Soc Problems & Public Policy

Catalog description

SOCW 3600 is an introductory course to social welfare policies and programs designed to assist beginning social/human service workers with acquiring basic analytical skills to critically assess social welfare policies and programs. This course acquaints students with the major social problems that have emerged in recent years and familiarizes them with the social policies that have been devised in an attempt to alleviate or remedy those problems. In doing so it seeks to stimulate a concern about the justice and equity of such policies on individuals and groups in our society. Each student will complete a comprehensive policy paper on a federal or state law.