SOWK 643 - Popular Youth Culture

Three hours.
3 Credits

This course is an elective in the School Social Work Concentration and may be taken as the elective for other concentrations. The course undertakes a critical analysis of problems facing urban youth and the development of innovative solutions that lead to youth empowerment. Innovative prevention, intervention and treatment approaches to bridge gaps between youth, their families, communities and society at large are prescribed as models for engaging urban youth and embracing popular youth culture.