Caring for Others Specialization

Understand Care & the Human Condition. Master strategies to understand care and the human condition in your personal and/or professional lives.

Instructor: Don Grant

What you'll learn

  •   Develop language to describe the experience of being a care worker, the recipient of care, and/or certain concepts to talk about care
  •   Identify caring professions, describe the motivations for entering caring professions, and identify pathways into caring professions.
  •   Understand the individual experience of suffering and care in a larger social context
  •   Develop a deeper appreciation of the centrality of care in human society

    • Skills you'll gain

  •   Social Sciences
  •   Sociology
  •   Culture
  •   Cultural Diversity
  •   Healthcare Industry Knowledge
  •   Economics, Policy, and Social Studies
  •   Media and Communications
  •   Supply And Demand
  •   Health Care
  •   Healthcare Ethics
  •   Socioeconomics
  •   Caregiving

    • Specialization - 3 course series

    Learners will complete 3 short reflection papers throughout this specialization that are tailored to their own interests and/or professional goals. Learners are invited to explore several controversies within care work and the helping professions, including how digital media may desensitize suffering, issues surrounding humanitarian aid, re-humanizing care work, and other topics.

    Thinking About Care

    The Challenges of Modern Caregiving

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