SOCW 3420 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment II

(3) Credit Hours

This course builds on essential knowledge, values, and skills related to social work theory and macro social work practice. This course emphasizes a systems, person-in-environment perspective and a social, economic, and political justice framework. This contextual emphasis will look at group, community, and organizational development in the context of larger social conflicts associated with class, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and ability status. This course will help build upon social work student’s assessment abilities within generalist social work practice. Within this context, there is a focus on theories, models, conceptual frameworks, and evidence-based practice that pertain to working with groups, communities, and organizations. There is also an emphasis on knowledge, skills, values, and cognitive affective processes that are explicitly or implicitly involved in social work practice within a macro context. Spring semester.Prerequisites: Admission into the Social Work program or department head approval.