SWRK 4360 - Community Planning & Development

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: junior or senior standing or instructor’s permission.
This course is designed to provide students’ knowledge of macro practice in the human services with an emphasis on skill development, planning, administration, evaluation, and community organizing components of practice. Students learn how practitioners utilize both empirical and conceptual knowledge in a self-disciplined manner to enable indigenous citizens in both rural and urban communities to gain rights as well as necessary resources. Opportunities are provided for students to explore skills and techniques in needs assessment, goal setting, fiscal management, staffing, and assessment and evaluation.