Based on the requisite social legislation to the realm of service delivery, this course prepares social work doctorate students to:
(1) develop requested knowledge of social policy and its importance in the field of social welfare practice;
(2) familiar with various social welfare policies and criticize them on the governmental, professional, and welfare recipients’ stances;
(3) apply the descriptive and analytic framework for policy analysis in compliance
with human needs, social work values, principles, and beliefs;
(4) ensure prospective development of social policies for the service practice; and,
(5) confront the possibility of policy amendment, alternative options and/or reforms.

Based on the requestite social legislation to the realm of service delivery, this course prepares social work doctorate students to:
(1) develop requested knowledge of social policy and its importance in the field of social welfare practice;
(2) familiar with various social welfare policies and criticalize them on the governmental, professional, and welfare recipients’ stances;
(3) apply the descriptive and analytic framework for policy analysis in compliance
with human needs, social work values, principles, and beliefs;
(4) ensure prospective development of social policies for the service practice; and,
(5) confront the possibility of policy amendment, alternative options and/or reforms.

This course purports to provide social work doctorate students with the historical, social, cultural, economic, and political perspectives on those tackling obstacles to the development of a coherent social policy system on theoretical, methodological, philosophical, and political levels. The course emphasizes the significance of ethos and politics upon rational policy-making, and is a synthesis of social policy, social legislation, policy formulation, policy implementation, policy analysis, and policy evaluation.

This course purports to provide social work doctorate students with the historical, social, cultural, economic, and political perspectives on those tackling obstacles to the development of a cooperative social policy system on theoretical, methodological, philosophical, and political levels. The course emphasizes the significance of ethos and politics upon rational policy-making, and is a synthesis of social policy, social legislation, policy formulation, policy implementation, policy analysis, and policy evaluation.

(1) As indicated in each individual unit.
(2) Handouts and other needed materials will be announced in the class.

(1) As indicated in each individual unit.
(2) Handouts and other needed materials will be announced in the class.