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SW 650

Social Work and Health

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Average gradeA
Standard

Overview

Description

Building on generalist practice knowledge & skills, course examines advanced theories of health promotion, policy, evidence-based practice skills relevant to working with diverse populations, health care settings.

Units

Lecture1
Discussion Recitation2

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Offering

Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

Terms

fall, spring, summer

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • recognize and discuss the important role of the social work profession and its function in health care setting within a changing context.
  • apply advanced theoretical knowledge for helping a diverse clientele in a variety of health care contexts and settings.
  • discuss health policies and health care systems, and how they relate to diversity, social and economic justice, and vulnerable populations.
  • examine the multidimensional nature of illness and its interactions with biological, psychological, social, and spiritual factors in cause, course, and outcome.
  • demonstrate practice skills needed in collaborative and interdisciplinary teams.
  • analyze health policies and health care systems, and how they relate to diversity, social and economic justice, and vulnerable populations.
  • evaluate the important role of the social work profession and its function in health care setting within a changing context.
  • evaluate advanced theoretical knowledge for helping a diverse clientele in a variety of health care contexts and settings.
  • evaluate the multidimensional nature of illness and its interactions with biological, psychological, social, and spirtual factores in cause, course, and outcome.
  • demonstrate and evaluate practice skills needed in collaborative and interdisciplinary teams.