HSV 135 - Women’s Issues Last Date of Approval: Spring 2022
3 Credits Total Lecture Hours: 45 Total Lab Hours: 0 Total Clinical Hours: 0 Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description: This course will examine the issues that women may bring to the counseling or social work settings. A review of the history of women and their roles in society will be utilized as background information. In addition, the life-cycle of women, gender stereotypes, mental health issues, and female sexuality will be studied. Using this information, the course will address common reasons women often seek counseling and improved life quality. The course will provide students additional knowledge for their careers in clients services and programs.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: None
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face and online
Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: None
Common Course Assessment(s): None
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives: Outcome 1: Differentiate the historical understanding of male/female roles.
Outcome 2: Examine the impact of family, gender, race and class.
Outcome 3: Examine the strength of women over time.
Outcome 4: Determine the need to facilitate progress of women and society.
Course Objectives:
Objective 1: Analyze how the Women’s Movement and political changes
affected the roles of women.
Objective 2: Summarize the life-cycle of women and the mental health/physical
health issues relating to each stage as well as the strengths.
Objective 3: Validate the family, gender and class factors that impact women.
Objective 4: Assess the relationship of family violence and the welfare system in
our society.
Objective 5: Appraise the continuing struggles women face in the work
place while juggling responsibilities at home.
Objective 6: Summarize the sociocultural attitude regarding women’s sexuality.
Objective 7: Discuss the current issues and development in social work practice
policy taking place today.
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