Engaging Social Justice, Diversity and Oppression in Social Work (505)

In this course, you will learn how to develop a framework for 1) engaging diversity and differences in social work practice and 2) advancing human rights and social and economic justice. This course is designed to increase learners’ awareness, knowledge, and critical skills related to diversity, human rights, social and economic justice through understanding power and oppression across micro, meso, and macro levels. Learners will explore the knowledge base that underlies skills needed to work towards justice. These include types and sources of power, multiple social locations, social constructions, social processes, social identities, conflicts, and how all these interact. 

The course is organized into eight modules that include information lectures, readings, resource videos, interviews with experts, and engaging activities to encourage reflection, growth, and action. We anticipate that it will take you approximately three or four hours to complete each of the modules.