SOWK 552 - Global Poverty: Responses Across Cultures (3)

This course examines poverty in various non-Western cultures and covers the nature, scope, and distribution of poverty; definitions of poverty; common characteristics of the poor; as well as cultural traditions and folkways which contribute to the problem. This course also examines social welfare/social work responses, and faith-based models in addressing the problems of global poverty. Offered: As needed.