- Social Welfare Policy and Analysis

Catalog description

Social policy is the foundation of social work practice and establishes the structure in which that practice takes place. This course presents the social policy questions: “Who gets what? And why?” It provides students with an analytic framework for comprehension of welfare state policies through the process of policy formation, implementation, and evaluation. This course introduces students to action-oriented social justice frameworks for impacting policy. This course situates the American welfare state in an international and historical context, and discusses the development of key social welfare programs and policies. Students learn the skills to analyze social welfare policies and to advocate for changes at the local, state, and federal levels.