SOWK 420 - Practice IV: Skills & Techniques for Working with Policies and Social Systems

3 hours
This class examines the origins of the American welfare state, the making of government policy, issues in social service delivery, the voluntary and corporate sector, income maintenance, health care, mental health, housing policy, employment policy, and international perspectives. Past and present social policy will be examined with a view toward the development of future social policy. Students are presented a format for thinking critically about political and social systems as arenas for culturally competent and ethical social work practice. Prerequisite(s): SOWK 200. UG