Advanced Topics in Macro Social Work

Class this term is for students with an int'l field placement planned for the upcoming Spring/Summer term . Class will have a final meeting session during the subsequent Fall term.

This course is designed to help prepare social work students for professional practice during a field placement or study experience in a global setting, as well as to help integrate that experience into the broader educational experience at UM/SSW. Students will critically examine the impact of their positionalities, assumptions, values, theories and practice models and begin to develop a practice framework that is ethical, relevant and effective in a global setting.