SCWK7722 · Social Work
School of Social Work
Required of Clinical Social Work students; elective for others.. An examination of the etiology and identification of adult mental disorders utilizing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Focus is on psychological, genetic, and biochemical theories of mental illness; biopsychosocial stressors in symptom formation, assessment and treatment; cultural determinants in psychopathology; differential diagnosis; and drug therapies.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.7 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.5 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.6 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.4 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3.5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Clinical Professor, SSW, Children, Youth & Family
4.6 / 5
4.3 / 5
Associate Professor, SSW, Health & Mental Health
4.8 / 5
4.6 / 5
Part Time Faculty, School of Social Work
4.5 / 5
4.4 / 5
Part Time Faculty, School of Social Work
4.9 / 5
4.5 / 5
Part Time Faculty, School of Social Work
4.9 / 5
4.6 / 5
Part Time Faculty, School of Social Work
4.2 / 5
4.0 / 5
Student Employment Assistant, Office of the Provost and Dean of Faculties
4.1 / 5
4.0 / 5
2 evaluations for this course
4.6 / 5
4.4 / 5
Louise McMahon Ahearn Endowed Professor, SSW, Older Adults and Families
3.6 / 5
3.6 / 5
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
12 sectionsSummer 2024
1 sectionSpring 2024
10 sectionsSummer 2023
1 sectionSpring 2023
13 sectionsSummer 2022
1 sectionSpring 2022
12 sectionsSummer 2021
1 sectionSpring 2021
8 sectionsSummer 2020
1 sectionSpring 2020
11 sections