Undergraduate Minor in Social Work
http://msass.case.edu/
Phone: 216-368-2256
Dean Grover "Cleve" Gilmore, PhD
MandelSchoolDean@case.edu
Undergraduate Social Work Minor
The Social Work Minor offers interdisciplinary collaborative learning that includes service, community engagement, and an exploration of values. Students experience active learning that is practical and applied to real-world settings. The minor integrates social work theory and practice, social policy, socio-behavioral theory and research to understand and address complex social problems of our time, domestically and internationally. Some issues covered in the courses include oppression and privilege, poverty, violence, social justice, alcohol and other drug abuse, social welfare, community development. Courses can be taken on campus or through the our short term international study and travel courses.
The Social Work minor requires 15 credit hours. Some of the courses include:
SASS 284- Oppression and Privilege in a Multicultural Society
SASS 315- Adoption Practice and Policy
SASS 318- Death, Grief and Loss
SASS 325- The Netherlands Social Justice: Health and Violence Prevention
SASS 355- Drugs and Youth
SASS 367- Poverty and Children
SASS 369- Social Networking and Community Organizing in the 21st Century
SASS 375A- Ecuador: Health, Human and Social Development in Ecuador
SASS 375B- Mental Health Issues and Practice- The Netherlands
SASS 375C- Poland: Invisible Groups in a New Poland
SASS 375D- Guatemala: Community Development Approach to Child Welfare
SASS 375F Gender and Sexuality Justice-LGBT life/Dutch Culture
SASS 385- Social Welfare Capstone
SASS 390- Independent Study
SASS 391- Seminar on Community Needs and Services