SOWK 374 - Practice with Organizations and Communities

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FA. Students will develop competencies in advanced generalist practice with organizations and communities, with an emphasis on how social workers engage, assess, plan, implement, and evaluate change at the macro level. Students will examine the historical roots of social work in macro practice and the social gospel. Students will deepen their understanding of the profession’s ethical commitments to economic, social, environmental justice, and anti-oppressive models of trauma-informed community practice that build off individual strengths and community assets. Enrollment is restricted to continuing-studies students. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 151 or SOC 151; SOWK 220.