SOWK7583: Macro Practice in Mental Health and Community Settings

This course focuses on macrolevel social work practice, including program development, outcomes-based program evaluation, leadership, and policy analysis and implementation. Students apply best practice frameworks to a selected area of practice, such as child welfare, healthcare, criminal justice, or community mental health. Emphasis is placed on understanding the systemic connection between micro, mezzo, and macro practice, particularly in rural mental health settings. In addition to classroom learning, students complete a community-based macro project that applies assessment, intervention, or evaluation tools relevant to community mental health systems. Students will begin a significant community project that will be completed during the SOWK7583 Lab.