University of Colorado Boulder
Caring for Others Specialization
University of Colorado Boulder

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.

Don Grant

Instructor: Don Grant

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

(27 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 month at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

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

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Taught in English
18 practice exercises

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Specialization - 3 course series

What you'll learn

  • Develop a deeper understanding of human suffering

  • Identify different types and sources of affliction

  • Assess trends in human anguish

  • Critically evaluate how suffering is framed by social media

Skills you'll gain

Discussion Facilitation, Social Justice, Culture, Electronic Media, Sociology, Social Sciences, World History, Ethical Standards And Conduct, and Media and Communications

What you'll learn

  • Develop a deeper understanding of care

  • Critically assess the distribution of care responsibilities

  • Identify different types of care occupations

  • Evaluate the relationship between money and care

Skills you'll gain

Caregiving, Socioeconomics, Social Justice, Long Term Care, Surveys, Cultural Diversity, Care Management, Health Care, Dignity in Care, and Economics, Policy, and Social Studies

What you'll learn

  • Identify trends in how care is organized

  • Discern key differences between private and public care

  • Assess the available supply of care

  • Analyze the emotional challenges of being a care provider

Skills you'll gain

Caregiving, Stress Management, Sociology, Supply And Demand, Care Management, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Dignity in Care, Healthcare Ethics, Home Health Care, and Community and Social Work

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Don Grant
University of Colorado Boulder
3 Courses3,959 learners

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