SOC WRK C060  --  Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Professor Valarie Boone-Clemmons
vboone@temple.edu

This course is taught as a videoconference course!

This course is designed to explore the theoretical knowledge base of social work in relation to human behavior and human development within the context of the social environment. Theories of human behavior are identified as undergirding the practice of social work. The course begins with an exploration of the role of human behavior theory, its limitations and strengths and proceeds to draw from theories to provide knowledge of human development and human behavior throughout the life course from a person-in-environment perspective. The mutual influence of transactions between individuals, families, communities, social institutions and societies are explored using a social systems perspective. Interrelationships among biological, psychological, social and cultural systems as they affect and are affected by human behavior are studied using a number of interdisciplinary theoretical approaches including: social systems theory, concepts from ego psychology and role theory. Prerequisite: Biology C071. Co-Requisite: Social Work 0051 or 0052. Psychology C050, and Sociology C050.