Mar 28, 2024  
2022-2023 Graduate Bulletin 
    
2022-2023 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

S_W 5810 - Advanced Community Social Work Practice (3)


When Offered: Fall
This advanced course focuses on the social work principles of empowerment and social change as they apply to communities. Students will develop advanced knowledge of the skills and strategies needed to engage effectively in community organizing, development and planning. Consistent with social work’s focus on oppressed and disenfranchised populations, students will critically examine the concept of diversity and privilege and their impact on communities. Students will also gain advanced skills in the use of community-based participatory research and an understanding of the use of media and social media in community practice.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of the MSW foundation curriculum (S_W 5005 , S_W 5010 , S_W 5020 , S_W 5030 , S_W 5040 , S_W 5200 , S_W 5210 , S_W 5220 , S_W 5230 , and S_W 5240 ) or permission of the MSW Program Director.