Academic Calendar 2020/2021 - Social Work as Transformative Practice
SWRK 3106 Social Work as Transformative Practice
Prerequisites:
SWRK 1007, SWLF 1006, SWRK 2006 and SWRK 2106 or equivalentsRestrictions:
Restricted to students in the 3rd year of the BSW program.Hours:
Three hours of lecture per week for one term.Credits:
3Description:
Students are introduced to the knowledge base, ethics and values of social work. The everyday realities of social workers are explored in historical, theoretical, and ethical frameworks. Processes and effects of structures of oppression and privilege are central, questioning how individual and collective practices may challenge and transform such structures. Concepts of resistance, power, ideology and critical selfreflection ground the course. Students develop and apply frameworks for ethical decision-making in practice