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Oct 14, 2024
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Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2019 - 2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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SW 350 - Urban Society and the Welfare StateCredits 3 Recommended prior coursework: HIST 150 PS 120 SOC 120 Recommended prior coursework: ECON-105, HIST-150, PS-120, SOC-120. As America has become an increasingly urbanized society, growing numbers of people have become dependent upon governmental assistance to meet certain basic human needs. The result has been the gradual evolution of a welfare state welcomed by some, resisted by others. This course acquaints an understanding of the political milieu that has shaped them over time, develops an awareness of the impact they have had on their recipients and stimulates the beginnings of a value-based personal perspective regarding how an individual should respond to the issues of social justice.
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