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Utilizes a focus on the history and process of social welfare in the United States and other countries to help the students learn how social welfare policy is organized and developed. Students also learn strategies and techniques to analyze current policy and influence future policy.

This course considers issues of human diversity focusing on cultural pluralism and race and ethnic relations. Students will explore concepts of privilege, oppression, prejudice, and discrimination in the context of U.S. communities and human service professions and learn strategies for dismantling oppression and promoting socially just practices. Other dimensions of diversity (e.g., gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, ability) are explored.

This course analyzes human behavior as it's impacted by the social environment from a lifespan developmental approach. Students examine the effects of social structures, social policies, and cultural patterns on individuals from a variety of theoretical perspectives to better understand social conditions and problem areas in society.

This course surveys issues of suffering and death from biblical, systematic and ethical perspectives of Theology, as well as psycho-social, legal and ethical perspectives of the helping professions.  Focus is on exploring the universal experience of loss and the many dimensions of suffering that flow from loss.

This course explores perspectives on human sexuality, body image, body change (e.g., disability, illness, aging), and body variations. Students explore the social construction of gender, body image, and sexuality and the consequences that differing meanings of "body" and "sex" can have on individuals in our society.

This course focuses on interviewing skills that are fundamental to the helping professions. Students will understand theories, concepts, and skills behind relationship building, active listening, and the interviewing process as well as how to apply knowledge and skills to affect change with various populations, problems, and settings.

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