Social Welfare Policy and Services

This course examines the history and development of social welfare policy through the present with a significant focus on the contemporary social welfare policies and issues.As students examine contemporary policy the course moves from an historic analysis toward an examination of the methods of analysis of: policies, proposals and alternatives. Students will be expected to address a contemporary social problem and analyze the range of social policies and policy proposals in order to develop a position paper and presentation. Students will learn how to analyze policy from a values perspective with a focus on social and economic justice. There will be an emphasis on populations-at-risk, including ethnically and culturally diverse populations, the elderly and the physically challenged.

Fall, Spring

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