Social Welfare Major

1138 Basic Statistics for Social Welfare (3/3) 기초통계 theory, basic divisional requirement

Course Goal

To provide students with some basic statistical concepts in descriptive and inferential statistics
To help students understand basic statistical methods commonly applied in social research
To help students have basic essential knowledge in both data analysis and statistical critical reasoning, thus, for themselves, producing meaningful data and interpreting correctly them and evaluating data produced by others
To help students have some working knowledge of SPSS, a widely used statistical analysis software package

Course Content

Nature of variables; Data presentation - frequency tables and graphs; Central tendency; Dispersion ;Probability, normal, chi-square and sampling distributions; Parameter estimation; Statistical hypothesis testings for one and two populations; Linear correlation; Simple linear regression; Analysis of variance(ANOVA), (non-parametric) Chi-square test and cross-tabulation.; SPSS lab.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Open to all. Recommended for the 1st- or 2nd-year students. Some mathematical and calculus knowledge preferred.

2790 Christianity and Social Welfare (3/3) 기독교와 사회복지 theory, basic divisional requirement

Course Goal

To help students know the biblical, historical, philosophical, ethical, practical knowledge of christian social work
To understand the basic concepts of christian philosophy of christian social work
To apply the theories, christian values and ideas in the field of christian social work

Course Content

Historical and biblical and philosophical foundations of christian social work
Methods, skills and programs for the individuals and groups and christian social work for handicapped, elderly, poor people, or juvenile, etc.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Open to all. Recommended for the 1st- or 2nd-year students.

< Major Electives Group A >

1300 Introduction to Social Welfare (3/3) 사회복지개론 theory, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To foster the students majoring in social welfare the general knowledge of scientific studies and practice regarding social welfare
To guide the students understand the connection of social welfare with other subjects

Course Content

Understanding about the basic knowledges of welfare, society and social phenomenon, human and human environments and studying the values, ideologies, contents, history and purpose of social welfare.
Connecting with the economics, politics, psychology and sociology.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 1st year students who desire study to social welfare

2817 Human Behavior and Social Environment (3/3) 인간행동과 사회 환경 theory, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To help students develop an understanding of the complexity of human behavior within social work environmental context and in relation to stages of human development

Course Content

Engages students in analyses of bio-psychological and socio-cultural factors which facilitate and/or inhibit effective human interactions with such systems in the social environment as family, group, neighborhood and community, employment, housing, health care, and education with special emphases upon evaluating the impact of social class, gender, sexual orientation, and racial/ethnic group membership.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for beginners

1301 History of Social Welfare (3/3) 사회복지발달사 theory, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To explore the history of social welfare policies from the Middle Ages to the present age
To understand the development of social welfare system
To learn characteristics of specific welfare system affected by the political, social, and historical background
To have better understanding of the modern Korean welfare system

Course Content

The Poor Law, the advent of social insurance, the formation and development of welfare state is specifically learned in this course. Also, the premodern and modern history of Korean social welfare is explored to view Korean social welfare from a historical point of view.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for beginners

2845 Social Problems (3/3) 사회문제론 theory, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To understand various social problems
To foster ability to analyse social problems
To explore solution to social problems

Course Content

This course provides how to approach and analyze the social problems theoretically from the point of view that social policies and institutions are a major social measure which solves social problems. And this course provides the practice that analyzes the typical social problems in Korea and studies a solving plan.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for beginners

< Major Electives Group B >

1306 Theories of Social work practice (3/3) 사회 복지실천론 theory, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To equips students with basic social work practice theory and methods as a generalist
To help students to understand the concept of social work practice and history
To help students to understand social work value and ethics
To help students to learn the process of social work practice
To help students to develop interview and assessment skill

Course Content

Concept of social work practice, social work history, social work value and ethics which is adapted to social work practice, various fields of social work practice, the role of social worker, basic skills of interview, and the process of social work practice, case management, etc.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for the students who have taken 'Human Behavior and Social Environment

2854 Community Welfare (3/3) 지역사회복지론 theory, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To treats the issues on experiences, the present situations, the problems, and the prospects of Community Welfare and Practice.
To guide the students understand the connection of Community Welfare & Practice with other subjects

Course Content

This course is to analyze various kinds of theories and strategies about organizing and developing community. Through this course, students are provided with chances to overview the concept of community organization of community, the assessment of community resources and programs and the role of social workers. This course also includes analytic practices on decision making, policy execution and conflict arbitration. Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

2847 Skills and Techniques for Social Work Practice (3/3) 사회복지실천기술론 theory+practice, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To help students to learn the techniques and skills for social work practice
To help students to learn vital theories and models for social work practice
To help students to understand social work intervention skills for individual, group and family
To train students to equip with social work intervention skills in depth

Course Content

The principles, techniques, and skills for social work practice: initiating skills, assessment skills, intervention skills, evaluation skills, etc, different types of theories and models adapted to social work practice, characteristics and principles of social work practice for individual, group and family, and recording skill, etc.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Required for the students who have taken 'Theories if Social Work Practice

2822 social welfare administration (3/3) 사회복지행정 theory, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To learn character and necessity of social welfare administration
To obtain methods to manage social welfare organization
To have abilities to cope change of organizational environment

Course Content

Social welfare includes two fields of study; social policy and social service. Social welfare administration is the process of transforming social policy into services. This course is designed to review the concepts, boundaries theories of management in social service settings in relation to both policy and social services. Toward better and more effective management, we will study environment factors, theories on organizations, social welfare delivery system, a framework for social welfare policy analysis.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 2nd and 3rd year students

4296 Social Welfare and Law (3/3) 사회복지법제론 theory, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To examine various problems of social welfare law in Korea
To gain a professional eye on its development through understanding the ideology and constitution principles of laws of on social welfare policies and services in Korea

Course Content

The first section of this course is to explore the systematic analysis method of social welfare law and social welfare justice. The succeeding section provides the prospective of law on social welfare in Korea by specifically analyzing major social welfare laws.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 3rd and 4th year students who have taken basic courses in social welfare major

1308 Social Welfare Policy (3/3) 사회복지정책론 theory, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To help students accomplish a well-balanced knowledge and understanding about the social issues are of particular concern to social workers
To engage students in analyses of the nature and impact of economic/political ideologies

Course Content

This course focuses on the history and development of the social welfare system in Korea. Attention will be paid to: the concepts used to discuss an explain social welfare institutions' policies and programs; the mechanisms and structures used to deliver social services and the factors that have tended to constrain or facilitate the attainment of social justice in Korea. Particular attention will be paid to specific populations that have been negatively affected by social change resulting from political, industrial and economic progress, e.g., women, children, the elderly, the poor and racial/ethnic minorities. Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

4196 Program Development and Evaluation (3/3) 영유아프로그램개발과평가 theory, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To understand effectiveness and responsibility of program
To foster ability of analyzing and planning the solutions
To obtain to knowledge and skills to design, manage, and evaluate programs

Course Content

This course introduces theories and strategies in each stage of social welfare program development from need assessment through program design to evaluation. This course aims to enable students to review the current social welfare program with critical perspective. It also aims to make students to develop their own program and practice it in the social welfare fields as well as evaluate the outcome and output of practiced program.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Required for the students who have taken 'Research Method for Social Welfare' and want to take 'Social Work Practicum'

2055 Social Work Practice with Disabilities (3/3) 장애인복지론 theory, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To guide the students understand the theories of Social Work Practice with Disabilities and social environment
To foster the students majoring in social welfare the general knowledge of theories and strategies in each stage of social welfare Practice with Disabilities

Course Content

This course is designed to introduce social welfare policies for disabled people in society students. Concepts of social integration and normalization are examined and connected to practical approaches for actualizing such principles. Emphasis is on increasing student's understandings abouts disabled people's lives and welfare policies to promote their quality of life. Finally, this course examines social measures and service programs that can strengthen social integration.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for students who desire to practicum or practice in the field of social welfare for people with disabilities

2041 Social Work with Families (3/3) 가족복지 theory, major elective course for, teacher certificate course

Course Goal

To Compare several theories which guide generalist social work practice with family
To Learn the methods of a psychosocial assessment of the multiple systems in which an individual and/or family is involved, and of the life experience and current situation that motivate the client to seek assistance.
To become knowledgeable about the basic interviewing and helping skills with the clients

Course Content

This course studies the family and examine the structure and functions of the family, its challenges and life cycle as well its interactions. Also will be studied how each of these has been affected by changes in society, family welfare services and family therapy.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 2nd year students who have taken major general courses.

2041 Social Work with Families (3/3) 가족복지론 theory +practice, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To help understand the fundamental and specific issues of 'family'
To obtain abilities to analyse the characteristics and problems of families today.
To learn specific and organized social work approaches to families

Course Content

This course identifies family related issues in modern society. It introduces theories of family development and family process; family life cycle; family functioning. It also teaches methods and skills to deal with those issues. It covers social institutions and services to promote healthy family. This course also identifies various problems that women face in modern society; and to increase students' intervention knowledge and skills to address the problems. Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

< Major Electives Group C >

4295 Social work in Health Care (3/3) 의료사회복지론 theory +practice, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To learn concepts and history of social work practice in health care
To help students to understand the various roles of social worker in health care
To raise ethical sensitiveness in social work practice in health care setting
To learn theories and models applied to social work practice in health care
To prepare students to work as social work professionals in health care setting

Course Content

Concepts and history of social work practice in health care, different types of social work practice settings in health care, theories and models applied to social work practice in health care, process of social work practice in health care, characteristics and methods of social work intervention to various kinds of disease and disabilities, health care policy and delivery system, etc.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

recommended for 3rd and 4th year students who have taken social work practice and desire to practice in field of health care

1299 Social Security (3/3) 사회보장론 theory, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To study the basic ideas and meaning of social security policies, which are representative social welfare policies in industrialized society.
To understand importance and position of social security system in welfare states.
To learn the methods of analysis for social security system in different counties.

Course Content

This course treats the issues on experiences, the present situations, the problems, and the prospects of our country and a developed welfare state.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 3rd and 4th year students who have taken basic courses in social welfare major

2581 Social Welfare with the Women (3/3) 여성복지론theory, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To examine the multiple problems experienced by women in the current Korean society with the theoretical view
To analyze the welfare policy and services for women and suggest the alternatives from gender point of view
To explore the diverse ways leading welfare state through reviewing the respects of complement and contradiction with welfare for women.

Course Content This course is a study on the women's problem which is an increasing concern in the post-industrial society from the view point of social welfare. This course provides understandings on the practical solutions to women's problem through applying social welfare policy or social work skills. Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

4292 Family Policy (3/3) 가족정책론 theory, elective course for major, credit course who want to work for family support centers

Course Goal

To study the problems of families in relation to society
To study policies which related to the advancement of family well-being in industrial countries

Course Content

This course includes definitions of family policy and a brief historical review of family policy developments, and also treats the issues on experiences, the present situations, the problems, and the prospects of families.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 3rd and 4th year students who have taken basic courses in social welfare major

2058 Social Work in Mental Health (3/3) 정신보건사회복지론 theory+practice, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To help students increase their knowledge and intervention skills needed in mental health settings.
To help students who want to become a social worker in mental health to attain a more comprehensive knowledge of mental health system
To help students to integrate social work and mental health issues

Course Content

This course teaches mental health problem in contemporary society. It covers the analysis and development of the services for prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of mental illness and social security for the mentally ill as well. It teaches the tools and techniques for diagnosis and assessment. Mental health laws and policies will be analyzed and developed.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 3rd and 4th year students who have taken basic social work theories.

2065 Social Work Supervision (3/3) 사회복지지도감독론 theory, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To understand concepts, theories, and skills of supervision
To help students accomplish abilities to supervise staffs, trainee, and students in social welfare organization
To increase management skills in various social work agencies

Course Content

This course is to look at various approaches and strategies for effective supervision through analyzing and investigating the staff improvement in social welfare organization, the assessment of internal and external environment of organization. Students especially practice substantial and concrete skills on the prevention of social worker's burn-out, the solution of organizational conflicts, the organization of team and the quality management of social worker's services.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 3rd and 4th year students who have taken basic social work theories.

2052 Correctional Social Work (3/3) 교정복지론 theory, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

The purpose of this course is to study various problems of Correctional Social Work. The social workers in correctional settings need specialized training, including the ability to communicate with prisoners from other cultures. The correctional social workers should participate in national policy debates, collaborate with other organizations that deal with prisoners, and advocate preventative efforts, including community-based services to treat addiction and mental illness before these become criminal justice issues.

Course Content

This course helps students to learn the concepts and theories related to correctional social work as a field of practice. Students should reexamine their preconception of delinquent adolescents or criminals, and learn human behaviors and value of human. It teaches the tools and techniques for motivation and change of delinquent adolescents or criminals.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

4297 School Social Work (3/3) 학교사회복지론 theory, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To understand the importance of school social work as a part of clinical social work
To analyze its concepts, special characteristics and practical skills
To develop skills of social work in the context of school systems

Course Content

This course helps students to learn historical backgrounds and necessities of school social work as a field of practice and covers intervention skills and practice models as well as various problems occurring in various levels of schools. This course also help students promote an understanding of school social workers in school and use of available resources.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for the students who plan to take practicum in school and to be a school social worker

2061 Social Work Practice Ethics (3/3) 사회복지윤리와철학 theory, elective course for major, social worker credit course

Course Goal

To study the ethics and the philosophy needed for social workers as professionals
To cultivate the practical ethics of social welfare
To understand the groundwork of social welfare and social work

Course Content

This course teaches to coordinate and integrate social work values and philosophy with practice ethics. Students are encouraged to discuss ethical issues they have experienced in the field, to analyze case materials, and to exercise problem solving skills to approach ethical conflicts, especially for advocacy.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 3rd and 4th year students who have taken basic social work theories.

3366 Seminar on Social Welfare Issues (3/3) 사회복지세미나 theory+practice, elective course for major

Course Goal

To provides the opportunity to improve basic abilities as a social worker such as recognition of special issues and exploration of related theories and solutions in changing environment of social welfare

Course Content

This course is for students which intensively investigates special topics on social work and social welfare. This course may deal with different topics at every semester, therefore always accompanied by a subtitle. Sometimes this course invite the specialists of that field for learning and analyzing the practical approaches.

Prerequisites/Requirements/Recommendations

Recommended for 4th year students who have taken basic social work theories