IU School of Social Work is headquartered on the IUPUI campus with locations on 8 IU Campuses. The school also has the Department of Labor Studies
The 15 credit* Social Welfare Advocacy minor provides you with the knowledge and skills to engage in advocacy on social welfare issues. The minor demonstrates interest in social welfare and prepares students for advocacy roles.
(Fall only)
(Spring only)
SWK-S 300 Topic Course (3cr.)
*Students in the College of Arts and Sciences will be required to complete 18 credit hours for the minor supplementing the courses above with a second SWK-S 300 topics course.
To declare a Social Welfare Advocacy Minor please contact your IUB academic advisor to request that this minor be added to your program plan.
IU School of Social Work is headquartered on the IUPUI campus with locations on 8 IU Campuses. The school also has the Department of Labor Studies
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1105 East Atwater AvenueThe Office of Education Assessment is responsible for the evaluation of student learning outcomes at the BSW and MSW level for the Indiana School of Social Work.
This course covers theories and models that enhance understanding of our diverse society. It provides content about differences and similarities in the experiences, needs, and beliefs of selected minority groups and their relation to the majority group.
This course covers theories and models that enhance understanding of our diverse society. It provides content about differences and similarities in the experiences, needs, and beliefs of selected minority groups and their relation to the majority group.
This course is designed to provide a historical perspective on the evolution of social welfare policies and programs and allow students to develop beginning policy analysis skills so that students will be able to identify gaps in the service delivery system and inequitable or oppressive aspects of current policy delivery.
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to child abuse and neglect from psychological, social, cultural, legal, and economic perspectives. Social workers in all professional work settings must know how to identify child maltreatment and family violence. Students must also be able to practice without discrimination and with respect, knowledge, and skills related to the clients’ age, class, color, culture, disability, ethnicity, family structure, gender, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation. Students will learn the family dynamics and indicators of maltreatment and effective interventions at the micro, mezzo, and macro level, with an emphasis on strengths based, family-centered intervention strategies.
The purpose of this course is to provide a comprehensive introduction to culturally competent social work practice around the area of religion and spirituality. This course will explore contemporary issues related to spirituality, religion, and social work. Students will learn about the history of spirituality and religion in helping professions and major social movements in the United States. Students will also learn about the views of religion and spirituality in social work and the history of how these areas have been explored or supported by our profession. Students will also learn about discipline appropriate boundaries with their own personal religious, spiritual, or nonreligious views and client interactions.
Until recently, it has been considered taboo for social workers to discuss these issues with clients, despite the importance a client might place on religion or spirituality in their personal lives. Through this course, the controversy and opposing views on this topic will be explored. Culturally competent practices will be examined in working with individuals and groups from religious, non-religious, and spiritual perspectives. Marginalized and oppressed populations, including religious minorities and specific populations will be discussed throughout this course.
Social workers and other helping professions regularly come into contact with people who have a wide range of religious and spiritual traditions that are often different than that of the professional. Social workers have a responsibility to view the whole person, and to treat that person as a whole person. Religion and spirituality can be intrinsically tied to someone’s cultural identity and impact every aspect of their life. Someone’s religious, spiritual, or nonreligious views or traditions may also play a significant role in their personal wellbeing and their views on their world. This course will explore religious, spiritual, and nonreligious traditions and how they impact a person or group’s life. Culturally sensitive practice and assessment will be explored in this course. Through our text, reading articles, and immersion assignments students will be exposed to wide range of religious, spiritual, and nonreligious traditions in an effort to increase cultural competency in the realm of spirituality and religion. This should give future social workers a strong foundation for culturally competent and spiritually sensitive practice with clients from any spiritual or religious tradition.
The purpose of this course is to give students an overview of the field of addiction (alcohol & drugs) including discussion of several conceptual models and theories. The course focuses on self-help groups, assessment procedures, and current intervention strategies. Students are given an opportunity to explore special issues in the field among oppressed minorities that are of particular interest to them and to share their findings with other students. Emphasis will also be placed on introducing students to the particular culture and ideologies that contribute to the provision of services in the field of addictions. A brief overview on other addictions (gambling, sex, food) will be presented.
This second course in social welfare policy builds on S251 by exploring in depth the current social welfare delivery system through policy analysis using a variety of frameworks and developing policy practice skills. The course also develops beginning policy practice skills so that students will know how to work toward social change congruent with social work ethics and the profession’s commitment to social and economic justice.