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| Human Behavior in Social Environment | |||
| HUM BEHAV/S.E. | |||
| CLASS CODE: | SW 367 | CREDITS: 3 | |
| DIVISION: | EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| DEPARTMENT: | SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | This course introduces social works' perspective on human behavior and the social environment. Life span development within the context of human and social systems theory are studied. | ||
| TAUGHT: | Winter, Summer, Fall | ||
| CONTENT AND TOPICS: | The bio-psycho-social context of human development. Relationships between life-span issues and the understanding of person-environment transactions with individuals, families, groups, organizations, communities, economic systems, culture and society are all areas of study. | ||
| GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: | Study the reciprocal nature of person-enviroment transactions. Study social systems theory as a backdrop for understanding organizational, functional and human behavior within the context of community and social systems. | ||
| REQUIREMENTS: | There will be four exams including the final. Complete quizzes over reading and discussion materials. Two writing assignments will be required on life-span issues and/or social systems person-in-the environment triplex. They will integrate theoretical models using micro, messo and macro systems analysis as applied to the article. |
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| PREREQUISITES: | Permission of instructor | ||
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: | August 2001 | ||