Spring 2027

Psychopathology in Generalist Social Work Practice

Covers psychopathology in generalist social work practice, using the DSM to review major mental disorders across the lifespan and critique the medical model.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Amy Kucin3.7/5Tally Moses2.9/5

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.87 GPA, 91.9% A/AB (n=74 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=63 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 97.6% A/AB (n=83 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Recognize DSM criteria for major mental health conditions across the lifespan, including a critique of the medical model approach employed in mental health diagnosis and treatment in the United States.

  • Apply critical thinking to major mental health conditions considering social work values, a critique of the medical model approach, as well as a strengths-based, biopsychosocial framework.

  • Examine the mental healthcare system, the process of mental health diagnosis, and current events in mental health through a sociocultural lens, exploring the impacts of stigma, disparities, poverty, and oppression on mental health/illness.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Social Work BSW, Social Work MSW, Social Work Advanced Standing MSW, Preparation for Admission to Graduate/Professional, or Professional or Personal Enrichment Program

  • Declared in Social Work BSW, Social Work MSW, Social Work Advanced Standing MSW, Preparation for Admission to Graduate/Professional, or Professional or Personal Enrichment Program
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  • Declared in Social Work BSW, Social Work MSW, Social Work Advanced Standing MSW, Preparation for Admission to Graduate/Professional, or Professional or Personal Enrichment Program

Professors

Spring 2027
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Raw average: 4.00/5 from 2 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.96 GPA, 97.1% A/AB (n=35 letter grades).

Tally Moses

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Raw average: 2.59/5 from 41 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 3.42 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.68 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.64 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AMY KUCIN is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TALLY MOSES is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2023, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 350

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.87 GPA, 91.9% A/AB (n=74 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=63 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 97.6% A/AB (n=83 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Major mental disorders and the medical model
  • Social environment, culture, and stigma in mental health services
  • Impacts of stigma, disparities, poverty, and oppression

Skills

  • Recognizing DSM criteria for major mental health conditions
  • Applying critical thinking to mental health conditions using social work values
  • Examining the mental healthcare system through a sociocultural lens

Grades

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

6 earlier forecasts · 0.12 GPA average error.

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Where this course fits relative to

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1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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SOCWORK 612 · Spring 2027

Psychopathology in Generalist Social Work Practice

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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