Description
Students will acquire a deeper understanding of social policies at the local, state, tribal, and federal levels in the context of policy implementation and advocacy impacts on oppressed and marginalized populations. Students will identify and explain social policy theories such as social construction, political economy, cost-benefit analysis, and feminist perspectives to analyze cases; understand diverse client populations; create culturally tailored interventions; predict results; and evaluate outcomes. They will compare the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics, and social welfare policies in United States. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSW program