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Sep 01, 2025
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Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog
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HWC 509 - Foundations of Social Justice: Challenging Oppression
This course explores the meaning of social justice within the context of political economy, human nature, and health policy. Examination will include the relation of historical implications within contemporary discourse. This course will analyze the foundations of power, privilege, and prejudice in the United States through the lens of social work ethos that values human rights, equality, respect, and health for all. Emphasis will be placed on the identification of social injustice, challenging institutional oppression, and the creation of effective methods to empower marginalized and oppressed populations. Class meets two hours in-class and one hour of instructor directed assignments.
3 credits
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Graduate Health Sciences Program.
Corequisite(s): HWC 596A OR matriculated in Part-time SSW Grad Program
Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)
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