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2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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SOWK 556 - Social Policy of North America

3 Credit Hours
Concentration elective course. Intended to prepare students for internship experiences and post-graduation professional practice in and across the countries of North America. The course utilizes the process of critical thinking to locate, and examine best evidence for practice and policy decisions in policy creation and the delivery systems of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, as well as the cultural factors that both influence and are influenced by policies. Includes common social problems of the countries, and comparison, and contrasting social welfare policy in each country that are intended to address them, including NAFTA and its differential effects across the participating countries.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 510, 512, 513, 519, 522, 537, 538, 539 and 543 or 544.
Comment(s): Advanced Standing satisfies prerequisites.
Registration Restriction(s): Graduate students only. Minimum student level – graduate.
Registration Permission: Non-MSSW students may register with consent of instructor.



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