Summer 2025

Social Work - On Campus and Hybrid courses (SWKC)

• D class assignments available in VAC-ONL; Phone: (213) 821-0908.
• D class assignments for undergraduates available in SWC-217; Phone: (213) 740-0370.
• D class assignments for graduate students available in SWC-217; Phone: (213) 740-9331.
• Classes held in VAC have an additional 1 hour and 15 minutes asynchronous component

SOWK 511: Critical Decision Making in Integrative Social Work Practice (3.0 units)

Focuses on the value and application of critical thinking and decision-making into ethical and professional integrative social work practice.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
60888D	143	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 18	Peggy Stewart	MRF206

SOWK 525: Foundations of Integrative Social Work Practice II (3.0 units)

Principles underlying social work practice with emphasis on intervention, termination and evaluation with individuals, families and groups though a framework of social justice

• Prerequisite: SOWK 523

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
60889D	143	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Thursday	0 of 18		MRF206

SOWK 647: Advanced Practice with Complex Social Work Cases (3.0 units)

Introduction to advanced practice concepts essential to understanding engagement, assessment and diagnosis with complex social work cases from a meta-framework perspective.

• Prerequisite: SOWK 525

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
60447D	143	Lecture	6:00-9:50pm	Tuesday	12 of 18	Brittaney Dennis	MRF229

SOWK 651: Clinical Psychopharmacology for Social Workers (3.0 units)

Understanding major psychoactive drugs used in treatment of psychological and behavioral disorders in behavioral and primary care medical settings. Theoretical/practical approaches to treatment are examined.

• Prerequisite: SOWK 506
• Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
• Restriction: Registration open to the following school(s): Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
60878D	186	Lecture	8:00-10:50am	Thursday	8 of 18	Kim Finney	ONLINE

SOWK 690b: Research (1.0-4.0 units)

Intensive individual study of specific problems. Graded CR/NC.

• Prerequisite: SOWK 690A

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
60887D	186	2.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 1	Devon Brooks	OFFICE

SOWK 693: Applied Learning in Practicum Education IV (3.0 units)

Supervised practicum seminar and placement to develop practice skills in working with individuals, families, groups, communities and/or organizations.

• Prerequisite: SOWK 691

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
60468D	143	Lecture	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	12 of 18	Lisa Kabot	MRF206
60469D	143	Lecture	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	11 of 18	Ricardo Ornelas	MRF229

SOWK 697: Advanced Clinical Social Work Practice Certificate Lab (2.0 units)

Clinical practice lab designed to strengthen clinical social work practice skills grounded in professional values and ethics.

• Prerequisite: SOWK 525

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
60879D	186	Lecture	11:00-12:40pm	Tuesday	14 of 15	Dorothy Nieto manzer	ONLINE