SWRK 4020 - Social Work Policy

This is the second course of the undergraduate social welfare sequence. Its purpose is to introduce the subject area of social welfare policy as a central concern of social work. The goals of the course are to help the student identify evolving socio-cultural and economic bases of social welfare in America, to gain understanding of the substance of particular social policy areas, and to learn to approach the study of social welfare policy within the context of analytic frameworks. It pays attention to the impact of social policy on human service organizations analyzing the effects of specific policies on workers and clients. SWRK 4020 places primary focus on the content of social welfare policy.

Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: SWRK 4000, ECON 2010, PSCI 2000 and completion of a minimum of 87 credit hours.

Credits: 3 hours

Restrictions: This course is restricted to Social Work majors.