January 2025 University Catalog

SWK8020 Advanced Social Work Practice: Disaster and Crisis Management

Learners in this course analyze the various roles social workers take during disasters and crises (natural and man-made). Learners assess how social workers must respond in an ethical, culturally competent, and organized way to address the high and increasing number of events on the micro, mezzo, macro, and meta levels, based on theoretical models and best practices. For DSW learners only.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Completion of or concurrent registration in SWK8025.