Here are syllabi in various areas of community organization and social administration contributed by members of ACOSA. We encourage submissions from educators with an interest in this aspect of social work. If you would like to submit one or more syllabi for inclusion on this site, please contact the ACOSA office.
Advocacy & Social Action
- Dorothy "Dee" Gamble, "Citizen Participation and Volunteer Involvement" (333 KB)
- Alice K.Johnson, Ph.D., "Advocacy Campaign Outline" (129 KB)
- Megan Meyer, Ph.D., "Social Work and Social Action" (223 KB)
- Cynthia Rocha, Ph.D., "Child and Family Policy and Advocacy" (270 KB)
Community Development
Community Organizing
- Judith Dunlop, Ph.D., "Generalist Social Work Practice with Communities" (215 KB)
- Alice K.Johnson, Ph.D., "Practice IV: Community and Administrative Practice" (467 KB)
- Esperanza Martell, CSW, "Introduction to Community Organizing" (195 KB)
- Megan Meyer, Ph.D., "Community Organization" (691 KB)
- Pat Murphy, MSW, "Organizing for Community Controlled Development" (289 KB)
- Terry Mizrahi, Ph.D., "Community Organization and Social Planning - III" (313 KB)
- Michael Reisch, Ph.D., "Organizing for Social and Political Action" (436 KB)
- Cynthia Rocha, Ph.D., "Community Practice and Political Social Work" (164 KB)
Groups, Organizations, and Communities
- Judith Dunlop, Ph.D., "Practice in Generalist Social Work III" (225 KB)
- Alice K.Johnson, Ph.D., "Generalist Practice with Task Groups, Organizations and Communities" (696 KB)
- Amy Phillips, MSSW, "Generalist Practice with Communities and Organizations" (284 KB)
- Cal Streeter, Ph.D., "Foundations of Social Work Practice II"
International Practice
- Alice K.Johnson, Ph.D., "Seminar in International Social Work" (427 KB)
Management & Administration
- Ralph Brody, Ph.D., "Social Work Administration" (154 KB)
- Sharyn J. Zunz, Ph.D., "Management of Human Service Organizations" (120 KB)
Policy Practice
- Michael Reisch, Ph.D., "Social Policy Development and Enactment" (363 KB)
In addition to the syllabi listed above, you may want to examine what's offered at the following web site:
- COMM-ORG
- A web site dealing with community organization hosted by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Toledo.