Overview
Description
Overview of micro, mezzo, and macro issues related to gender and sexuality in social work practice. Course content will build an understanding of gender and sexual diversity and the policies, practices, and risk and protective factors that affected people with marginalized gender and sexual identities (i.e., LGBTQ+ people).
Requirements
Prerequisites
- entry into MSW Program
SW 101SW 250SOC 101PSY 101CH 203
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): SW 101, SW 250, SOC 101, PSY 101, and CH 203; or entry into MSW Program
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Restrictions
entry into MSW Program
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- learn the ethical standards and best practices of professional social work with people with marginalized gender and sexual identities (LGBTQ+ people).
- increase awareness of the risk and protective factors for physical, mental, and social health of LGBTQ+ people and their families.
- describe the policy, legal, and social environments that directly affect LGBTQ people in the United States and globally.
- identify effective skills and evidence-informed best practices for serving LGBTQ clients in individual, group, and family therapy; and for engaging in community organizing and policy advocacy.
- synthesize an understanding of the relationship between social and structural determinants of health and wellbeing with social policies affecting LGBTQ people.