SW 801 Introduction to Social Welfare
This first required course in the Social Policy Sequence examines the present social services delivery system, including the profes?sion of social work, and analyzes its historical development in the relevant political and economic contexts. Emphasis is placed on the dynamic relationship between social welfare as an institution and modern industrial/postindustrial society. Included is an introduc?tion to some basic analytical concepts, such as universality and se?lectivity, institutional and residual, and public and voluntary.