PAD 4144. Managing the Nonprofit Organization
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
This course provides an introduction to the central theories of non-profit enterprise, and the implications of various management practices for nonprofit organizations. The course also introduces students to the major aspects of nonprofits and voluntary organizations that distinguish them from public and private organizations – i.e. mission/vision; legal definitions/IRS rulings; voluntary governance structures and a social change agenda. |
PAD 4170. Nongovernmental Organizations in Development
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
This survey course is about international development NGOs. The course presents contemporary perspectives about NGOs, describes how NGOs operate, and introduces the challenges that their managers face and potential solutions for them. |
PAD 4203r. Financial Management for the Nonprofit Organization
Credit-Bearing
Undergraduate |
This is an introductory online course in nonprofit financial management. Students learn the principles and tools to use in budgeting and accounting for not-for-profit organizations. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours. |
PAD 5106. Public Organizations
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course studies the elements of micro- and macro-organizational analysis. This course includes organization theory, structure and design, power and conflict, motivation, leadership, group behavior, organizational effectiveness, and development. |
PAD 5142. Managing the Nonprofit Organization
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course examines the set of organizations variously referred to as the independent, nonprofit, voluntary, charitable, or the nongovernmental sector and combines them with the skills, knowledge, and abilities that are involved in managing them. |
PAD 5173. Nongovernmental Organizations
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course covers nongovernmental organizations in international and transnational contexts, explores the dynamics in which NGOs are embedded, examines their historical trends, and illuminates the challenges and opportunities that NGOs face. |
PAD 5206. Fundraising and Fund Development
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course examines the role of fundraising and fund development in non-profit organizations, and the various fundraising techniques used by these organizations to further their mission. |
PAD 5208. Budget and Finance in Nonprofit Organizations
Credit=Bearing
Graduate |
This course explores budgeting and financial management in nonprofits. The course identifies appropriate financial decisions, explains financial and budgeting tools and techniques, and explores the influence of public policy on financial resources.
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PAD 5828. The Third Sector: Non-Profits, Non-Governmental Organizations, and Disaster
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamental concepts, theories, principles and practices in emergency management relationships with NGOs and non-profit organizations. |
SOW 5235+. Social Welfare Policy and Services
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course provides a beginning understanding of the relationship between social welfare and social policy from a social work perspective. Students engage in policy practice to address social and economic well-being and to deliver effective social work services across diverse populations. Attention is given to critical analysis of the role that social work and social welfare policies and programs play in advancing human rights and social and economic justice. Emphasis is placed on the advancement of social and economic justice and human rights in a global context. |
SOW 5238. Advanced Policy Analysis
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Prerequisite: SOW 5235. This course introduces students to the procedures and processes of social policy analysis and evaluation. Attention is given to policy originating within all levels and branches of government, as well as within organizational settings. The course examines how issues are brought to the attention of decision-makers and the methods used in policy formulation. Students learn skills central to policy work, including problem definition, development and examination of policy alternatives, planning for implementation, and evaluation. The course prepares individuals to participate in the creation and assessment of social welfare policies that impact populations at risk. |
SOW 5281. Ethics in Social Work Practice
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course provides students with a framework of knowledge and skills to prepare them for effective ethical decision-making which adheres to the NASW Code of Ethics. |
SOW 5282. Legislative Advocacy
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course exposes graduate students to the skills necessary to become effective human service advocates dealing with unmet needs, resolving social problems, or working to ameliorate unjust or inequitable conditions in society. As more decisions about social welfare programs have shifted from the federal to the state and local community levels, it is increasingly important for social workers to develop lobbying and advocacy skills to ensure social and economic justice. Such skills can help bring about much-needed policy changes for clients, promote and protect social work ethics and values, and positively affect human service funding during the budget appropriation process. |
SOW 5334. Organizational Development
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
In this course, students learn about the logic model process and how it informs new program development, service delivery and evaluation. Additionally, students learn and develop skills in performing needs assessments to identify areas for organizational change and growth as well as evaluate the effects of any changes made. Students are also exposed to the importance of sound fiscal management in organization and program development.
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SOW 5376. Budgeting and Finances in Social Services
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course emphasizes the political and technical skills of budgeting and financial management, source development via grant writing and fundraising, government contracting, fiscal reporting, and payroll management. |
OW 5377. Personnel Administration in the Social Services
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course develops students' administrative skills in social work settings to ensure effective service delivery to clients, peers, management and direct reports. Students develop skills and knowledge related to planning, fiscal management, staff management approaches, staff supervision, employee recruitment and retention, motivation, job design, staff development, and issues of diversity. The role of agency boards of directors, their composition, and development is also examined. |
SOW 5435. Social Program Evaluation
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Prerequisite: SOW 5404. This course presents the historical and contemporary importance of social program evaluation and research methods. The course focuses on applied qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods that are useful to managers, public administrators, and policy analysts. Particular emphasis is placed on evidence-based procedures/methods that will be useful for social work administrators for designing and carrying out an evaluation of social programs and policies. How programs and policies can further the cause of social and economic justice for oppressed and disadvantaged groups is also explored. |
SOW 5455. Grant Writing and Grant Management
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
This course covers the basics of proposals: purpose statements, background and justification, aims or objectives, personnel, time line, methods, budget, evaluation, and how to effectively manage grants once they are funded. The needs of disenfranchised groups or communities are discussed in this course, along with the particulars of proposals that may be most effective in meeting such needs. |
SOW 5532r. Graduate Field Instruction I
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Prerequisite: SOW 5308. This course is required for first-year graduate students and taken concurrently with coursework. Students are provided with a supervised generalist social work practice experience in a variety of settings. May be repeated to a maximum of ten semester hours. |
SOW 5535r. Graduate Field Instruction II
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Prerequisite: SOW 5369. This course is required for advanced graduate students and taken concurrently with Advanced Seminar in Social Work Practice. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve semester hours. |
SOW 5785. International Social Work and Social Welfare
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
The course prepares students for international social-work practice and for transnational work with immigrants, refugees, international migrants, etc. It introduces international perspectives in the social-work field and offers varied examples of social-work practice in the U.S., Western and Central European and Caribbean nations. The course examines the impact of the global interdependence on social-work practice and policy and helps students learn to critically analyze varied practice approaches utilized in dealing with international welfare issues. |
SOW 5943. International Community Engagement
Credit-Bearing
Graduate |
Prerequisites: Acceptance into the College of Social Work Alternative Spring break program along with international travel during FSU's scheduled spring break. This course utilizes a service learning experience in an international social services organization to introduce students to international social work practice and a range of global social issues that shape human welfare and social development. |
