Family Law and Social Policy

Catalog description

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Examination of the interrelations between families and social policies in the United States; exploration of the effect of social policy on family functioning as well as how families contribute to social problems and policy solutions; survey of theories that inform family-related social policy and practices in policy development and implementation; critique of social policies from a family perspective. Prerequisites: HDFS 200 ; junior or senior classification.