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Michael Bruce

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SW442 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Readings are frequently bland and/or dated. Michael is a nice guy but his lectures are taken verbatim from the readings- AKA pretty bland too. He tries to spice it up with an overwhelming amount of images & clipart smashed into his powe… Read full reviewShow less
Readings are frequently bland and/or dated. Michael is a nice guy but his lectures are taken verbatim from the readings- AKA pretty bland too. He tries to spice it up with an overwhelming amount of images & clipart smashed into his powerpoints- but that doesn't help much. Skip either the readings or Lectures & you'll be fine if you stay awake.
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Classes with Michael Bruce

SOCWORK 442

Generalist Practice with Communities and Organizations

1–2 credits

SOCWORK 442 teaches the theory and practice of planned change in communities and organizations using a generalist model.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.76 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).

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Spring 2022–Spring 2026

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Fall 2026SOCWORK 442Generalist Practice with Communities and Organizations

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