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Orientation Seminar for Community Scholars: Social Work in Diverse Communities

SW622

Credits: 1
Prerequisites: None

Course Description

This course will provide an orientation to community organization as a field of practice and educational program in the School of Social Work, with special emphasis on the Community Scholars Program (CSP). It will examine core concepts, practice methods, curricular competencies and course content, including CSP as a special program for building capacity and creating change at the community level in Detroit neighborhoods and other urban and rural areas nationwide.

Objectives

1. Understand basic concepts of community based practice.
2. Discuss community participation and social well- being as core elements of community based practice
3. Describe educational structure and institutional resources relevant to the Community Based Initiative and National Community Scholars program.
4. Develop familiarity with community issues and change efforts currently occuring in Detroit, MI. Identify issues of race, gender, class, and other diversity dimensions relevant to various constructions of community

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