Power, Oppression, Social Justice, Evidence-Informed Practice, Advocacy, and Diversity
SOWK 2156
3 hours
Power, Oppression, Social Justice, Evidence-Informed Practice, Advocacy, and Diversity
Course Description
Exploration of the complex concerns that emerge in diverse
environments in order to understand the historical, political,
and sociological realities of perceived and genuine differences
that can lead to ethnocentrism, biases, prejudice,
discrimination, exploitation and oppression within, among, and
between groups. Students will be challenged to expand their
visible and invisible perceptions of those who are different from
themselves.
Athena Title
Pow Opp Soc Just Pract Adv Div
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in SOWK 2156E
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will achieve a heightened ability to understand social justice, marginalized populations, and oppression other nationally and internationally.
By the end of this course, students will achieve a heightened ability to comprehend the value diversity within the profession of social work.
By the end of this course, students will achieve a heightened ability to increase their personal awareness of their own biases regarding race, gender, religious beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disabilities, socioeconomic differences, political ideologies, and regional differences.
By the end of this course, students will achieve a heightened ability to understand their implicit assumptions which contribute to biases and prejudices.
By the end of this course, students will achieve a heightened ability to acquire and display behaviors that are consistent with social work values and attitudes that are respectful of human diversity as well as strategies for addressing discrimination and oppression personally and professionally.
By the end of this course, students will achieve a heightened ability to control their biases, stereotypes, prejudices.
Topical Outline
Week 1: History of the profession, social justices, marginalized populations
Week 2: The human condition, perception theory, sociology of oppression
Week 3: Differences of self/identifying self (normal v. not normal, attribution theory
Assignment Autobiography (difference and sameness)
Week 4: Differences of self/identifying self (normal v. not normal, attribution theory Assignment Autobiography (difference and sameness)
Week 5: Race & ethnicity- break gap between unique, ownership v. what is part of them
Week 6: Race & ethnicity- break gap between unique, ownership v. what is part of them
Generic and variant characteristics
Week 7: Religion/Spirituality
Week 8: Gender
Week 9: Age –vertical differences of hierarchy
Week 10: Sexual orientation
Week 11: Disabilities – late onset v. birth, self identity of disability
