FMTH 670 - Social and Cultural Diversity in Human Development

3 Credit Hours

Provides an advanced study of social and cultural diversity and its implications for understanding human development within the context of a systemically informed therapeutic paradigm. Focuses on developing knowledge, skills, and attitudes for more effective interpersonal therapeutic relationships with clients of a different gender, race, sexual orientation, physical disability, religious preference, etc. Provides an understanding of how diverse values and mores, interaction patterns, social conditions, and trends related to social and cultural diversity impact the therapeutic process.