Culture, Identity and Diversity - SOCW2008
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of Social Sciences
Course Outline: School of Social Sciences
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: SOCW1001 and SOCW1004, and enrolment in a Social Work program
Equivalent: SOCW2001
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Subject Area: Social Work
This course considers the context of social work in a multi-ethnic and diverse society. First, identity is examined as having biographical, psychological, cultural, social and economic dimensions. Second, the course considers the ways in which a multi-ethnic and diverse society creates challenges for social work goals and methods. This part of the course introduces the practice and theory of “anti-oppressive” social work. Third, the course explores the multiplicity of ways in which diversity and belonging are to be understood (for example in terms of age, disability, gender, sexuality, health and ethnicity) and considers the implications for social work of the intersections between identities and issues of marginality.