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Term: Fall 2025

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SW 220 - People To People: Social Welfare And Social Work: Introduces social work as a profession within the context of the institution of social welfare. 25 hour volunteer experience required. Letter grade only.
SW 295 - Social Justice And Diversity In Social Work: The purpose of this course is to better understand the nature of social justice and human rights within the framework of social work practice, values, and ethics. The course content also addresses social justice issues within sociopolitical patterns of power and privilege. Letter grade only.
SW 310 - Human Fundamentals Of Social Work Practice: This course will provide students an opportunity to explore issues related to human biological functioning as applied to social work practice. Clients' presenting issues often overlap with biological factors such as health status, genetic variables, substance abuse, or environment. This course provides an overview of the biological structures, processes, and issues commonly encountered by social workers. Letter grade only.
SW 320W - Social Policy And Legislation: Historical development of social policy and legislation within the context of social and economic justice. Impact on social services. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
SW 321 - Generalist Practice I: Ecological systems, strengths perspective, and planned change processes applied to generalist social work practice. Interviewing, issue identification, and data-collection skills emphasized. Letter grade only.
SW 355 - Social Work Research: Problem formulation, research design, data collection and analysis, and the social context of social work research, including the systematic evaluation of practice. Letter grade only.
SW 355H - Social Work Research - Honors: Problem formulation, research design, data collection and analysis, and the social context of social work research, including the systematic evaluation of practice. Letter grade only.
SW 389 - Cooperative Education: Individualized preplanned cooperative employment experience related to your field of study or career objectives. Department consent required. Pass-Fail only. May be repeated for up to 12 units of credit. Please complete the Cooperative Education Proposal form and obtain signatures of approval BEFORE registering. https://policy.nau.edu/policy/Documents/Cooperative_Education_Form_121317.pdf
SW 399 - Special Topics: In-depth study of an aspect, concept, or problem. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit. A specific topic may be offered under this course line no more than three times.
SW 401 - Crisis Intervention Methods: Knowledge, values, and skills for working with people in crisis. Letter grade only.
SW 401H - Crisis Intervention Methods - Honors: Knowledge, values, and skills for working with people in crisis. Letter grade only.
SW 408 - Fieldwork Experience: Individualized supervised field experience in an appropriate agency or organization. Pass/Fail only. Must be repeated for a total of 12 units.
SW 408H - Fieldwork Experience - Honors: Individualized supervised field experience in an appropriate agency or organization. Pass/Fail only. Must be repeated for a total of 12 units.
SW 420 - Social Welfare Policy Practice: Examination of current social welfare policies and social welfare policy analysis and practice frameworks. Letter grade only.
SW 422 - Generalist Practice II: Practice principles applied to intervention with micro- and mezzo-level client systems, including individuals, families, and small groups. Letter grade only.
SW 422H - Generalist Practice II - Honors: Practice principles applied to intervention with micro- and mezzo-level client systems, including individuals, families, and small groups. Letter grade only.
SW 423 - Generalist Practice III: Practice principles applied to intervention with macro-level client systems, including community and organizational change primarily in rural localities. Letter grade only.
SW 427 - Social Work Assessment: Integrative course that links and applies human behavior theory in biological, psychological, social, cultural, and environmental contexts to assessment in generalist social work practice. Letter grade only.
SW 427H - Social Work Assessment - Honors: Integrative course that links and applies human behavior theory in biological, psychological, social, cultural, and environmental contexts to assessment in generalist social work practice. Letter grade only.
SW 450 - Contemporary Topics In Social Work: Studies contemporary issues and topics relevant to generalist social work practice. Some topics include social work in health settings, social work and aging, social work with Native Americans, and child welfare services. Social Work majors must earn at least six credit hours with different content. Letter grade only. May be repeated for credit.
SW 450H - Contemporary Topics In Social Work - Honors: Studies contemporary issues and topics relevant to generalist social work practice. Some topics include social work in health settings, social work and aging, social work with Native Americans, and child welfare services. Social Work majors must earn at least six credit hours with different content. Letter grade only. May be repeated for credit.
SW 452 - High Stress Border Occupations: Theoretical and practical approaches to generalist social work practice with military and law enforcement personnel and their families. The common social issues affecting both populations will be presented using the social work planned change process. Letter grade only.
SW 453 - U. S. Mexico Border Issues For Social Workers: An examination of those social problems and issues affecting borderland populations and social workers along the U.S. Mexico border. Letter grade only.
SW 454 - Mental Health: Knowledge, values, and skills for working with people in the mental health system. Letter grade only.
SW 455 - Spanish Language Skills For Social Work Practice: This is an advanced Spanish course intended for BASW students whose level of fluency in Spanish is intermediate and it will further develop their language skills, social/cultural principals of social work practice with Latinos, competence in professional relations with Latinos, and delivery systems and how they affect Latinos and their families. Department consent required. Letter grade only.
SW 456 - Social Work Values And Ethics: The course focuses on the foundations for ethical reasoning in practice. Students will interact with controversial case material, utilizing social work values, code of ethics and philosophic ethics. The course focuses on acquiring and practicing the skills of ethical decision-making, including values clarification, application of ethical theory, utilization of codes of ethics, and models of ethical analysis. Letter grade only.
SW 466 - Legislative Or The Washington Center Internship: Supervised internship in the Arizona Legislature or the Washington Center. Students are selected on a competitive basis, and you must apply the term prior to the internship. Students must meet requirements of the program to be eligible. Course enrollment is handled by the internship coordinator after selections have been made. Pass/Fail only.
SW 485 - Undergraduate Research: Original research under the supervision of a research adviser. Department consent required. Letter grade or pass-fail. May be repeated for up to 12 units of credit.
SW 497 - Independent Study: Individualized approach to selected topics by guided reading and critical evaluation. Department consent required. Letter grade or pass-fail. May be repeated for credit. Please complete the Independent Study Proposal form and obtain signatures of approval BEFORE registering. https://nau.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/Independent_Study_Form_FINAL-3.pdf
SW 498C - Senior Seminar: Capstone course for integrating social work curriculum into a framework for influencing change as professional generalist social workers. Letter grade only.
SW 498CH - Senior Seminar - Honors: Capstone course for integrating social work curriculum into a framework for influencing change as professional generalist social workers. Letter grade only.
SW 499 - Contemporary Developments: Examines recent trends and investigations in a selected area. Letter grade only. May be repeated for credit.
SW 520 - Social Policy And Services: Examination of current social welfare policies, their historical development within the context of social and economic justice, and analysis and advocacy tools for social change. Letter grade only.
SW 521 - Foundation Practice I: This is the first half of two required sequential courses in the Professional Foundation Year. The Ecological Systems Model, strengths perspective and planned change processes applied to Generalist Social Work Practice are introduced and explored. Throughout this course, students examine social work values and ethics and consider how issues of diversity impact client systems. Letter grade only.
SW 522 - Foundation Practice II: Generalist Practice principles applied to intervention with micro and mezzo level client systems, including individuals, families, and small groups. Letter grade only.
SW 523 - Foundation Practice III: This course provides students with essential and beginning knowledge and skills for effective social work practice with communities and organizations. Letter grade only.
SW 526 - Human Behavior In The Social Environment I: Part one of a two series course of Human Behavior and the Social Environment. This course explores human development and behavior through multilevel and multidimensional interactions of the individual and their environment across the stages of the lifespan. Letter grade only.
SW 527 - Human Behavior And The Social Environment II: Part two of a two series course of Human Behavior and the Social Environment. This course explores human development and behavior through multilevel and multidimensional interactions of the individual and their environment across the stages of the lifespan. Letter grade only.
SW 555 - Social Work Research Methods: This course prepares students with research methods knowledge and skills to become effective consumers and producers of research knowledge. The course covers problem formulation, research design, data collection and analysis, and the social context of social work research, including the systematic evaluation of practice. Letter grade only.
SW 556 - Social Justice And Diversity In Social Work: The purpose of this course is to better understand the nature of social justice and human rights within the framework of social work practice, values, and ethics. The course content addresses social justice issues within sociopolitical patterns of power and privilege. Letter grade only.
SW 557 - Foundation Social Work Practice: The course will provide conceptual, theoretical, and empirical knowledge related to direct practice strategies across client systems including individual, families, groups, communities and organizations. Additionally, this course will examine and discuss key direct practice concepts and social work frameworks that inform culturally competent social work practice across various client systems. Letter grade only.
SW 595 - Foundation Field I: Educationally focused foundation year internship in a practice setting with direct application of knowledge, values and skills of advanced generalist social work. Pass/Fail only.
SW 596 - Foundation Field II: Educationally focused foundation year internship in a practice setting with direct application of knowledge, values and skills of advanced generalist social work. Pass/Fail only.
SW 599 - Contemporary Developments: Examines recent trends and investigations in a selected area of a particular field of study. May be offered no more than three times before being submitted for a permanent course number. Letter grade only. May be repeated for credit.
SW 620 - Integrated Healthcare Policy Practice: Examination of current healthcare policies, their historical development within the context of social and economic justice, and analysis and advocacy tools for social change. Letter grade only.
SW 621 - Evolving Trends And Perspectives In Health And Wellness: This course explores the dynamic landscape of health and wellness from a social work perspective. Students will critically examine evolving trends, models, and theories related to health promotion, prevention, and intervention. Through a combination of readings, discussions, case studies, and videos, students will gain insights into the complex interplay of social, cultural, economic, and political factors that influence individual and community well-being. The course will equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to address contemporary health and wellness challenges in their future social work practice. Letter grade only.
SW 622 - Direct Practice In Mental & Behavioral Health With Children And Adolescents: This course will explore mental health issues as they apply to children and adolescents. Students will learn how to engage, assess, and treat and evaluate diverse client systems in diverse professional settings. Letter grade only.
SW 623 - Direct Practice In Mental & Behavioral Health With Adult And Aging Populations: This course will explore mental health issues as they apply to adults and the aging population. Students will learn how to engage asses, treat and evaluate diverse client systems in diverse professional settings. Letter grade only.
SW 636 - Program And Practice Evaluation: Students will learn program and practice evaluation methods and apply these methods through course assignments. Letter grade only.
SW 637 - Organizational Leadership, Administration & Supervision: This course provides an introduction and overview of the methodologies for leadership, supervision, management, administration and planning within social service settings. Topics such as decision-making, conflict resolution, fiscal management, fundraising, legal issues, program and staff development are functions of the supervisory and administrative role that are covered during the course. The course covers skills of effective leadership at all organizational levels. Letter grade only.
SW 648 - Death, Dying, And Grief: This course addresses the theoretical framework of death, dying, and grief from a culturally and philosophically diverse perspective. Coping and resiliency in loss are explored, emphasizing the diversity of human response to death and grief. We will seek to learn why humans grieve, and how grieving is affected by multiple contexts: cultural, spiritual, historical, socioeconomic, individual and family/group structure. The formation and practice of rituals, and diversity in religious and spiritual experience as a component of coping with loss will be discussed. Letter grade only.
SW 649 - Substance Abuse: This course will provide an overview of the addiction process. Theories of addiction counseling and application of these theories will embody a significant component of this course, particularly with assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning for individuals, families, and groups. Students will develop knowledge, practical skills, and awareness pertaining to the etiology of addiction and evidence-based treatment modalities to effectively target addiction. The concept that substance abuse is a continuum from intervention through continuing care is emphasized throughout this course. Letter grade only.
SW 650 - Advanced Topics In Social Work: Studies contemporary issues and topics relevant to advanced generalist social work practice. Some topics include social work in health settings, social work and aging, social work with Native Americans, and child welfare services. Master of Social Work students must earn at least six credit hours with different content. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit. Letter grade only.
SW 652 - Advanced Generalist Social Work Practice With Native American Nations: This course will explore advanced generalist Social Work practice and the application of knowledge, skills, and values relevant to multiple direct practice challenges that Native American Nations face. Students will learn about relevant issues so that they are able to demonstrate cultural awareness when working with indigenous populations, in order to engage, assess, evaluate, and intervene with this culturally diverse client system in professional settings. Letter grade only.
SW 695 - Advanced Field Education I: Educationally focused enhanced internship in a practice setting with direct application of knowledge, values and skills of advanced generalist social work. Pass/Fail only.
SW 696 - Advanced Field Education II: Educationally focused enhanced internship in a practice setting with direct application of knowledge, values and skills of advanced generalist social work. Pass/Fail only.