POLS 323 - Welfare Policy Research

4 Credit(s)

Examines U.S. welfare policy with an emphasis on factors influencing the development of the modern social welfare state and its effects on the poor. Students engage in original research in order to analyze and assess contemporary welfare policy in the light of the historical, economic, and regional contexts in which it operates. Each student group orally presents its research results at the end of the semester and each student writes a paper summarizing his or her contribution. Occasionally.

Prerequisite(s): POLS 110, 125, or SOCI 101, or SOCI 325.