SWO 670 Integrating Public Policy Issues & Outcomes Into SW Research
This course provides students with public policy knowledge and analysis skills aimed at integrating public policy issues and outcomes into social work research. Students will learn about: theories and models of policy analysis, designing research for policy change, and translation of scholarly research into policy change. Additionally, students will gain knowledge about policy-making systems and trends with regard to development, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based policy. Dynamics of political systems, policy change, population and stakeholder diversity, and cultural norms and trends will be incorporated throughout the course; students will build critical analysis skills to assess the influence of these dynamics on social work research.