The American Indian and Alaska Native (Al/AN) Concentration is designed to prepare students for advanced social work practice with AI/AN populations. The concentration grounds students in the historical and contemporary issues facing Native populations from a cultural, policy, and practice perspective.
The concentration has three tracks to choose from:
Direct Practice: Trauma Informed: for students who plan to work with AI/AN communities coping with trauma through a direct practice lens
Direct Practice: Behavioral Health: for students who plan to work with AI/AN communities experiencing mental health and substance abuse conditions through a direct practice lens
Community Track: for students who plan to work in community building, capacity development, leadership and asset building in AI/AN tribes and communities
Concentration Requirements: 21 Credits
- Indigenous Knowledge, Values, and Cultures (3 credits)
- AI/AN Social Welfare Policies and Administrative Practices (3 credits)
- Indigenous Mental Health Practice (3 credits)
- Community Development with AI and other Indigenous Communities (3 credits)
- Social Policy Analysis and Evaluation (3 credits) or Evaluation of Programs and Services (3 credits)
- Leadership and Management of Organizations (3 credits) or Human Service Organizations: Theories, Concepts, Issues (3 credits)
- One additional practice-focused course, to be determined based on your track of choice (3 credits)
You will also have 9 elective credits, which can be used to broaden your expertise through courses such as:
- Fundamentals of Community Organizing (1 Credit)
- Differential Diagnosis (3 credits)
- Core Concepts in Trauma Treatment for Children and Adolescents (3 credits)
- Theoretical Approaches to Interpersonal Violence Across the Life Course (3 credits)