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Course Syllabus
Name of Instructor:
Jim Holben, LCSW, CTRS, CPRP
Course Number and Title:
GERO 256
Development of Social Welfare
Credits:
3
Prerequisite:
None
Course Description:
The course provides an introduction to the history, value, political and
economic goals of Social welfare. While examining philosophy based assumptions, and
conditions which influence the development and implementation of social welfare services for
individuals, families, groups and communities. Lastly this course explores the variety of
organizations that provide social welfare services at the micro, mezzo, and macro level of
practice.
Required Textbook:
Understanding Social Welfare:A Search for Social Justice 9th
Ed
,
R.
Dolgoff and D. Feldstein, Pearson Education; 2013, ISBN-13:978-0-205-17970-1
Recommended Resources:
Understanding Social Welfare:A Search for Social Justice7th
Ed
,
R. Dolgoff and D. Feldstein,
Pearson Education; 2007, ISBN # 0-205-47806-9
Worlds Apart: Why Poverty Persists in Rural America,
Cynthia M. Duncan, Yale University
Press; 1999, ISBN # 0-300-08456-0
American Social Welfare Policy: A Pluralist Approach 4
th
Ed.
Howard Jacob Karger, David
Stoesz, Allyn and Bacon 2002, ISBN # 0-8013-3311-3
The Reluctant Welfare State 4
th
Ed,
Bruce S. Jansson, Brooks,Cole-Thomson Learning; 2001,
ISBN # 0-534-36551-5
Becoming an Effective Policy Advocate: From Policy Practice to Social Justice 4th
Ed, Bruce S.
Jansson, Brooks,Cole-Thomson Learning; 2003, ISBN # 0-534-52770-1
A New History of Social Welfare 5
th
Ed,
Phyllis J. Day, Allyn and Bacon 2006, ISBN # 0-205-
43703-6
Course Outcomes:
Students will
1.
Develop an awareness of the history, value, political and economic goals of Social
welfare.
2.
Develop an awareness of the social work profession and its influence on modern
structure, issues, and programs.
3.
Identify, describe and examine basic knowledge of philosophy based assumptions, and
conditions which influence the development and implementation of social welfare
services for individuals, families, groups and communities.
4.
Discuss the impact of the variety of organizations that provide social welfare services at
the micro, mezzo, and macro level of practice.
5.
Discuss the impact of cultural diversity and the practitioner’s need to develop ethnic and
gender competencies especially the Northern Great Plains Region.