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Community Programs
in the School of Social Work
Description: Students in the School of Social Work are required to enroll in one Methods course per semester, as well as an advanced research course. Courses typically carry a community outreach/service/development/organizing component:
- SWOA 703 Program Management: Students work with a service program to identify challenges, recommended solutions, and create an Action Plan and Logic Model.
- SWOA 704 Community Organization: Each person, either individually or in a small group, will participate in or initiate a community organizing project.
- SWOA 705 Community Economic Development: Students select an economically distressed neighborhood or community and develop a revitalization initiative that is "doable". Interviews with key informants in the community are required.
- SWOA 732 Resource Development for Nonprofit Groups: Each student selects a nonprofit organization, completes a fundraising readiness assessment, and actually plans and solicits funds for their chosen nonprofit. Students also write and submit a grant proposal which supports a service or activity that the organization operates or wishes to operate.
- SWOA 735 Social Work and Social Action: students will choose a social action project that involves working as a group to address a local, state, or federal issue or problem. Each student will run a class "meeting" during the semester in order to facilitate group decision-making regarding goals, strategy, and action steps necessary to conduct the social action project. Each student will be required to accept responsibility for carrying out action steps identified during meetings and will be held accountable for completing those items.
- SOWK 781 Research Methods for Management and Community Practice: Groups of students conduct a qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods study of a program or organization. Students conduct data analysis, and interpret and utilize findings to enhance organizational and community functioning.
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School(s): School of Social Work
Contacts:
Karen Hopkins, PhD
410-706-1496
khopkins@ssw.umaryland.edu
Community Served: Citywide
Services Provided: Other
Services Provided Other: Program Evaluation and Research, Community Organizing, Resource Development, Economic Development.
Client type: Other
Client Type Other: All, depending on the project, program, organization, or group.
Physical Location: Off Campus
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Program Timeframe: Date specific
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