Historical & Contemporary Issues in Social Work Practice
Prerequisites: Doctoral student standing at Loyola University Chicago; Students in other LUC Doctoral programs may register for the course with approval from the School of Social Work Doctoral Program Director.
The course will provide a critical review and analysis of the historical development of social work practice and identify and explore contemporary issues that impact the current delivery of social work practice services.
Students will read from the professional literature ranging from the early 1900s to the present; critically evaluate the development of social work practice theory, knowledge, and skills as the profession sought to define what constitutes social work practice; examine the broader social, cultural, political, economic, and other contextual forces that shaped (and were shaped by) the development of social work practice and the provision of services to individuals, families, groups, and communities.
Outcomes: Evaluate the general historical development of social work practice in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, and its impact upon the empowerment and oppression of historically marginalized communities; Evaluate how historically marginalized communities created systems of mutual aid to support each other outside of the profession of social work; Identify the domains of social work practice knowledge and the intellectual currents which have influenced its ongoing development.
The course will provide a critical review and analysis of the historical development of social work practice and identify and explore contemporary issues that impact the current delivery of social work practice services.
Students will read from the professional literature ranging from the early 1900s to the present; critically evaluate the development of social work practice theory, knowledge, and skills as the profession sought to define what constitutes social work practice; examine the broader social, cultural, political, economic, and other contextual forces that shaped (and were shaped by) the development of social work practice and the provision of services to individuals, families, groups, and communities.
Outcomes: Evaluate the general historical development of social work practice in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, and its impact upon the empowerment and oppression of historically marginalized communities; Evaluate how historically marginalized communities created systems of mutual aid to support each other outside of the profession of social work; Identify the domains of social work practice knowledge and the intellectual currents which have influenced its ongoing development.