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SWTP308 Introduction to Social Work

10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation A variety of teaching and learning strategies such as lectures, tutorials, workshops, WebCT and self-directed packages may be utilised.

This unit will introduce students to a range of social, political and economic ideologies and frameworks for understanding how problems are socially constructed. The unit will provide students with an understanding of how different social policy responses are developed in relation to changing conceptions of social problems. In particular, the unit will examine the impacts of globalisation, rapid technological change and increasing social diversity over the past thirty years on different sections of society. The unit will also explore the history of the social work profession and the different professional responses to prevailing social and economic transformations. Three different human services contexts are examined to help students gain an understanding of the diverse and dynamic nature of social work.

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