Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Social Work students. Grade of C or higher in SOWK 500, SOWK 501, SOWK 502, SOWK 503, SOWK 505, SOWK 508, SOWK 509, and SWII 530S; P in SWII 530; or Advanced Standing Students, Advanced Standing Online Students, or 5 Year Social Work Students.
This course extends theoretical knowledge and practical skills in mezzo and macro social work practice that support anti-racist and anti-oppressive, community-engaged practices and considers the community as a place of practice and source of social change and discusses the role. Emphasis is given to philanthropy and its critiques, as well as grant-writing. In addition, the course will provide(s) practical experience such as creating work team contracts, articulating the elements of a typical grant proposal, and reviewing grant proposals.
Outcomes: Demonstrate integrated practice skills that take into consideration the contextual environment of marginalized populations; Analyze models used in community intervention; Apply course content to develop a research topic on macro social work.
This course extends theoretical knowledge and practical skills in mezzo and macro social work practice that support anti-racist and anti-oppressive, community-engaged practices and considers the community as a place of practice and source of social change and discusses the role. Emphasis is given to philanthropy and its critiques, as well as grant-writing. In addition, the course will provide(s) practical experience such as creating work team contracts, articulating the elements of a typical grant proposal, and reviewing grant proposals.
Outcomes: Demonstrate integrated practice skills that take into consideration the contextual environment of marginalized populations; Analyze models used in community intervention; Apply course content to develop a research topic on macro social work.