SOWK 520 Social Welfare Policy and Change

This course will introduce students to the arena of social policy and to the sociopolitical environment in which policy takes place. Students will develop a capacity to examine and critically analyze social welfare policy within historical and societal contexts. Selected areas of policy will be examined using theoretical and analytical principles. The course will focus on the implementation of advocacy strategies to combat racism and discrimination, and to promote social, economic, and environmental justice, and will empower students to be agents of social change in the United States and abroad.