Social Service Policy & Regulation credit:

4 Hours

Strengthen your capacity to lead within the complex political, policy, and regulatory environments shaping human service organizations. This course integrates advocacy, compliance, and equity-centered leadership, equipping students to influence policy change while ensuring organizational accountability. Through applied analysis, students will explore legal and ethical dimensions of governance, labor relations, and risk management, developing strategies for coalition building, equitable decision-making, and justice-driven leadership across diverse policy and service contexts. Prerequisite: Restricted to Doctor of Social Work students or consent of instructor.