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Apr 28, 2024
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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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SWRK 230 - Introduction to Social Work
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
This course focuses on the historical development of social welfare, social work and various social services. The course focuses on the nature, causes, and extent of major social problems, and provides examples of how people are affected by such problems. Emphasis is placed on various roles of social workers, the generalist method, cultural competence, ecological and systems theory, the strengths perspective, and responses to the needs of the poor, families, and populations at risk such as the elderly, children, sexual minorities, and people of color. Also addressed are changing trends in society and how they affect social work practice
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