Spring 2019 Course Syllabi

Dakota College at Bottineau Course Syllabus Course Prefix/Number/Title: GEO 256 Development of Social Welfare Number of credits: 3 Semester Hour Credits 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. Pre-/Co-requisites: None Course Objectives:  Critically analyze a contriversial social welfare topic  Analyze who is poor in rural US, and examine the effects of government programs on poverty.  Describe how social values shape social welfare planning and policy, and how ancient cultures and English American history shaped the development of social welfare in the United States.  Describe how economic, labor, political, and regligious factors have affected social welfare programs in the US.  Describe and evaluate a wide variety of US social insurances, health, income support programs, and other programs and services as social welfare.  Assess insitutional and environmental factors influence organization based and community based policy development, planning, funding, delivery, and utilization of social services in local, regional, and global contexts. Instructor: James (Jim) Holben LCSW,CTRS/CPRP Office: Can be reach through course e-mail or through Dakota College e-mail Office Hours: The course is checked daily throughout the semester and will answer questions at that time. Phone: None Email: James.Holben@dakotacollege.edu Lecture/Lab Schedule: Follow course calendar and weekly schedule posted in the course Textbook(s): Understanding Social Welfare: A Search for Social Justice R. Dolgoff and D. Feldstein ; 7th/2007; Pearson Education; 0-205-47806-9 Course Requirements: Students must have access to a computer with specific versions of Internet Explorer or Netscape. To see which versions are compatible, please refer to our pages. Tentative Course Outline: This course follows the traditional on-campus semester timeline. It begins the first day of the semester and concludes at the end of the semester. Students are expected to complete the course in that timeframe. Should an emergency occur, students need to