SOCW 270B Intro to Social Welfare Policy
270. INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WELFARE
POLICY (Credit, 3 hours). Designed to
enable students to understand the historical and
philosophical development of social policies.
Policy development will be studied within a social
systems context. Analysis will be made of various
social, political, and economic factors which influence
policies; and of policies responsiveness to
empowering groups of various racial, ethnic, class,
gender, age, and other relevant distinctions. POLS
200 must be completed or taken concurrently
with this course. Prerequisites: HIST 224, HIST
225 highly recommended; HIST 104, HIST 105
or HIST 114, HIST 115 also accepted; SOCW
198 and 200. No pre-requisites required for nonmajors.