An examination of how human behavior is affected by membership in modern society's subcultural groups. Effects of membership in family systems, socio-economic classes, minority groups and deviant subcultures on the development of certain attitudes, values and ways of behaving are emphasized. Survey of philosophy, goals and history of the evaluation of social service policy analysis is identified. An orientation to policy evaluation is presented. Through a supervised practicum integrated with classroom work, the student puts theory into practice.
Students select settings that provide social work services and comlete a practicum in the setting.
S-WK 50 or instructor's consent.