SOWK 671 - Assessment for Systems-Level Change

3 Hour(s) Credit
Offered as part of the Social Change and Leadership Specialization. Assessment is a pivotal step in all planned change processes. Accurate assessment best informs efforts to impact change in communities, organizations and policy arenas. In this macro assessment course, learn the purposes, theoretical bases and methods associated with organizational and community assessments. Emphasis is placed on the role of client and community collaboration in conducting assessments and addressing service gaps, as well as identifying disproportionality and racial disparities in service delivery and outcomes. Builds upon foundational assessment knowledge acquired through the generalist curriculum and informs work relative to the macro intervention courses (SOWK 672, SOWK 674). Provides essential understandings of how to assess macro systems, which is necessary for comprehensive field experiences.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites Social Change and Leadership (SCL) Specialization status or permission of M.S.W. Program director