SWK (0404) 765 - Program Development

Credits: 3.00

Students will learn a broad range of knowledge and micro, mezzo, and macro skills needed to develop sound program proposals and to plan, manage, and evaluate social programs. They will practice skills needed to collaborate with stakeholders such as community members and organizations, boards of directors, collaborating agencies, and funders.

Prerequisite 1: SWK 521
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1) Recognize the extent to which institutional structures within and around human service
organizations may oppress, marginalize, and alienate client systems
2) Design client-centered social programs that promote human rights, social and economic justice,
and reflect the values and ethics of professional social workers
3) Identify and critically evaluate sources of data or methods of data collection that can be used to
develop and evaluate social programs
4) Identify theories that serve as a guiding framework for program design and the measurement of short, mid-and long-term outcomes.
5) Establish programmatic goals, define successes, and establish measurable criteria for success in
Outcomes
6) Demonstrate the ability to write a comprehensive program proposal and identify potential
funding sources for the proposal
7) Design a needs assessment of an agency, community, or client group
8) Use a variety of social work skills mindfully in engaging, assessing, intervening, and evaluating
social work programs
9) Identify key program stakeholders within and around human service agencies, community
members, related community agencies, and funders, and engage them in program design and
evaluation