Mar 28, 2024  
Academic Catalog 2020-2021 
    
Academic Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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SOCWK 561 - Influencing Social Policy


3 credit(s)
This course provides an examination of both the historical and contemporary context of social policies, programs, and legislation. It provides an analysis of various social welfare policies and the ways in which legislation is developed, enacted, and implemented in our society, including how policies have emerged in response to social problems at the local, national, and international levels. It explores and assesses existing policies and programs with particular emphasis on how they impact populations at risk. Social welfare policy will be investigated as a dimension of generalist social work practice and the course will include content related to human diversity, social and economic justice, and political advocacy as a means to achieving social and political change. U.S. social welfare policy will be examined in a global and human rights context.



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