Adv Analysis Of Social Problems, Policy

Instructor:
Kathryn Kay Showalter
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Credits:
3.0
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Building:
Patterson Office Tower
Room:
Rm.113
Semester:
Spring 2025
Start Date:
End Date:
Name:
Adv Analysis Of Social Problems, Policy
Requisites:

Prereq: Admission into the doctoral program.

Class Type:
LEC
1:00 pm
4:00 pm
Days:
F
Note:
For students in the College of Social Work PhD Program.

This course provides students with a theoretical and conceptual framework for understanding social problems and their implications for macro social work practice. Critical perspectives related to social science theory will be identified, assumptions assessed, values examined, and empirical evidence analyzed. Theories covered will be drawn from sociological, socio-cultural, political, economic, historical and other perspectives. Students will be expected to develop their abilities to analyze and critique social problems and macro social work practice.

This course provides students with a theoretical and conceptual framework for understanding social problems and their implications for macro social work practice. Critical perspectives related to social science theory will be identified, assumptions assessed, values examined, and empirical evidence analyzed. Theories covered will be drawn from sociological, socio-cultural, political, economic, historical and other perspectives. Students will be expected to develop their abilities to analyze and critique social problems and macro social work practice.

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