SWK 6210 Advanced Policy Advocacy

This course provides students an opportunity to expand on their foundation policy and practice skills to identify policies that are related to social problems, with particular emphasis on problems that disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. Students will connect policy process and outcomes to the NASW Code of Ethics. Students will learn policy analysis and advocacy skills to create policy change. Prerequisite(s): SWK 6004, SWK 6100, SWK 6135, SWK 6201, SWK 6402 and SWK 6532; and SWK 6132 may be taken as prerequisite or corequisite or SWK 6133; or ACC (advanced standing).

Credits

3