[ARCHIVED CATALOG] 2018-2019 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
    May 08, 2024  
[ARCHIVED CATALOG] 2018-2019 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SWK 355 - Global Issues in Social Work

3 credits
This elective course is designed to introduce students to the theoretical foundations, global issues, and practice implication that are pertinent to the social work profession. This course also addresses topics in multiculturalism, global mental health, healthcare, human trafficking, poverty, homelessness, and crisis intervention with communities who have experienced disasters, terrorism, and other catastrophes. The role of both informal and formal support networks will be delineated as students learn to comprehensively assess, discuss and evaluate global issues in the social work profession.