Intro Soc Welfare Polic And Services

Instructor:
Courtney Lynch
630
Credits:
3.0
202
Building:
TBD
Room:
TBD
Semester:
Spring 2025
Start Date:
End Date:
Name:
Intro Soc Welfare Polic And Services
Requisites:

Prereq: Admission into the MSW program.

Class Type:
LEC
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TBD
Days:
TBD
Note:
CONTROLLED ENROLLMENT. LOCATION: via Internet. Registration only for students in the Army-UK MSW program. Course is "Part-of-Term" course. Check Canvas or contact instructor for details.

While emphasizing the critical analyses of social policies and policy making processes, this course critically examines the history of the social welfare system, services, and programs. An important focus of this course is to identify and understand the impact of a wide range of social policies on social work clients and human service delivery systems within a social justice framework. Analytic frameworks with regard to social welfare policies and services are presented and course content reflects the interdisciplinary efforts of the social, political, legal, economic, and administrative processes which are vital to policy making at all levels.

While emphasizing the critical analyses of social policies and policy making processes, this course critically examines the history of the social welfare system, services, and programs. An important focus of this course is to identify and understand the impact of a wide range of social policies on social work clients and human service delivery systems within a social justice framework. Analytic frameworks with regard to social welfare policies and services are presented and course content reflects the interdisciplinary efforts of the social, political, legal, economic, and administrative processes which are vital to policy making at all levels.

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