SWK-661 Social Welfare Policy

This course is designed to enhance the master's level social work student with the knowledge and skills necessary to engage in practice behaviors across various levels. Specifically, this course is designed to further engage social work students in social welfare advocacy by icnreasing their knowledge of the social welfare state, its history and development over time, and the impact it has on a diverse range of policies, programs and individuals. Students will further understand the values and beliefs underlying the contemporary welfare state, how this system is funded, the impact of the system at various levels, as well as become familiar with many of the basic social welfare programs currently in place.