COURSE INFORMATION
| Instructor: | Tony Brown |
| Class Time: | 8-9:15 a.m., T/Th |
| Class Location: | S14 |
| Office Phone: | 8285 |
| Office: | Smith Center |
| E-mail: | tonyhb@hesston.edu |
HESSTON COLLEGE MISSION STATEMENT
"Hesston College, the two year college of the Mennonite Church, educates and nurtures each student within Christ-centered community integrating thought, life, and faith for service to others in the church and world."
- "May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to you my Lord and my Redeemer always."
- the Psalms
- "Education consists more of difficult questions than it does of easy answers."
- anonymous
- "As you gave help to the least of these you gave this help to me."
- Jesus
- "If I can help someone as I pass along, if I can cheer someone with a word or song then my living will not be in vain."
- Martin Luther King
- "Much of what we have materially is at the expense of someone else."
- anonymous
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed to introduce students to social welfare as a social institution. This will be studied both from a historical and contemporary perspective. Social work as a social welfare profession will be studied.The course is intended to help students think critically, make value judgements and broaden appreciation of human diversity.
There will be an attempt to help students see beyond their own value system and to see the point of view of others. Students will be encouraged to take a hard look at their own thoughts, beliefs, and feelings in light of various social problems that confront the United States.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- Acquire a basic understanding of (1) social welfare as a social institution and (2) the influence of cultural, political and economic forces on the development of the institution of social welfare.
- Develop an understanding of the basic social problems in the United States and how social welfare responds to those problems.
- Know the basic components of public and private social welfare programs in the United States.
- Develop familiarity with social work as one social welfare profession.
- Become familiar with social welfare and social work as seen on the Internet.
- Develop critical thinking ability related to the field of social welfare.
- Work collaboratively in completely selected assignments..
METHODS
- Typical activities include lectures, videos, readings, guests and class discussions.
- The text for this course is: Zastrow, Charles (2004). Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare. Chicago: Dorsey Press. III.
For a complete syllabus, including explanation of written assignments, form for written work or course schedule, please speak to the instructor.
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