SOWO 517 Anti Oppressive and Anti Discriminative Social Work
This
course will introduce a range of diverse populations by race, ethnicity, gender,
sexual orientation, and physical differences.
Additionally, students will examine the role, function, and effects of
oppression in society as it relates to social and economic justice. Assumptions underlying theory and research
methodologies from which basic constructs of human behavior are drawn will be
examined to understand how power and other dynamics manage and sustain
oppression at the individual and institutional levels. The course focuses on theories that
address conditions that create social, economic, and political injustice.
Attention is given to analyzing the causes and consequences of oppression on
persons and groups. Theories and practice models related to social, economic,
and political injustice with attention to persons and groups affected by
oppression. Also of interest here is how oppression affects
service delivery at micro and macro levels, particularly social policies and
strategic planning which drive the shape of services.
This
course will include the following topical (content) areas: 1. Anti-oppressive
Social Work Practice 2. Theoretical approaches to understand and confront
oppression 3. Anti-oppressive social work skills