DIVERSITY, OPPRESSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN SOCIAL WORK

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: SOC WORK 205 , 206 , and junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze the history of racial and colonial oppression in the US and its ongoing impact on present-day social structures and individual experiences. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the ways in which power differentials operate, are experienced, and are reinforced. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Evaluate how intersections of various social identities contribute to unequal experiences, access to opportunities, and life outcomes, using a framework that incorporates anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Support arguments that account for needs and concerns of marginalized groups that brings to bear evidence from a range of sources, artifacts, and worldviews. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Enhance self-awareness and understanding of others through the exploration of social location and positionality, fostering a commitment to social justice and equity in social work practice. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze the history of racial and colonial oppression in the US and its ongoing impact on present-day social structures and individual experiences. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify the ways in which power differentials operate, are experienced, and are reinforced. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Evaluate how intersections of various social identities contribute to unequal experiences, access to opportunities, and life outcomes, using a framework that incorporates anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Support arguments that account for needs and concerns of marginalized groups that brings to bear evidence from a range of sources, artifacts, and worldviews. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Enhance self-awareness and understanding of others through the exploration of social location and positionality, fostering a commitment to social justice and equity in social work practice. Audience: Undergraduate