SOWK 605 - Social Welfare System

Institution:

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Social Work

Description:

This online asynchronous course introduces the history, philosophy, development and current perspectives of social welfare and the social work profession. Study of the emergence of the profession of social work and the way it has and is currently responding to social problems. The course introduces public policy development and social welfare policies. This course traces the history of social welfare and within it, the evolving role of social work and social welfare. An analytic approach is used to highlight the forces that facilitate or inhibit changes in social policies.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Other

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Institution Website:

www.sru.edu

Phone Number:

(724) 738-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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