HS 3200:Policy & Advocacy

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: HS 2200; HS major or HS Interest or Non-majors with permission of the department.
Students gain the skills to analyze, interpret, and ultimately change policies and laws that impact service users, nonprofit organizations, and service delivery in the human services/social sector. A highlight of the course features ways in which advocates in the area of social policy have been mobilized to effect real change for diverse communities. Students have the opportunity to experience how activism and advocacy in their roles as human service professionals can lead to change.