SWRK262

This course will focus on aspects and configurations of cultural and human diversity within the social environment. The course will examine individual, group, and community responses to cultural diversity and discrimination. Racism, sexism, ethnicity, ageism, homophobia, social class, and discrimination against the physically disabled and persons with AIDS will be explored from a developmental and ecological systems perspective. Students will analyze selected theories, concepts, and empirical data related to the harmful effects of inequality,discrimination, prejudice, and oppression.