SW 148 Contemporary Global Issues in Social Welfare
This course is designed to expose students to a variety of contemporary global human rights and social justice issues related to social welfare and human behavior in the social environment. Students will engage in critical thinking and analysis of global issues from a comprehensive global framework. The course will explore how historical, cultural, economic, political, and religious factors impact social welfare policies and the delivery of social welfare services in different regions worldwide. Students will acquire a knowledge base of contemporary global issues conceptualizing international social welfare practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels in the areas of social welfare policy, direct practice, research, cross-cultural collaboration, and human behavior in the social environment. NOTE: In order for students to use this course to count for the units required for LACE Integrative Scholarship, please know that you must simultaneously enroll in both this course and FLM 102: Cell Phone Cinema course during the same semester. If you do not intend to use this course to count for the units required for LACE Integrative Scholarship but rather as a social work major elective or as a general elective, then know that you do not need to concurrently enroll in FLM 102: Cell Phone Cinema. GE 6A when linked with FLM 102.
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SW