Students will use a social problems approach to describe how poverty, child abuse, substance abuse, health and mental health issues, sexism, racism, other forms of discrimination, crime and other social issues affect people. Provides a framework for analyzing policy issues and for making informed civic decisions on social issues. Students are asked to volunteer at a social service/community service agency to observe and report on how social workers attempt to assess and address social problems. (CSU)
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