PSY 481 Community Psychology
This course focuses on person-environment interactions and the ways society impacts individual and community functioning. Community Psychology will address key social issues including cultural diversity, poverty, substance use and recovery, school failure (truancy), community development, school safety and risk and protective factors of a community and within a variety of settings. The settings will include clubs, churches, schools, families, social service agencies, neighborhoods, law enforcement, and government entities which the student will learn how these entities collaborate to deal with key social issues. The course will provide an opportunity for the student to develop a plan of action (through grant writing) and learn how to develop a risk and resource assessment for a community to address a societal issue in a collaborative process.
Course Prerequisite(s) – SOC/PSY101