Social Welfare Policy 2: Contemporary Social Policy Analysis

Graduate Prerequisites: (SSWWP700) Required of all students. - This second-semester foundation course focuses principally on the study of urban poverty. Using a social problem/policy model, the course explores definitions, correlates, causes, and consequences of urban poverty. The same model is then used by students in exploring particular social problems and policies of interest to them. Particular emphasis is placed on analyzing current interventions and proposing means to improve policy intervention, including the contributions of social work.