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Program Development (SWK-765)


Semester: Summer 2021
Number: 0404-765-088
Instructor: TBA
Days: Thursday 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Note: Online, Synchronous
Location: Online
Credits: 3
Course Materials: View Text Books
Description:

Students will learn a broad range of knowledge and micro, mezzo, and macro skills needed to develop sound program proposals and to plan, manage, and evaluate social programs. They will practice skills needed to collaborate with stakeholders such as community members and organizations, boards of directors, collaborating agencies, and funders.

Learning Goals:   Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:1) Recognize the extent to which institutional structures within and around human service organizations may oppress, marginalize, and alienate client systems2) Design client-centered social programs that promote human rights, social and economic justice,and reflect the values and ethics of professional social workers3) Identify and critically evaluate sources of data or methods of data collection that can be used todevelop and evaluate social programs4) Identify theories that serve as a guiding framework for program design and the measurement of short, mid-and long-term outcomes.5) Establish programmatic goals, define successes, and establish measurable criteria for success inOutcomes 6) Demonstrate the ability to write a comprehensive program proposal and identify potentialfunding sources for the proposal7) Design a needs assessment of an agency, community, or client group8) Use a variety of social work skills mindfully in engaging, assessing, intervening, and evaluatingsocial work programs9) Identify key program stakeholders within and around human service agencies, communitymembers, related community agencies, and funders, and engage them in program design andevaluation

*The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here.

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