| Course No | Course Title | CL | LB | CLINIC | CR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWK 113 | Working with Diversity | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| This course examines and promotes understanding, sensitivity, awareness, and knowledge of human diversity. Emphasis is placed on professional responsibilities, duties, and skills critical to multicultural human services practice. Upon completion, students should be able to integrate and expand knowledge, skills, and cultural awareness relevant to diverse populations. | |||||
Class meets on Wednesdays from 1:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. and is a hybrid class, thus at least an hour a week will be spent completing online assignments.
SWK 113 Working with Diversity Syllabus, Spring 2007
SWK 113 Journal Questions Spring 2007
| Class Activities | Homework Notes (besides BB notes) | |
| Class One: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 | Matching philosophies activity. Review syllabus and class activities. BB orientation. |
This week’s homework assignment involves reading chapters one and two in Jerry Diller’s Cultural diversity: A primer for the human services. For this week one homework assignment, you have three options to complete it. All options are worth the same number of points and you will not get extra credit for completing more than one formJ.1) Answer the chapter questions for the readings.2) Develop a detailed outline of the most important points of the two chapters.3) Take an open book, online quiz on the material (through Blackboard). The homework assignment is due in or by the next class (Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at 1:00 p.m.). If you choose option three, the online quiz, it must be completed by that time. |
| Class Two: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 | Implicit Association activity and discussion, green-haired people activity and discussion. |
This week's homework assignment involves reading chapter three (Understanding Racism, Prejudice, and White Privilege) in Cultural diversity: A primer for the human services and chapter I (Homo Stereotypus: Wired for Trouble) in Understanding prejudice and discrimination. To complete homework assignments for the above chapters, due in the next class, you have three options to complete it. All options are worth the same number of points and you will not get extra credit for completing more than one form. All options apply to both chapters so you can complete the homework assignments in different formats for the two chapters. 1) Answer the chapter questions (Plous: Chapter I) and chapter questions (Diller, chapter three) for the readings.2) Develop a detailed outline of the most important points of the two chapters.3) Take an open book, online quiz on the material (through Blackboard). The homework assignment is due in or by the next class (Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 1:00 p.m.). If you choose option three, the online quiz, it must be completed by that time. |
| Class Three: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 | Information from understandingprejudice.com survey. Cartoon Activity. Springboard discussion questions (Class led by Shelley Wright). | This week's homework assignment involves reading chapter four (Understanding Culture and Cultural Differences) in Cultural diversity: A primer for the human services and complete activity one, page 59-60, in Cultural diversity: A primer for the human services. To complete homework assignments for the above chapter, due in the next class, you have three options to complete it. All options are worth the same number of points and you will not get extra credit for completing more than one form. 1) Answer the questions (Diller: Chapter four) for the reading.2) Develop a detailed outline of the most important points of the chapter.3) Take an open book, online quiz on the material (through Blackboard). The homework assignment is due in or by the next class (Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 1:00 p.m.). If you choose option three, the online quiz, it must be completed by that time. |
| Class Four: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 | Tony Macias, Assistant Director, Student Action with Farmworkers, (919) 660-3652, www.saf-unite.org presented on issues related to immigration and farmworkers. | This week's homework assignment involves reading Chapter II: Stigmatization in Understanding prejudice and discrimination. questions (Plous: Chapter II). To complete homework assignments for the above chapter, due in the next class, you have three options to complete it. All options are worth the same number of points and you will not get extra credit for completing more than one form. 1) Answer the questions (Plous: Chapter II) for the reading.2) Develop a detailed outline of the most important points of the chapter.3) Take an open book, online quiz on the material (through Blackboard). The homework assignment is due in or by the next class (Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at 1:00 p.m.). If you choose option three, the online quiz, it must be completed by that time. |
| Class Five: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 | Ten Ways to Fight Hate workbook. Reread cartoon stories and discussed. Watched "An Unlikely Friendship." | This week's homework assignment involves reading Chapter III (Racism Then) in Understanding prejudice and discrimination. questions (Plous: Chapter III). Also completing questions from "An Unlikely Friendship." |
| Class Six: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 | General discussion. Watched Family name, and discussed. | This week's homework assignment involves reading Chapter IV (Racism Now) in Understanding prejudice and discrimination and Chapter twelve (Working with African American clients) in Cultural Diversity. Answer homework questions (Plous: Chapter IV) and questions (Diller: Chapter 12) |
| Class Seven: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 | Discussion of Chinese New Year and Taoism. Watched What doe it mean to be white? | This week's homework assignment involves reading two of the following three chapters in Cultural Diversity: Chapter five (Children and Parents of Color), chapter six (Mental health issues) and chapter seven (Bias in Service delivery) and answering the related homework questions: Chapter five (Children and Parents of Color), chapter six (Mental health issues) and chapter seven (Bias in Service delivery) |
| Class Eight: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 | Watched Persons of Interest. Continued discussion
of Taoism and Chinese new year.
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This week's homework assignment involves reading Chapter eight (Critical issues in working with culturally diverse clients) and chapter ten (Working with Latino/a clients: An interview with Roberto Almanzan) in Cultural diversity (Diller text) and answering the related homework questions: Chapter eight (Critical issues in working with culturally diverse clients) and chapter ten (Working with Latino/a clients: An interview with Roberto Almanzan) |
| Class Nine: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 | Rev. Wongong So. Won Buddhism. |
Read the following chapters: Chapter VII: Genocide in America in Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination (Plous Text) and answering the related questions and Chapter eleven: Working with Native American Clients: An Interview with Jack Lawson in Cultural diversity (Diller text) and answering the related questions. Complete homework assignment for the two chapters, due in the next class. (Homework assignments will be distributed in class) To complete homework assignments for the above chapter, due in the next class, you have three options to complete it. All options are worth the same number of points and you will not get extra credit for completing more than one form. 1) Answer the questions for the readings.2) Develop a detailed outline of the most important points of the chapters.3) Take an open book, online quiz on the material (through Blackboard). The homework assignment is due in or by the next class. If you choose option three, the online quiz, it must be completed by that time. You can use different methods for each chapter, for example, taking the quiz for one chapter and answering the questions for the other chapter. After class, complete your week nine journal entries. |
| Class Ten: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 | Test
your Native IQ 2:00 p.m. Leslie Shaw presentation (Website for more info: www.uua.org
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This week's homework assignment involves reading Chapter VI: Anti-Semitism in Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination (Plous Text) - questions and Chapter fourteen: Working with White Ethnic Clients: An Interview with the Author in Cultural diversity (Diller text) - questions |
| Class Eleven: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 | Watched America and the Holocaust. Discussion. | This week's homework assignment involves reading Chapter thirteen: Working with Asian American Clients: An Interview with Dan Hocoy (Diller text) - questions and Chapter Nine: Addressing Ethnic Conflict, Genocide, and Mass Violence in Cultural diversity (Diller text) - questions |
| Class Twelve: Wednesday, April 4, 2007 | General discussion about prejudice. Fairy tale/nursery rhyme activity. | This week's homework assignment involves reading in Chapter VIII: Heterosexism in Understanding prejudice and discrimination - questions |
| Class Thirteen: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 | Terri Hamrick. | This week's homework assignment involves reading in Chapter V: Sexism Understanding prejudice and discrimination - questions |
| Class Fourteen: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 | Watched "Our house" documentary. Read The Sneetches. General discussion. | This week's homework assignment involves reading in
Chapter IX: Making Connections Understanding prejudice and discrimination - questions and Chapter fifteen: Some Closing Thoughts in Cultural diversity - questions |
| Class Fifteen: Wednesday, May 2, 2007 | Visit to Shodop island. Cartoon activity. Campus tour activity. | This week's homework assignment involves reading
Chapter X: Reducing Prejudice in Understanding prejudice and discrimination. |
| Class Sixteen: Wednesday, May 9, 2007 | This week's homework assignment involves reading (for extra credit) Appendix: Animals as an outgroup in Understanding prejudice and discrimination - questions | |