SW 812 - Social Policy

3 Credit(s)

The goal of this course is to examine the evolution of social welfare policy during the 20th century in order to acquire an understanding of how political, economic, and social forces shape the conception of social work practice in any given era, including our own. Special emphasis is placed on how these forces have affected diverse and historically oppressed populations. Methods of financing social work services and the interaction of influences from within the social work profession with those from the larger sociopolitical context are examined in an effort to discern how they support, impede, or initiate changes in practice.