SW 523 - Advocacy and Social Action

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Simmons University

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Prerequisite: Social Policy (401), HBSE (411) The focus of this one-semester course is to discuss relevant theories and strategies of social and political action that promote social justice within organizations and the larger community. Where advocacy assumes that people have rights, and those rights are enforceable, social action involves a coordinated and sustained effort to achieve institutional change to meet a need, solve a social problem or issue, or correct an injustice to improve and/or enhance the quality of human life and individual well-being (Baker, et al.). In this course students will gain understanding of policy practice theory and skills in regard to social, economic, political, and organizational systems, and will use this knowledge to then influence, formulate, and advocate for policy changes to meet the needs of clients. Students will develop skills necessary to create change at the client, agency, community, and/or societal level that is founded on the principles and ideals of social, distributive, political, and economic justice. Students will have the option of choosing a topic of interest to them that they identify as being a social problem and/or issue needing correction in a particular area (for example, mental health, immigration, disability, education, long-term care, health care, and LGBTQ issues, etc). This course meets the requirement for a social action course.

Credits:

2.00 - 3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.simmons.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 521-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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