JS 0570 - Social Welfare Policies and Services

3 Credit Hours
Describes the role of social policy in the organization and the delivery of social services. Presents frameworks for the analysis of policy development and impacts on vulnerable populations. Presents methods of influencing policy development and implementation. Students will develop skills in analyzing social conditions and understanding the role of values and ideologies in the formulation of the social policies and services developed to alleviate these social conditions. Students will learn how to plan for, develop, implement, and evaluate social welfare policies and services on the state and federal levels and assess their ability to promote social justice. Prerequisites: Junior level standing, a 3.2 GPA, and permission of the instructor. This graduate-level course may meet concurrently with an undergraduate course, but students may not enroll in both the undergraduate and graduate courses simultaneously. Undergraduate students who enroll in the graduate course must have instructor permission, submit all required documentation, and are required to complete all the graduate coursework. Undergraduate students may be able to count hours toward a graduate degree (but this is not guaranteed). Prerequisites: Junior level standing, a 3.2 GPA, and permission of the instructor.