SOWK 201 - Social Welfare in our Society & the Field of Social Work

3 credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the field of social work. As a discipline social work strives to improve the lives of people whether at the individual, family, group or societal level through services offered via the social welfare system. This course is designed to teach students to evaluate cultural norms, societal institutions, and implicit and explicit assumptions about themselves through the lens of social work practice. The course will also provide students with an introduction to the historic development of social work and social welfare and its relationship to effective provision of intervention services.

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None

*Fulfills Civitae Core FHBS
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