Dec 04, 2025  
Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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HWC 549 - Overview of Social Work with Special Populations


This course examines the issues that social workers must consider when working with traditionally disenfranchised populations. Emphasis will include micro and macro issues when intervening with gay and lesbian individuals, members of diverse racial and ethnic groups, and women, as well as others. The historic as well as contemporary experiences of these individuals’ interactions with the health and human service delivery system will be explored. Class meets two hours in-class and one hour of instructor directed assignments.

3 credits

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)



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