Spring 2027

Diversity, Oppression, and Social Justice in Social Work

A foundational social work course that examines how interpersonal and institutional oppression affect diverse populations and what those dynamics imply for social policy.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Celina DoriaJacquelyn Boggess

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.90 GPA, 96.9% A/AB (n=65 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=34 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=72 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Analyze the history of racial and colonial oppression in the US and its ongoing impact on present-day social structures and individual experiences.

  • Identify the ways in which power differentials operate, are experienced, and are reinforced.

  • Evaluate how intersections of various social identities contribute to unequal experiences, access to opportunities, and life outcomes, using a framework that incorporates anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

  • Support arguments that account for needs and concerns of marginalized groups that brings to bear evidence from a range of sources, artifacts, and worldviews.

  • Enhance self-awareness and understanding of others through the exploration of social location and positionality, fostering a commitment to social justice and equity in social work practice.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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  • Graduate/professional standing
SOCWORK 710

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  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.79 GPA, 93.5% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=38 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

CELINA DORIA is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JACQUELYN BOGGESS is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
SEM 002Classroom Instruction0 / 180
SEM 001Classroom Instruction0 / 180

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.90 GPA, 96.9% A/AB (n=65 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=34 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=72 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Social work practice in a multicultural society
  • Experiences of diverse populations with interpersonal and institutional oppression
  • Implications for social policy
  • History of racial and colonial oppression in the US and its ongoing impact on present-day social structures and individual experiences
  • Power differentials: how they operate, are experienced, and are reinforced
  • Intersections of social identities contributing to unequal experiences, access to opportunities, and life outcomes using an anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion framework
  • Social location, positionality, and commitment to social justice and equity in social work practice

Skills

  • Analyze the history of racial and colonial oppression in the US and its ongoing impact on present-day social structures and individual experiences.
  • Identify the ways in which power differentials operate, are experienced, and are reinforced.
  • Evaluate how intersections of various social identities contribute to unequal experiences, access to opportunities, and life outcomes, using a framework that incorporates anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Support arguments that account for needs and concerns of marginalized groups that brings to bear evidence from a range of sources, artifacts, and worldviews.
  • Enhance self-awareness and understanding of others through the exploration of social location and positionality, fostering a commitment to social justice and equity in social work practice.

Grades

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

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SOCWORK 710 · Spring 2027

Diversity, Oppression, and Social Justice in Social Work

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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