SCWK 8886 Financial Management and Resource Development

Elective This Elective course prepares students to develop and manage appropriate resources for creating, supporting, and sustaining effective human service organizations. Managers must understand an organizations financials to exercise fiduciary responsibility. In order to meet the mission, agencies also depend on effective and efficient direct care staff, supervisors and managers. If there is no money, there is no mission; and if there is not sufficient and motivated staff to perform their functions, human service organizations cannot be successful. This course concentrates on these two core aspects of human services management: understanding organizational finances and human resources management and development.

Course overview

Department
Social Work
School
SSW
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Summer

Catalog details

Prerequisites
SCWK8800

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Requirements fulfilled

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Official evaluation summary

3.36 / 5

Based on 27 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

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Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-08-02. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Marcus Smith
    Summer 2023 · Official rating 3.70/5
  • Meir Zimmerman
    Summer 2024 · Official rating 4.33/5
  • Patrick Mc Cabe
    Spring 2022 · Official rating 3.89/5
  • Ricardo Suarez Rojas
    Summer 2025 · Official rating 4.00/5

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