MSWK505

Social Welfare Programs and Policies is a foundation course that prepares students with tools for critical thinking regarding major social policies and programs that affect human well-being or quality of life, as well as various aspects of social service delivery. Students will understand the ways in which direct social work practice responds to social policies and is shaped by them. At the foundation level, students will develop expertise to understand social policy content, policy actions of agencies, professional associations and political bodies, and the skills necessary to influence social policy.

Social Sciences and Social Work