SW 508 Human Behavior in the Social Environment

This course introduces students to the study of human development across the lifespan from adolescence through late adulthood/end of life, in the context of their environment, including gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, socioeconomics, and disability. The study of mental health and mental illness, resilience, “the four psychologies,” narrative, humanistic, and existential theories. Intersectionality, feminist and critical race theory inform the lectures and discussions. This course also builds on concepts and theories covered earlier in the curriculum, such as through a continuation of the theories of human development from prenatal/birth through middle childhood.