HS 303 - Advanced Social Change Skills

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4

This course addresses methods for planning and facilitating change in organizations and communities. Students will be introduced to community and organizational theories. The class will examine principles of planned social change and the role of social workers as macro-level change agents. Students will learn how to analyze and define a social or organizational condition, set a goal, and organize to bring about social change from a variety of theoretical and cultural perspectives. Students will examine ethical considerations inherent in macro-level social work.

Prerequisite(s): None.