SOC 381 - Children in Social Policy

Institution:

Antioch University-System Administration

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Description:

This class focuses on major social policies in the United States that impact children and their families. The historical, economic and political factors critical in the creation and sustaining of these policies are examined, using a critical thinking approach. While a wide range of interdisciplinary material are presented, students are responsible for examining current social policies and beginning to analyze their effects on children, especially children from ethnic minority groups, lower income families and other oppressed groups. The class focuses specifically on the inequalities and inequities in the distribution of economic and social resources through historical and contemporary social policies. SOCIAL SCIENCE DOMAIN

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.antioch.edu

Phone Number:

(937) 769-1372

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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