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SSW WP 707: Social Welfare Policy and Programs on Children
This course analyzes emerging issues and ideas about children and how these affect social policy and practice. It reviews major social and demographic changes in the family that affect the development of national policies designed to protect and provide for the care of children. The course emphasizes policies in such areas as income provisions, adoption, substitute care, neglect and abuse, social services, and employment. -
SSW WP 710: Family Law and Children's Rights
This course provides a framework for understanding law and social policy. It examines the impact of law on the social work profession. The class discusses issues of marriage and divorce, child custody and support, children's rights, and legal research. -
SSW WP 711: Substance Abuse Policy
This course in alcohol and drug policy is designed to provide students with a forum to acquire and synthesize knowledge of policy, research, and service organization in the field. The course will include topics such as alcohol and drug research, social problems that interface with alcohol and drug policy (e.g., poverty, gender, and race discrimination), key issues, controversies and trends, ethics and values issues, and the role of social work in the field of alcohol and drug policy and research. -
SSW WP 714: Directed Study
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SSW WP 900: Social Program Analysis and Evaluation
This course prepares doctoral students in the application of analytical methods as a basis for improving public and organizational decision making in social welfare. The political, value, and technical aspects of policy formation and implementation are considered. The course emphasizes the formulation of empirical hypotheses and assessment of the hypotheses against available data. -
SSW WP 901: Sociology of the Social Work Profession
This course explores the development of social work as a profession. It examines the historical roots of, and key trends in, social work. Readings are taken from sociological literature on professionalization and comparison of several professions within social work. Discussion includes a critical evaluation of the function of "experts" in contemporary American society. -
SSW WP 903: Perspectives on Social Welfare Policy
Focusing on theory, process, and substance, this course exposes students to different understandings of the American political institutions as they relate to social welfare policy. Attention is paid to institution and other factors shaping and constraining the development of social policies in the United States. -
SSW WP 905: Directed Study
Directed Study. Approval of instructor needed. -
SSW WP 906: Directed Study
Directed Study. Approval of instructor needed.
