MENTAL HEALTH POLICIES AND SERVICES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: SOC WORK 709 (or SOC WORK 606 prior to Fall 2024) or Declared in Social Work Advanced Standing MSW Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the history, organization, and implementation of US social welfare policies within the focal area Audience: Graduate 2. Articulate how social welfare issues and problems are defined, created, framed, and prioritized in the focal area Audience: Graduate 3. Understand the policymaking process, including the historical context, legislative activities, and the role of advocacy within the focal area Audience: Graduate 4. Analyze social welfare problems in the focal area and evaluate policy alternatives Audience: Graduate 5. Examine how social welfare policies in the focal area impact the lives of individuals, including those from marginalized, oppressed, or underserved communities, intentionally and unintentionally Audience: Graduate 6. Evaluate social welfare policies and advocate for reform in social welfare systems within the focal area Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the history, organization, and implementation of US social welfare policies within the focal area Audience: Graduate 2. Articulate how social welfare issues and problems are defined, created, framed, and prioritized in the focal area Audience: Graduate 3. Understand the policymaking process, including the historical context, legislative activities, and the role of advocacy within the focal area Audience: Graduate 4. Analyze social welfare problems in the focal area and evaluate policy alternatives Audience: Graduate 5. Examine how social welfare policies in the focal area impact the lives of individuals, including those from marginalized, oppressed, or underserved communities, intentionally and unintentionally Audience: Graduate 6. Evaluate social welfare policies and advocate for reform in social welfare systems within the focal area Audience: Graduate