Course Syllabi

Child Welfare Policies and Practices in China and the United States

Course syllabus by Monit Cheung. This course emphasizes comparative approaches to the analysis of child welfare policies and the service delivery systems in China and the United States.
 

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Greening of Social Work

environment, social welfare, social development, globalization, social change, ecological perspectives

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International Perspectives on Aging

Course syllabus by Rashmi Gupta The purpose of this course is to provide students with a knowledge base from an international perspective necessary for social work practice with the aged and their families.



global aging, policy, social network, ecological model, family, gerontology

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International Social Development

Course syllabus by Susan Mapp. A study of global issues focusing on social issues affecting the Global South. Issues to be examined will include AIDS/health care, modern slavery, refugees, and poverty.



social development, human rights, social justice

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International Social Development: Mexico

Course syllabus by Terry Carrilio. This course is intended to introduce students to the role of social work in international development, with a focus on the Baja Peninsula.



international development, social development, Mexico, collaboration, reciprocity, community

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International Social Work Practice

Course syllabus by Dr. Edith A. Lewis. This course attempts to prepare students for international social work or for work with immigrant and refugee populations in the United States by encouraging the development of appropriate strategies for working with those whose worldviews are beyond the narrow cultural contexts of this country.


human rights, social work, urbanization, children, poverty, race, immigrants, refugees

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Issues in International Social Development

Course syllabus by Frederick Ahearn, Jr. This course builds upon and expands on the knowledge, values, and skills of social policy, development, and evaluation.




MSW, PhD, values, social policy, evaluation, international, global agreements, environment, community, inequality

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Seminar on International Social Welfare and Sustainability

international social work, social development, globalization, education

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Seminar on International Social Work

Course syllabus by Alice Butterfield Johnson This seminar is designed designed to prepare students for international social welfare practice abroad and/or for transnational work in the United States with immigrants, foreign students, international adoption, etc.

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Social Work with Vulnerable Populations: Refugees and Displaced Persons

Course syllabus by M. A. Small. The course examines the processes that characterize the transitions of displace women, children, youth, and families within their country of origin and in integration into new countries



displaced women, children, families, youth, resettlement, intervention

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