The Assignments list contains the details of the course listening assignments. There are four separate listening assignments of equal value (10%) and each assignment contains five compositions, some of which have more than one movement. You are required to listen to the recordings and write approximately one paragraph on each composition (but not each movement). Therefore, you should submit a five-paragraph document for each assignment […]

In the lectures, I presented the important role of Chinese immigrants (and later other Asian immigrants) to the development of American industrialism. First, discuss how and why Chinese immigrants initially came to the United States and their main contributions to the American economy from the 1840s to the 1920s. Then, drawing on lectures, explain why do you think this history is conspicuously absent in today’s […]

Imagine that two focus groups have been conducted in an Asian American and immigrant community in a large urban city. The rationale of conducting the qualitative study was because it has been noted that many Asian Americans and immigrants are reluctant to seek mental health services. To further understand this issue, service providers including social workers, counselors, doctors, and nurses were recruited to discuss the […]

 In many of the Assignments in the course, you employed ethical decision  making in order to recommend solutions to ethical issues within  government and nonprofit organizations. As a current or future public  administrator in a government or nonprofit organization, you must  act  responsibly and ethically to  ensure positive social change. One way to  promote the ethical conduct of your organization is to utilize ethical  decision […]

About 15 years ago, before evidence-based practice became a standard to which to aspire, a professor found an article describing a treatment program for substance-abusing African-American women that incorporated their children and aimed to preserve their families. The program was built around principles of African-centered theory. The professor thought the program appeared well designed and heartily urged students to study the article and possibly find […]

 Unit VII Research Paper Write a research paper that analyzes methods used to appropriately manage teams and groups within organizations. In your research paper, be sure to include the following elements: Distinguish between a group and a team. Distinguish between Teamthink and Groupthink ( in the Manz & Neck article), and identify benefits and drawbacks. Discuss the process of evolving a group into a team […]

 Unit VIII Article Critique The Brisson-Banks (2010) article in the required reading for this unit compares the five different change management models presented in this unit. It also describes various situational variables that could influence the effectiveness of each model. Utilizing all of the knowledge accumulated through this unit and the previous units, write a critique of the article below: Brisson-Banks, C. (2010). Managing change […]

In this paper, outline the issue at hand. Tell the reader: what is the problem? Use the 13 provided sources for this. What is going on with Women of Color’s maternal mortality rates? What are the statistics? Why is this happening? Summarize all of the research in a  systematic way (ie group the research according to themes – these could be subheadings in the paper) […]

 In 500 words or more (no less), research the trolley problem and tell me why you would or would not pull the lever. Make sure you use the concepts introduced in the material above. You may use examples, but you will still need to include a full scholarly definition of each, with commentary. You may use any scholarly source other than a dictionary, to include […]

Dudley (2009) points out that social work practice is usually embedded in programs. While you looked at practice evaluation using single-subject design in Week 3, this week, you shift focus to program evaluation. Program evaluation serves many purposes, including accountability to funders and to the public. Often, funding sources such as government agencies or private foundations requires periodic program evaluations. These evaluations can help provide […]