Explore how historical events have shaped the social work profession. Recognize personal values in the context of one's practice as a social worker and identify roles and knowledge base required, in alignment with the NASW Code of Ethics (2021) and CSWE (2022). Recognize social, cultural, and economic justice issues related to vulnerable groups and the impact of inequality. Describe social work settings and various fields of practice.
3 Credit Hours
Explore history, values, ideologies, and ethics in development of social welfare in the United States in alignment with NASW Code of Ethics (2021) and CSWE (2022). Identify the role of government in the delivery of social services and learn how institutional structures, including forms of oppression and discrimination, and human diversity issues influence the delivery of social services.
3 Credit Hours
Anti-Oppressive Social Work focuses not only on cultural competence but also emphasizes our professional mandate from the National Association of Social Workers for Social and Political Action. In this course, students will learn about cultural competence but do so through a lens that promotes humility and action. Students will engage in exercises that develop empathy and an understanding of how intersectionality influences the way they and others interact with the world around them. They will assess for their own implicit biases, and for systemic barriers within education, healthcare, and politics. Students begin to understand the roles that both privilege and oppression play in their own lives and the lives of those around them. Though this is an introductory class, students will begin to gather tools for future practice that will help them recognize and dismantle oppressive forces through their professional and ethical obligation as social workers. Forty-eight-hour field placement observation required. This course has no textbook costs.
3 Credit Hours
0.5 - 9 Credit Hours