Description
SWK 300 Intro to Cultural Competence Three Credit Hours
The purpose of Introduction to Cultural Competence is to develop a foundation for becoming culturally competent social workers for generalist practice. Throughout this course, students wll engage in personal and professional reflections of biases that influce social work practice. This course will focus on issues of diversity, oppression and empowerment in a range of client systems within the context of race, culture, class, gender, sexual orientation, age and difference. Ths course also examines issues of bias and generalizations of diverse, cultural groups. Students will develop skills in understanding cultural difference and utilizing the ecological perspective in working with diverse client systems.