SOWK 486 - Social Work with LGBTQ Persons

4 Hour(s) Credit
Provides the foundation knowledge needed for generalist practice with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) persons. Explores the lived experiences of LGBTQ persons in the U.S. across the lifespan and addresses some of the key social problems faced by this population. Explores the heterogeneity of LGBTQ lives across cultural, class, age, race, ethnic, religious and political cohorts and communities. Assumes a strengths-based affirmative model of social work practice with sexual minorities.
Four hours per week.
Prerequisites SOWK 200 or permission of instructor.