SCWK 8897 Planning for Health and Mental Health Services

Required of Macro students in Health and Mental Health Field-of-Practice; elective for others. A course designed to introduce program planning, strategic planning, proposal writing, and state-of-the-art service delivery models. Significant emphasis will be placed on developing practical skills in the area of proposal development and program design through applying class material to practice through a major planning assignment. Skills to analyze critical issues in mental health and health care delivery, including system design and financing, are emphasized. Critical issues of access to health care, the crisis in health care, and managed care will be discussed and analyzed. Models of service delivery will be critically reviewed.

Course overview

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

Catalog details

Prerequisites
SCWK8800
Corequisites
SCWK9943 or permission

Catalog text is imported from the reviewed Boston College course snapshot. Confirm eligibility in EagleApps.

Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
4.20 / 5 · Very Good
36 responses
Instructor rating
4.53 / 5 · Excellent
36 responses
Terms evaluated
5
Most recent: Fall 2025

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Fall 2025Matthew Pecoraro4.45.04.94.94.14.64.74.61–3 hrs/week7 of 7
Fall 2024Matthew Pecoraro4.24.54.84.84.64.54.74.54–6 hrs/week6 of 8
Fall 2023Matthew Pecoraro—————————8 of 12
Fall 2022Matthew Pecoraro4.04.44.54.54.14.54.64.41–3 hrs/week8 of 14
Fall 2021Matthew Pecoraro4.44.74.74.74.44.64.74.61–3 hrs/week7 of 13

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Matthew Pecoraro
    Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.53/5