Fall 2019 Course Syllabus
Course: SOCW-2361- Section: 71
Introduction to Social Work 		LSCPA Logo Image
Instructor Information
Instructor Linda White
E-mailwhitel@lamarpa.edu
Phone(409) 984-6307
Office
Location:Education Annex - Room: 113
Hours:M-W 3:00-5:00 pm
Department
Allied Health
Chair:Shirley MacNeill
E-mail:macneisb@lamarpa.edu
Phone:(409) 984-6365

If you have a grievance, complaint, or concern about this course that has not been resolved through discussion with the Instructor, please consult the Department Chair.
Course Information
Description Development of the philosophy and practice of social work in the United States, survey of the fields and techniques of social work.
Prerequisites None
Learning Outcomes 1. Discuss the historical development of social work in the United States.
2. Distinguish the profession of social work from other helping professions.
3. Identify core values of social work as stated in the National Association of Social Worker (NASW) Code of Ethics.
4. Identify the primary roles and functions of social workers (advocate, broker, facilitator, etc.).
5. Identify practice settings where social workers function and articulate how these settings influence the roles of social workers.
6. Describe the Generalist Intervention Model.
7. Describe how the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners Code of Conduct guides social work practice.
8. Describe how the NASW Code of Ethics guides social work practice.
9. Describe social work’s goal of advancing human rights and justice.
10. Describe social work’s obligation to serve diverse populations.
11. Articulate the importance of self-care to prevent burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary trauma.
Core Objectives Communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral and visual communication.
* Critical Thinking Skills: Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking, and/or inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts and constructing solutions.
* Empirical and Quantitative Skills: Students will demonstrate applications of scientific and mathematical concepts.
* Teamwork: Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal and consider different points of view.
* Social Responsibility: Students will demonstrate intercultural competency and civic knowledge by engaging effectively in local, regional, national and/or global communities.
* Personal Responsibility: Students will demonstrate the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
Textbooks Cox, Lisa E., Carolyn J. Tice, and Dennis D. Long. 2019. Introduction to Social Work: An Advocacy-based Profession. Second Edition, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.    
ISBN: 9781506394534

Student Study Site: http://edge.sagepub.com/cox


Lecture Topics
Outline		 Week 1    08-26    Introduction     
Week 2    09-2     LABOR DAY – HOLIDAY     
Week 3    09-09    Discuss the historical development of social in the United States – Chapter 2    09-15
Week 4    09-16    Distinguish the profession of social work from other helping professions. Chapter 1    09-22
Week 5    09-23    Identify core values of social work as stated in the National Association of Social Worker
(NASW) Code of Ethics. Chapter 1    09-29
Week 6    09-30    Identify the primary roles and functions of social workers (advocate, broker, facilitator, etc.
Chapter 4    10-06
Week 7    10-07    Quiz # 1    
Week 8    10-14    Identify practice settings where social workers function and articulate how settings influence
the roles of social workers. Chapter 1    

Week 9    10-21    Describe the Generalist Model. Chapter 3    10-27
Week 10    10-28    Describe how the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners Code of Conduct guides
social work practices, including ethics, human rights & justice, & diverse populations as
Social Workers responds to these needs
Chapters: 5,6,7,8,9, 11
Also ( See link)    11-3
Week 11    11-04    Quiz #2    Research Paper Information
Week 12    11-11    Articulate the importance of self- care to prevent burn out, compassion fatigue, and
secondary trauma. Articles, Publication    11-17
Week 13    11-18    Substance Use & Addiction
Chapter 10 (Case Study )    11-24
Week 14    11-25    Criminal Justice
Chapter 12

Should our criminal justice system be more punitive or rehabilitative? Why? Is it possible for a system to be both punitive and rehabilitative? What would you want to happen to someone who had committed a crime against a member of your family? 12-01
Week 15    12-02    Research Paper Due    
Week 16    12-09    Final Exam    
Major Assignments
Schedule
See Above
Final Exam Date May 9, 2019 - 8:00 AM   Through  May 9, 2019 - 10:00 AM
Grading Scale Grading Scale: (sample 10- point scale)
A B C D F
100-90 89-80 79-70 69-60 59 - below
Determination of
Final Grade		 Quizzes         20%
Discussion Board    20%
Interview          10%
Research Paper    20%
Final Exam     30%
Course Policies
Instructor Policies I will not discuss your grades over the phone or by email. If you want to discuss your grades, you must come to my office, in person.
Attendance Policy Research has shown a cause and effect relationship between attendance and college success. Students with more than three absences from the course will receive an academic penalty (which is spelled out by the instructor).
Academic Honesty Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSC-PA policies (Section IX, subsection A, in the Faculty Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty.
Facility Policies
  1. No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom.

  2. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission.

  3. Use of electronic devices is prohibited.
Important Information
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Other None
HB 2504 This syllabus is part of LSC-PA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504.