Course Detail
Intro to Social Work
Time and Location
Times
Term: Spring 2025
Start Date: JAN 13, 2025
End Date: MAY 16, 2025
Meeting Days: TR
Meeting Times: 12:30PM-01:45PM
Location
Campus: Hillsboro
Building: ASI
Room: 208
Registration Information
Credit Hours: 3
Subject Code: SWK
Course Number: 105
Section Number: 01
CRN: 37703
Tier: 1
Instruction TypeLecture
Enrollment Numbers
Remaining Seats: 13
Filled Seats: 7
Maximum Seats: 20
Comments:
Course Description: Prerequisite: Reading proficiency
Introduction to Social Work offers an introduction to the profession of social work, including its history, values, theories, and skills. Themes of social justice and social welfare are addressed, as the course defines generalist social work practice and explores the ways in which social workers are able to help others in a variety of practice settings. (F,S,D)
Introduction to Social Work offers an introduction to the profession of social work, including its history, values, theories, and skills. Themes of social justice and social welfare are addressed, as the course defines generalist social work practice and explores the ways in which social workers are able to help others in a variety of practice settings. (F,S,D)
Faculty Information
Name: Susan Welch
Title: Professor
Classification: Full Time
Credentials: Certificate: Univ Of Missouri - Columbia,Master of Social Work: Saint Louis University
Office: ASI 205A
E-Mail: swelch1@jeffco.edu
Phone Extension: 3435
Bio: Susan Welch earned her Master of Science in Social Work from St. Louis University and her Bachelor of Science in Social Work from the University of Missouri. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and full-time faculty member in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at Jefferson College. Throughout her work in the field of Social Work, Susan?s primary focus has been on families and individuals. Professional experiences are comprised of work with clients from birth to end of life, and of very diverse and resilient families. Clinical social work experiences included work with families in crisis, child welfare, adoption, individual and family counseling, crisis intervention, grief and loss and medical social work.
Susan has been a full-time faculty member at Jefferson College since 2011.
