CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES

Master of Science in Social Work

SOC WRK 617

SOCIAL PLANNING AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

Course Description: Participatory methods of social planning and programming.

Course Objective:

To provide analytical and technical skills in systematic planning and programming for
social aspects of development on the national, regional and local levels.

Course Methodology:
Lecture-discussion, individual/group report, field visits, case studies/analysis

Course Requirements:

Active and substantive participation

Individual reporting
Term Paper
Case Studies/Thought Papers
Final Examination

Course Outline:

I. Nature of Planning

a. Definition

Planning -

Social Planning-

Development Planning

Social Development-
b. Components of Social Planning

1. Analysis of the Situation:

2. Clarity of goals:

3. Strategies to Achieve.
4. People's participation-
c. Elements of Social Planning

1. Planning involves making a choice

2. Planning means allocating resources
3. Planning is a means of achieving goals.
4. Planning is decidedly future-oriented.
5. Planning is a continuous process.

d. Approaches to Development Planning

1. Basic Needs Approach

2. Integrated Planning Approach
3. People-Oriented Approach
4. Eclectic Approach

e. Social Planning and the Third World

f. Social Policy and Social Planning, Inequality, dependency and social justice
g. Social policy and social change
h. The role of Social Planning

II. Fields of Social Planning

a. Definition
Social Services
b. Planning Social Services
c. Some Policy Issues
d. The Planning Machinery
e. Problems in Planning Social Services
f. Social Planning's role in project planning
g. Participatory Planning
Aims and Methods
Problems in participatory planning
h. National Development Planning
i. Project Planning

III. Organization and Methods

a. Measuring Social Development

b. Information for Social Planning
c. General Planning Skills
d. Organization for Social Planning
e. Roles of Social Planners

IV Field Work/Group Presentation