Lecture: 4 hours/week
In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities such as lecture, discussion, field activities, group work, case studies, and presentations.
- Foundations of macro social work and systems perspectives
- Communities, organizations, and social systems
- Community needs and assets assessment
- Community engagement, mobilization, and consciousness-raising
- Power, inequality, and structural change
- Advocacy and influencing decision-makers
- Policy development and analysis
- Program planning and evaluation
- Funding and resource development
- Indigenous-led approaches to social change
- Ethics and professional practice in macro social work
- Collaboration and intersectoral practice
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Explain the meaning of macro social work and its application to organizational and community development, advocacy, and negotiation between social systems;
- Describe the links between macro social work and the advancement of human rights, social justice, decolonization, reconciliation, and environmental sustainability;
- Outline ways in which macro social work can be informed by Indigenous ways of knowing and being and support the rights of Indigenous Peoples;
- Identify the strengths and limitations of different approaches to macro social work practice;
- Describe how to implement practical strategies for social change (e.g., developing policy, evaluating programs, mobilizing community, managing projects, and securing funding);
- Apply principles of collaboration and advocacy in a community setting;
- Create a 'community needs' assessment that results in recommendations to support community empowerment and social change.
Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation in a course as part of the student’s graded performance. Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation will be clearly defined in the Instructor Course Outline. This is a letter-graded course.
Typical means of assessment include the following:
- Written papers
- Presentations
- Projects
- Exams
- Participation
- Attendance
Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students. A list of required textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of the semester. Example texts may include:
Brown, M. E., & Stalker, K. (current edition). Social work skills for community practice: Applied macro social work. Springer Publishing Company.
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