SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WITH LGBTQIA2S+ INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing and ( SOC WORK 205 , 708 , or 605 prior to Fall 2024), or declared in Social Work Advanced Standing MSW Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize key concepts and terms related to LGBTQIA2S+ individuals and communities. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify strategies for affirming social work practice with LGBTQIA2S+ individuals. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe the historical and contemporary policy and practice context for working with LGBTQIA2S+ communities. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Apply core tenets of LGBTQIA2S+-affirming practice to a subpopulation and/or practice setting of interest. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Critically evaluate the acceptability and effectiveness of interventions with LGBTQIA2S+ individuals and communities. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Summarize key concepts and terms related to LGBTQIA2S+ individuals and communities. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify strategies for affirming social work practice with LGBTQIA2S+ individuals. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe the historical and contemporary policy and practice context for working with LGBTQIA2S+ communities. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Apply core tenets of LGBTQIA2S+-affirming practice to a subpopulation and/or practice setting of interest. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Critically evaluate the acceptability and effectiveness of interventions with LGBTQIA2S+ individuals and communities. Audience: Graduate