Course Description
A continuation of Current Issues in Social Work I.
Athena Title
Current Issues in SW II
Prerequisite
(SOWK 2154 or SOWK 2154S) and SOWK 2155 and (SOWK 2156 or SOWK 2156E) and permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
• Understand and apply critical thinking skills to current problems and issues in social work. • Engage in self-reflection regarding one’s own attitudes about current social problems.
Topical Outline
• Conceptualization of social problem/issue • Measurements and assessments • Demographics of social problem • Explanatory theories • Structural considerations • Alleviation efforts or proposals