SW 550 - Social Diversity and Cultural Understanding

Meets with SW 3550. This course explores the many different definitions of diversity and the different realities and impact of how diversity functions in the United States. It will explore how certain individuals, groups, and communities in the United States have experience unique social, economic, and political subordination relative to the institutional frameworks of the dominant majority. Consistent with the social justice tradition of the social work profession, this course will look at the ways in which practitioners seek to deal with the abuses experienced by individuals and families and to ensure that all individuals and families and to ensure that all individuals have an equal opportunity to develop and prosper free of discrimination, oppression, privilege, victimization, and exploitation.