345 Transgender Studies: Theory, Practice and Advocacy
Davey Shlasko (HBSE Elective Advanced Social Theory)
This course situates contemporary trans identities, experiences, communities and movements in their historical and social contexts and explores implications for social work practice.
346 Social Work in Health Care: A Holistic Approach
Arden O'Donnell (General Practice Elective)
This course is designed to introduce students to social work practice in healthcare settings from a biopsychosocial perspective.
374 Social Work Challenges to Clinical Social Work and What to do about Them
Cheryl Jacques (General Policy Elective)
The purpose of this course is to understand and recognize the impact of social welfare policies on clinical social work practice.
378 History of Black Lives Matter: Intersectional Anti-Racism and Violence Studies
Leigh-Anne Francis (General Policy Elective)
In this course, students use intersectionality theories to critically analyze scholarly and activist writings that expose and interrogate the spectrum of legal and extralegal individual, collective and institutional anti-black violence in the United States from slavery to the present.
396 Queering Practice: Clinical Considerations for Engaging Queer Identities and Queer Spaces
Jaycelle Basford-Pequet (General Practice Elective)
This course is designed to engage students through a person-in-environment perspective for practice with queer communities.
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