Development of Social Welfare.

Catalog description

The course reviews and evaluates the history, philosophical assumptions, values, and development of social welfare programs and services throughout the United States. The course examines the socio-political-economic conditions which not only form but influence social welfare systems. In addition, the course discusses intersections between privilege and oppression. The course reviews multiple marginalized, oppressed, and underserved populations with which social work intersects and ways that social work can positively impact social, economic, environmental justice, and human rights.