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2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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SOWK 559 - Community Based Practice in Mexico and the United States

3 Credit Hours
Concentration elective course. Provides an understanding of community based social work practice as carried out in Mexico and the United States. Focuses on social work community practice trends as they affect the delivery of human services and the requisite knowledge and problem solving skills needed to address them. Critical thinking skills and the principles of evidence-based practice are emphasized in order to analyze the extent to which trends are transformed in the delivery of human services both in the United States and in Mexico. Particular emphasis is placed on social and economic development, including community organizing, activism, and micro enterprise.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 510, 512, 513, 519, 522, 537, 538, 539 and 543 or 544.
Comment(s): Advanced Standing satisfies prerequisites.
Registration Restriction(s): Graduate students only. Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Non-MSSW students may register with consent of instructor.



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