SW 301 - Race, Gender, and Inequality

Units: 4; Breadth Area: Diversity
Exploration of the impact of race, racism, gender, sexism, homophobia, ableism, and inequality in social work practice. Effective problem-solving when confronted with institutional barriers and interpersonal conflicts in agency and community-based social work practice with diverse populations.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: Overlay - Diversity
Prerequisites: BSW Major
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Synchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall ONLY

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Understand and apply appropriate theories and concepts, including intersectionality in working with marginalized and oppressed populations
Understand, value, and respect multicultural perspectives as well as recognize and apply skills of change/advocacy to conditions of racism, sexism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression, discrimination, and social and economic injustice at the individual, family, community, organizational, and governmental levels
Analyze the influences of oppression, institutional racism, and other oppressive structural forces on the cultures of various ethnic/racial, gender, disability, age groups, including values, beliefs, coping strategies, and attitudes toward social service institutions
Demonstrate knowledge of issues related to power, oppression, institutional discrimination, and their impact upon practice with diverse urban populations
Apply the lens of intersectionality to social problems, social service programs, and agency policies and operations
Understand and reflect on the multiple identities and intersecting diversities within oneself and in the larger society
Communicate about diversity and social justice issues with fellow students and colleagues through class discussions, papers, and other assignments in an ethical, professional, and appropriate manner

Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes

Describe the histories and/or experiences of one or more U. S. cultural groups and the resilience and agency of group members;
identify structures of oppression and the diverse efforts and strategies used by groups to combat the effects of oppressive structures;
analyze the intersection of the categories of race and gender as they affect cultural group members’ lived realities and/or as they are embodied in personal and collective identities;
recognize the way that multiple differences (including, for example, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, gender expression, color/phenotype, racial mixture, linguistic expression, and/or age) within cultural groups complicate individual and group identities.