POLS 323 - Welfare Policy Research

Institution:

SUNY College at Potsdam

Subject:

POLITICS

Description:

POLS 323 -- Welfare Policy Research (4) This course examines U.S. welfare policy with an emphasis on factors influencing the development of the modern social welfare state and its affects 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. Prerequisite: POLS 110 or 125 or SOCI 101 or SOCI 325 or permission.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.potsdam.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 267-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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