HS 3020 - Social Welfare & Public Policy

Prerequisite(s): HS 1200.
This course focuses on social welfare legislation and policies, programs and services that flow from such legislation. Students analyze social welfare policy within the context of the social and political landscape which spawns social welfare legislation. Student will identify how social and personal values influence the formulation of social welfare policy. Consideration of definitions and theories on poverty is viewed from both the USA and a global perspective. Social and economic justice for people from diverse backgrounds and those who may be oppressed are disused. Credit(s): 3 Credit(s): 3