Programs & Courses 2013
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SWHS22002 Social Policy Analysis

Course details

This course examines the historical, political and normative contexts of social policy with reference to broad policy areas, such as employment, welfare and social security, Indigenous issues, aged care, family and child protection and youth. Skills required in policy analysis are discussed and applied in project-based work which links conceptual frameworks for social policy analysis with practice issues in human services. Lastly, this course enables students to develop skills required for developing and implementing micropolicy and operational procedures for government and nongovernmental agencies and programs delivering human services within urban, regional, rural and international contexts.


Course at a glance
Career: Postgraduate
Credit points: 8
Requisites: This course has no pre/co-requisites
Student Contribution Band: 1
EFTSL: 0.16667
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Course availability
Term Campus
This course is not offered for this handbook year
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