HBSE II builds upon content presented in SOWK 410 (HBSE I). Presents social systems theories, psychosocial theories, and developmental theories to examine why people have behave as they do and to apply this knowledge to generalist social work practice across the later-half of the life span. This second course in the HBSE sequence explores the impact of socio-cultural, socio-historical, socio-political, and economic forces on individuals and social systems, and utilizes a diversity perspective to evaluate the effects of culture, social class, race ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation. This course also introduces the student to macro issues within social work practice as adults interact with larger social systems. Prerequisites: SOWK 133, SOWK 134, SOWK 310. (S)