Conducted in Spanish. Aural-oral practice, fundamental speech patterns, reading and writing to achieve a firm basis for an active command of Spanish. No credit toward a major. 401-402 taken together satisfies the foreign language requirement. Special fee. SPAN 401 is a prerequisite for this course. Cannot be taken separately without permission of instructor.

An overview of the history and current status of social welfare policy in the United States. Considers the origins, development, and analysis of significant policies, values, attitudes and other issues related to the social welfare system and the delivery of service. Focuses on policy analysis from a social and economic justice perspective.

This is a continuation of Social Welfare Field Experience I: SW 640A and builds upon th concepts presented in the student's first field practice seminar. This seminar meets weekly for one and a half hours and is held concurrently with the field placement. It is designed to integrate the field experience with social work concepts through class discussion, reading and written assignments. Topics include but are not limited to, understanding and using agency structure to enhance client interactions, preparing client assessment and other documents, enhancing the cleint-worker therapeutic interaction, effective use of supervision, effective use of self in practice, prevention of burn-out, termination with clients and with agency staff, and values and ethics. Prereq: SW 640/640A.

Independent work under department faculty guidance. Enrollment by permission only through arrangement with specific faculty. May be repeated with a different focus to maximum of 8 credits. Prereq: 12 hours social service coursework; permission. Cr/F. Special fee.