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Course Descriptions

 

Religious Studies
  

  • REL 692 Directed Research (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individually supervised readings and study of a selected topic. May be repeated.
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  • REL 699 Independent Study (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individually supervised readings and study of a selected topic. May be repeated.
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Social Work
  

  • SWK 510 Child Abuse (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or higher.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Historical and contemporary perspectives; etiology, assessment, and intervention; differential and complementary roles of professions; approaches to prevention and treatment.
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  • SWK 515 Introduction to Child Maltreatment (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Social Work Program.
    Taught: Fall only
    Course designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to child abuse and neglect from a social work perspective. This course is the first of two specific course requirements for the child welfare certification available through Northern Kentucky University and the Department for Community Bases Services (DCBS).
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  • SWK 516 Child Welfare 2: Interventions (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into social work program and PCWCP project.
    Taught: Spring only
    Course is second requirement for the Public Welfare Certification. Students will learn about various practice skills and treatment interventions related to social work with abused/neglected children and their families. Students will have several opportunities to develop their own skills through a variety of teaching methods.
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  • SWK 520 Services to Women (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or higher.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Impact of the feminist movement on the delivery of services and the development of assertiveness training, peer counseling, and self-help.
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  • SWK 522 The Mindful Helping Professional (1-4 credits)

    1-4 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or higher
    Taught: Fall and spring
    This course for helping professionals introduces themes and practices in Mindfulness. Self-paced modules help students explore and incorporate mindfulness characteristics in oneself and others.
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  • SWK 523 The Mindful Leader (3 Credits)

    3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior or graduate standing
    Taught: Fall and spring
    This online course for current and future leaders introduces themes and practices in Mindfulness. Self-paced modules help learners explore and incorporate mindfulness characteristics in oneself, others, and in leadership. The course is open to graduates and undergraduates in all majors. 
  

  • SWK 525 Substance Use and Misuse (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or graduate standing
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Various categories of drugs; treatment and rehabilitation programs; ways of developing and implementing drug education programs.
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  • SWK 526 Addiction and Family Violence (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or graduate standing
    Taught: Fall only
    This social work course introduces students to the characteristics and con-sequences of addictions and family violence. The subject matter allows students to become familiar with the negative effects of addictions on macro and micro systems. Students will be introduced to theories, models, myths, and misconceptions of family violence. For example, students will explore the social-psychological model of family violence. Students will examine the issues of matricide, patricide, filicide and fratricide. Also, the impact of emergent evidence from neuroscience on addictions and integration of neurobiology into social work practice will be examined. Finally, social work ethics, legal, medical and social perspectives involved in addictions and family violence are woven throughout the conversation.
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  • SWK 565 Compassion, Empathy and Forgiveness (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or higher.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This is an upper-level undergraduate or graduate online course focusing on the meanings of compassion, empathy and forgiveness and the relationship of these concepts to social justice issues.
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  • SWK 567 Mental Health Assessment (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Declared Social Work major or Graduate standing or consent of department.
    Taught: Fall only
    This course employs a Competency-Based Assessment model of evaluating and treating people with mental health issues. This course is designed for the Bachelor’s level and Graduate level student to better understand mental health diagnoses. This course will not qualify students to make mental health diagnoses.
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  • SWK 568 Family-Directed Structural Therapy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Declared Social Work major or Graduate standing or consent of department.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course introduces students to the theoretical origins and evolution of Family-Directed Structural Therapy. Students are challenged to think critically about approaching families as a guide rather than expert. Students will receive training in the use of Family-Directed Structural Assessment Tools, both as an initial intervention and ongoing intervention tool.
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  • SWK 570 Juvenile Suicide, Bullying, & Cyberspace (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Declared Social Work major or Graduate standing or consent of department.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course is designed as an introduction to and exploration of juvenile suicide within the context of cyber bullying. It will explore: possible causes of cyber bullying; risk factors for perpetration & victimization; possible preventive strategies; and how individuals in the helping profession can ad-dress this problem.
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  • SWK 571 Photography as a Social Change Agent (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Declared Social Work major or Graduate standing or consent of department.
    Taught: Winter Only
    This course examines social problems through photography and storytelling. Photovoice is a participatory action research method that allows individuals to express their views and concerns from a contextual and cultural viewpoint. This course is experiential in nature; students will identify, research, and explore social problems and concerns from the perspectives of those impacted by such issues.
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  • SWK 572 Forensic Social Work (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Declared Social Work major or Graduate standing or consent of department.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course provides an overview of forensic social work practice and theory. It illustrates skills for working with diverse populations and settings, such as community, medical, school, child welfare, mental health/addictions, and juvenile/criminal justice settings. The course focuses on theoretical frame-works relevant to client populations affected by legal issues.
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  • SWK 573 Mental Health and Ethnic Minorities (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Declared Social Work major or Graduate standing or consent of department.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course is designed to give the student an introduction to the prevalence, incidences, and manifestation of mental health disorders among ethnic minority groups.
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  • SWK 574 Spirituality in Social Work (3 credits)

    3 classroom hours + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or consent of department.
    Taught: Variable-check w/department
    An exploration of spirituality as it relates to the profession of social work. It differentiates spirituality from religion and explores how these two concepts support and conflict with each other. It provides a framework for the clarification of the learner’s values, provides opportunities for the continuing acquisition of knowledge of diverse spiritual traditions, and encourages the development of spirituality- sensitive practice interventions. A number of concepts under the definition of spirituality are explored with an emphasis on the many ways spirituality can be used in a variety of social work practice settings.
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  • SWK 576 Social Work and the Law (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department.
    This course examines the basic legal principles and topics, and the relationship of the legal system to the social work profession. Social work knowledge needed to work within the court system are addressed. Topics include: child welfare, crime and delinquency, mental health and the regulation of social work practice.
  

  • SWK 577 Social Work in Law Enforcement Settings 3 credit hours

    3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior or Graduate Standing
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Overview of social work theory and practice in law enforcement settings. Illustrates skills for working with diverse populations experiencing social, medical, and environmental needs in the context of host setting. Introduces the concept of social work in law enforcement settings via readings, videos, written assignments, and use of Discussion Board. 
  

  • SWK 578 Aging and Mental Health (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or higher OR department permission.
    Taught: Variable, check with department.
    This course integrates theories and practice skills needed for effective clinical practice involving older adults and mental health. Students receive a synopsis of gerontology, theoretical models for understanding mental disorders in older adults, and an examination of mental disorders in later life, with a focus on diagnosis, assessment, and treatment.
  

  • SWK 579 Gerontology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior or higher or graduate standing
    Taught: Fall
    This course examines a broad range of theories and contemporary issues in aging that relate to social work practice with older adults and their families. Domains of inquiry include biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives of aging. Students apply the evidence-based practice to the theories and issues that impact aging.
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  • SWK 585 Social Entrepreneurship Skills (3 Credits)

    3 classroom + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 520  
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course integrates a broad range of social enterprise ideas to the planning and implementation phases. Students apply the marketing and management knowledge, skills, and values to business plan and social enterprise practice in both non-profit and profit organization.
  

  • SWK 592 Directed Research: Social Work (0-6 credits)

    Hours: 0-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Department permission.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Original research in social work directed by a member of the Social Work faculty.
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  • SWK 594 Topics: Issues in Social Welfare (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A specific aspect of social welfare practice or social welfare concern. May be repeated for additional credit when topic varies. May be repeated for up to a total of 12 semester hours. See Schedule of Classes for current offerings and prerequisites.
  

  • SWK 602 Human Behavior & the Social Environment (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSW program.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course examines the dynamic relationship between human behavior and the social environment. It provides a theoretical foundation for social work practice by examining the biological, psychological and sociological factors that influence human development. Special emphasis is placed on human diversity and its influence on human behavior
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  • SWK 603 Social Work Ethics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSW program 
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    The ethical dimensions of social work practice must be viewed within the context of society’s responsibility for the well-being of all people. This course explores and applies content from the NASW Code of Ethics, ethics theories, and ethical decision-making models in an effort to prepare social workers for ethical practice.
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  • SWK 604 Contemporary Social Welfare Policy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSW Program
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Students complete a social welfare policy analysis. This includes engagement with the philosophical foundations of social welfare and the historical and current context of national policy. The analysis involves identification of a policy, review of relevant literature, and development of a critical policy analysis from a social justice perspective.
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  • SWK 605 Inclusion, Oppression, & Social Work (3 Credits)

    3 classroom + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSW Program
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: SWK 631 or SWK 633
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course introduces students to selected theories that critically analyze oppression at individual and institutional levels.  Various experiences of oppression that limit opportunities and human rights for marginalized groups are explored.  Developing self-awareness as well as anti-oppressive policies are emphasized as essential to ethical and effective social work practice.
  

  • SWK 621 Advanced Social Welfare Policy (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Master of Social Work program or Instructor permission.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    This course focuses on the impact of government policies on clinical behavioral health and community practice. The course will examine: how policies impact individuals and the community; the effects that policies and programs can have on individuals and communities; and the process of policy formation, implementation, evaluation and advocacy.
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  • SWK 631 Practice I: Generalist Practice-part 1 (1.5 credits)

    1.5 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSW program
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    The Social Work Generalist Practice I course prepares social work students for generalist work in the profession; allows students to become familiar with the mission, and knowledge base of social work, familiarizing students with major theories, skills and the phases of the helping process.  Part 1 of 2 course sequence.
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  • SWK 631 Practice I: Generalist Practice-part 1 (1.5 Credits)

    1.5 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSW program
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    The Social Work Generalist Practice I course prepares social work students for generalist work in the profession; allows students to become familiar with the mission, and knowledge base of social work, familiarizing students with major theories, skills and the phases of the helping process.  Part 1 of 2 course sequence.
  

  • SWK 631 Practice I: Generalist Practice-part 1 (1.5 Credits)

    1.5 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSW program
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    The Social Work Generalist Practice I course prepares social work students for generalist work in the profession; allows students to become familiar with the mission, and knowledge base of social work, familiarizing students with major theories, skills and the phases of the helping process.  Part 1 of 2 course sequence.
  

  • SWK 632 Practice I: Generalist Practice-part 2 (1.5 Credits)

    1.5 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 631
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    The Social Work Practice I (part 2) course prepares social work students for generalist work in the profession. The course allows students to become familiar with the mission, and knowledge base of social work, familiarizing students with major theories, skills and the phases of the helping process.
  

  • SWK 633 Practice I: Generalist Practice (3 credits)

    3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSW program 
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    The Social Work Generalist Practice I course prepares social work students for generalist work in the profession. The course allows students to become familiar with the mission, and knowledge base of social work, familiarizing students with major theories, skills and the phases of the helping process.
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  • SWK 634 Practice II: Communities & Organizations (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 631 and SWK 632 or SWK 633
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Social work competencies related to change at the community and organizational levels are reviewed. This course examines human oppression and discrimination; participation in the political process; and advocacy for social and economic justice. Students will learn evidence-based practice community strategies for working with large organizations and policy development.
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  • SWK 635 Practice III: Introduction to Assessment (3 credits)

    3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 631 and SWK 632 or SWK 633
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This practice course familiarizes students with direct engagement techniques, applicable to social work settings. Students will learn how to complete evidence-based assessments and corresponding documentation skills applicable to the field of social work. Finally, students will explore self-of-the-social worker awareness and its application to practice behaviors. 
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  • SWK 636 Practice IV: Clinical Behavioral Health (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 635  
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Clinical Behavioral Health is an advanced social work practice course. The primary goal is to prepare students for effective and ethical practice with diverse clients. This course uses a biopsychosocial perspective to explore clinical practice decision-making. Clinical interventions and treatment modalities related to clinical behavioral health practice will be reviewed.
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  • SWK 637 Practice V: Groups (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 635
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    The focus of this course is on the development of groups, use of relationships in group work, leadership skills, and group membership skills in working in groups. Students will become familiar with planning a group, clarifying group purpose, and assessing process and outcome.
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  • SWK 640 Social Work Research (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 631 or SWK 633 

     
    Taught: Variable check with department
    This course introduces students to social work research methods. Students are taught to become critical consumers of research and are provided with the foundational knowledge to move toward becoming researchers themselves. This course covers the use of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods thus laying the foundation for advanced research courses.
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  • SWK 641 Applied Research I (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 640  
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Students design a research proposal to implement in Applied Research II. Students identify a social problem, review the literature, pose a research question, and develop a research design. This research proposal, which focuses on clinical behavioral health and community practice, forms the foundation of students’ capstone project.
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  • SWK 642 Applied Research II (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 641 
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Students carry out the research proposal that they designed in Applied Research I. Students collect, analyze, and interpret data. Students then combine all the pieces of their research study into one presentation, which they will present in a public forum. This completed project will constitute their capstone project
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  • SWK 650 Field Experience I (3 credits)

    3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: SWK 635  
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This introductory field-based course requires students to apply and integrate generalist social work knowledge from the foundation curriculum by completing 300 internship hours in a field-based agency/organization and attend a seminar course. Students will examine the delivery of social services/direct practice skills while adhering to the NASW Code of Ethics.
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  • SWK 651 Field Experience II (3 credits)

    3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 636 , SWK 670 

     

     


    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course allows students to apply theory and evidence-informed practice of Clinical Behavioral Health and Community Practice, in a community agency under professional social work supervision. Students complete 300 internship hours within the semester to demonstrate advanced social work practice competencies. A seminar course is taken with internship.
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  • SWK 652 Field Experience III (3 credits)

    3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 651 
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Following Field Experience II students continue to apply theory and evidence-informed practice of Clinical Behavioral Health and Community Practice, in the same community agency under professional social work supervision. Students complete 300 internship hours within the semester to demonstrate advanced social work practice competencies, in addition to a class seminar.  Following SWK 651 , students continue to apply theory and evidence-informed practice of Clinical Behavioral Health and Community Practice, in the same community agency under professional social work supervision. Students complete 300 hours within the semester to demonstrate advanced social work practice competencies, in addition to a three-hour class seminar. 
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  • SWK 653 Field Experience I - Part 1 (1.5 Credits)

    1.5 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 631 and SWK 632
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: SWK 635
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Field-based course requires students to apply and integrate generalist social work knowledge from foundation curriculum by completing 300 internship hours within two consecutive seven week terms in a field-based agency/organization and attend a seminar course. Students examine delivery of social services/direct practice skills while adhering to NASW Code of Ethics.
  

  • SWK 654 Field Experience I - Part 2 (1.5 Credits)

    1.5 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 653
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Field-based course requires students to apply and integrate generalist social work knowledge from foundation curriculum by completing 300 internship hours within two consecutive seven week terms in a field-based agency/organization and attend a seminar course. Students examine delivery of social services/direct practice skills while adhering to NASW Code of Ethics.
  

  • SWK 655 Field Experience II - Part 1 (1.5 Credits)

    1.5 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 654  
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course allows students to apply theory and evidence-informed practice of Clinical Behavioral Health and Community Practice, in a community agency under professional social work supervision. Students complete 300 internship hours within two consecutive seven (7) week terms to demonstrate advanced social work practice competencies. Seminar course taken with internship.
  

  • SWK 656 Field Experience II - Part 2 (1.5 Credits)

    1.5 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 655  
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course allows students to apply theory and evidence-informed practice of Clinical Behavioral Health and Community Practice, in a community agency under professional social work supervision. Students complete 300 internship hours within two consecutive seven (7) week terms to demonstrate advanced social work practice competencies. A seminar course is taken with internship.
  

  • SWK 657 Field Experience III - Part 1 (1.5 Credits)

    1.5 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 656  
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Following Field Experience II students continue to apply theory and evidence-informed practice of Clinical Behavioral Health and Community Practice, in the same agency under professional social work supervision. In addition to seminar students complete 300 internship hours within two consecutive seven week terms to demonstrate advanced social work practice competencies. 
  

  • SWK 658 Field Experience III - Part 2 (1.5 Credits)

    1.5 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 657  
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Following Field Experience II students continue to apply theory and evidence-informed practice of Clinical Behavioral Health and Community Practice, in the same agency under professional social work supervision. In addition to seminar students complete 300 internship hours within two consecutive seven week terms to demonstrate advanced social work practice competencies. 
  

  • SWK 670 Behavioral Health Disorders/Diagnosis I (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 635   and SWK 602
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course provides an overview of the history of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) and its purpose. Covers a comprehensive evaluation of the first seven sections of the DSM-5, emphasizing the diagnostic criteria required to accurately assess for the presence of behavioral health disorders.
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  • SWK 671 Behavioral Health Disorders/Diagnosis II (3 credits)

    3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SWK 670  
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course is part of a sequence that follows SWK 670. It provides a comprehensive evaluation of the remaining twelve sections of the DSM-5, emphasizing the diagnostic criteria required to accurately assess for behavioral health disorders. More in depth focus on evidence-based treatment options and behavioral health emergencies is included. 
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  • SWK 680 Integrative Seminar (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Master of Social Work program or Instructor permission.
    Taught: Spring only
    Taken during the final semester of the MSW program, this course focuses on integration and synthesis of the major themes and learning objectives of the MSW program. Additionally, consultation and preparation of students’ professional poster presentation for the annual NKU Celebration of Student Research and Creativity is utilized. 
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  • SWK 684 Trauma-Focused Care I (3 credits)

    3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Instructor approval.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Shifting from a “what’s wrong with you?” to a “what’s happened to you?” paradigm includes connecting presenting behaviors to an individual’s trauma history. This course covers the trauma-informed care model, reviewing the neuroscience of trauma with associated outcomes, and exploring trauma’s impact on children/adolescent development.
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  • SWK 685 Trauma-Focused Care II (3 credits)

    3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C+ or better in SWK 684 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Trauma-informed professionals provide individual work and also work with agencies/schools/programs through a trauma-responsive lens. This course moves from understanding “what trauma is” to “what to do with it” by: identifying appropriate assessment and intervention strategies/skills, examining best-practice models and other resources; and analyzing treatment implications across multiple levels of care.
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  • SWK 694 Special Topics: Masters of Social Work (1-6 credits)

    Hours: 1-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Department permission.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A specific aspect of social welfare practice or social welfare concern. May be repeated for additional credit when topic varies. May be repeated for up to a total of 15 semester hours. See Schedule of Classes for current offerings and prerequisites.
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  • SWK 699 Independent Study: Social Work (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individualized study of a topic within the social work discipline. May be repeated for additional credit when topic varies. May be repeated for up to 9 semester hours.
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Sociology
  

  • SOC 594 Topics: Sociology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Selected topics in sociology. May be repeated as topics vary.
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  • SOC 599 Independent Study (3 credits)

    Hours: 3-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individually supervised readings and study of a selected topic in sociology. May be repeated as topics vary.
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  • SOC 692 Directed Research (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individually supervised readings and study of a selected topic. May be repeated.
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  • SOC 699 Independent Study (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individually supervised readings and study of a selected topic. May be repeated.
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Spanish
  

  • SPI 520 Readings in Spanish (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 300-level Spanish course.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Various literary, linguistic, cultural, and pedagogical topics. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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Statistics
  

  • STA 505 Business Statistics (2 credits)

    Hours: 2 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MBA program or department consent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction to data analysis and statistical methods with focus on business analytics. Topics include sources of data, descriptive and graphical statistical methods, one-sample inferences, regression, and time series. 
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  • STA 594 Topics: Statistics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic (see Schedule of Classes).
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Topics in statistics. Topics vary.
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  • STA 614 Statistics for Health Care Research (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in STA 205.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Review of descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing; analysis of variance; experimental design; factorial experiments; regression and correlation; nonparametric statistics; use of programmed routines; critique of published research.
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  • STA 814 Advanced Statistics for Health Care Research (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in STA 614 .
    Taught: Spring only
    Advanced statistical techniques including multivariate analysis of variance, multiple regression, log-linear modeling, factor analysis, discriminant analysis, and structural equation modeling; analysis of large datasets using high-level statistical software; emphasis on application and interpretation.
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Teaching English as a Second Language
  

  • ESL 601 Advocacy and Leadership in TESOL (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This class will focus on strategies to advocate and provide social, emotional, and academic support to English Language Learners (ELLs), students for whom language and society interact. This course includes a field experience component to further students’ understanding of the challenges and experiences of immigrant students and language acquisition.
  

  • ESL 602 Testing and Evaluation in Second Language Teaching (2 credits)

    Hours: 2 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course will allow the ESL teacher to develop knowledge of the principles and issues involving tests and evaluation in the second language.
  

  • ESL 603 Methods and Materials: Reading, Writing and Grammar (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to graduate program.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course provides you with opportunities and strategies to review and evaluate materials (textbooks and supplementary materials) used in teaching ESL. We consider practical ways of adapting texts and materials for different purposes and different kinds of learners.
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  • ESL 604 Methods and Materials: Listening Speaking Pronunciation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the program.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course is designed so that each student examines content, methodology and materials in teaching listening, speaking, and pronunciation to di-verse groups of English learning students. This course will expose you to a wide range of classroom practices that have been used to assist ESL/EFL students in the development of reading, writing, and grammar.
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  • ESL 605 Second Language Acquisition Classroom for Teachers (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course will prepare qualified ESL teachers who must demonstrate knowledge of the language acquisition process in the first and second language learning, age differentials in language learning, and individual learning styles. ESL teachers must apply knowledge of the nature of learning in second language simultaneously with, or subsequent to, one’s first language. Teachers should recognize linguistic, cognitive, affective,
  

  • ESL 606 Methods/Materials for Teachers of TESOL (4 credits)

    Hours: 4 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    This course provides the student with opportunities and strategies to review and evaluate materials, content and methodology. Practical ways of adapting texts and materials for different purposes and kinds of learners. Content based instructional strategies will be studied. This course will include a field based component.
  

  • ESL 608 Grammar & Linguistics Teachers of TESOL (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Summer only
    This course emphasizes the practical applications of various grammatical theories/systems, and introduces students to various aspects of applied linguistics, including phonetics/phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and language teaching.
  

  • ESL 694 Special Topics in Education (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic (see Schedule of Classes).
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Various advanced topics in education focusing on ESL. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Repeatable up to 6 hours.
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Technology Teaching
  

  • TTE 620 Instructional Technology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Summer only
    Development and application of advanced techniques and strategies for technical teachers and trainers; development of technology and materials for classroom, laboratory, and seminar settings; development of computer based and televised instructional materials and learning systems. Repeatable for a maximum of 6 semester hours.
  

  • TTE 641 Distance Learning Design and Methodology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Critical appraisal of current research concerning distance learning. Design, development, and methodology for delivery of distance learning courses, including web-enhanced, web-based, and other e- learning designs. Course taught in a web- based format.
  

  • TTE 692 Independent Research: Technology Teaching (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Directed readings or independent research. Written agreement between member of graduate faculty and student must be submitted to department chair prior to registration for course.
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Theatre
  

  • TAR 580 Adv. Studies in the Art of Playwriting (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Department permission.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Intensive exploration of playwriting theory, approach, creativity, and style. Focus on developing the individual playwright’s method and practice through creation of drama, research, and engagement with the theater community.
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  • TAR 582 Adv. Studies in the Art of Screenwriting (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Department permission.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced exploration of the elements and techniques of film production and screenwriting. Focus on style and form; camera, geography, staging, balance, timing, and rhythm; business analysis of films and screenplays; and role of the screenwriter and other personnel.
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  • TAR 599 Advanced Individual Studies in Theatre (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing or Consent of Department.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individual creative or research projects in one or more areas: playwriting, directing, acting, dance, stagecraft, scene design, costume design, lighting design, sound design, dramaturgy or theory/criticism. Projects directed or mentored by TAR faculty must be approved prior to registration.
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  • TAR 610 Coaching of Acting For Teachers (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Teaching, coaching, and directing of classroom activities in drama, public performance, and forensic competitions.
  

  • TAR 642 Advanced Dramatic Theory and Criticism (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Students must hold a bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent education/training within their discipline. Department permission required.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course serves as an advanced study of dramatic theory and criticism as well as an overview of the major contributors to its development and evolution through time, from the fifth century B.C.E. through that of the twentieth century. By exploring theoretical texts and selections from dramatic literature, students will see how dramatic theory and theatre has changed and grown through time.
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  • TAR 662 Technical Theatre For Teachers (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Stagecraft and costuming (including makeup) for the teacher; elements of construction, design, and history.
  

  • TAR 670 Directing For Teachers (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Techniques involved in the preparation of dramatic, productions in schools; play selection, script sources, production problems, and rehearsal techniques.
  

  • TAR 673 Creative Dramatics For Teachers (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Process-centered, improvisational form of theatre used by teachers to guide students to explore, develop, and express ideas, concepts, and feelings through dramatic activities and enactments. Emphasis is on integration of theatre techniques in all content areas for teachers at levels K-12. No prior theatre performance experience necessary
  

  • TAR 699 Individual Studies in Theatre (3-6 credits)

    Hours: 3-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Advanced individual creative projects or research in one or more of these areas: playwriting, directing, acting, stagecraft, dance, lighting, and scene design. Criticism and theory projects may also be approved. Projects, directed by member of the TAR faculty, must be selected before registration. A maximum of 6 semester hours permitted.

Women’s and Gender Studies
  

  • WGS 594 Topics in WGS (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or higher.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced interdisciplinary study of a specific topic or issue. May be repeated for credit when subjects differ. See Schedule of Classes for current topic.
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Occupational Therapy
  

  • OTD 610 Functional Movement Analysis (3 Credits)

    3 classroom + 0 lab/studio hours
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program
    Co-requisite(s): OTD 610L
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Students apply principles and methodology of posture, movement analysis, muscle strength testing, and joint range-of-motion testing in the analysis of occupational participation and engagement.
 

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