500 Level Courses
SOWK 500: Lifespan Development, Human Behavior, Trauma and Theory
Credit Hours
3
Description
This course will consider biopsychosocial spiritual theories across the life-course, with a focus on trauma and resilience and an understanding of the role of neuroscience in development. Within each module, we will briefly introduce "traditional" understandings of development, and then complicate these approaches with a discussion of challenges and thriving reflected by clients of social workers. The course will also explore the role of the social work profession in using knowledge of the impact of the social environment on development to build programs and policies reflective of the value of social justice at the core of the profession. By the end of the course, social work students will be able to use content to assess adaptation and development based on individual- or community-level resilience, stressors, and disadvantage.
