SWK 3520 - Making Change in a Digital World

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): ENG 1009 or ENG 1010 and ENG 1020 or ENG 1021

Description: This course prepares students in social work and allied helping professions to harness technology for social good. We are living in a world that requires our understanding and fluency in a digital language and culture to make change at the micro and macro level. This course examines what it means to be a digital citizen and have digital literacy. Students will explore how power and oppression are present in the most far-reaching areas of our digital world, most of which we don’t even see. Finally, this course analyzes digital helping best practices and work on these skills (i.e., telehealth, social media, support groups, public health information) to facilitate change.