HMS 205 - Social Policy for the Helping Profession

Institution:

Luzerne County Community College

Subject:

Human Services

Description:

This course is designed to provide students with the ability to analyze contemporary social welfare policy issues and programs to understand the relationship between social policy and the helping professions. The course focuses on the historical, political, economic and other social conditions that influence policy development in the United States. Policy issues and programs are addressed as they affect majority and vulnerable/marginalized groups with a particular emphasis on social and economic justice.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

09/01/2006 - 08/14/2014 

Institution Website:

www.luzerne.edu

Phone Number:

(570) 740-0200

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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