this course. | Online |
| 27924 | SOWK 708 | SG1 | Integrated Behavioral Health Policy | Mulhern | Online |
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| 27380 | SWCL 700 | SG4 | Advanced Clinical Interventions | Chakmakian | Online |
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