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Mar 10, 2025
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2019-2020 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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SOCW 2361 - Introduction to Social Work Credit Hours: 3 Contact Hours - Lecture: 3 An overview of the history and development of social work as a profession. The course is designed to foster a philosophical, historical, and critical understanding of the social work profession, including social work values, ethics, and areas of practice utilized under a Generalist Intervention Model. (SOCW 2361 is included in the Social Work Field of Study.) CIP Code: (4407015124) Prerequisite: None Student Learning Outcomes
- Discuss the historical development of social work in the United States.
- Distinguish the profession of social work from other helping professions.
- Identify core values of social work as stated in the National Association of Social Worker (NASW) Code of Ethics.
- Identify the primary roles and functions of social workers (advocate, broker, facilitator, etc.).
- Identify practice settings where social workers function and articulate how these settings influence the roles of social workers.
- Describe the Generalist Intervention Model.
- Describe how the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners Code of Conduct guides social work practice.
- Describe how the NASW Code of Ethics guides social work practice.
- Describe social work’s goal of advancing human rights and justice.
- Describe social work’s obligation to serve diverse populations.
- Articulate the importance of self-care to prevent burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary trauma
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