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About the Course

In all nations, social policy is a very large public investment. Course 1 will explore the size, structure, and outcomes of U.S. social policy and compare this policy to those of similar developed countries. The course will also probe the values this policy represents and the values debate regarding about how big our welfare state should be— in other words, how much of our education, housing, health, income support, and social services the government should supply and how much individuals should supply for themselves. This course addresses issues of power, oppression, and white supremacy. The course is part of a sequence in social policy that has an HONORS TRACK. This track will prepare the learner for masters-level work in policy, which involves reading the literature, writing concise summaries and probing critiques. Over the sequence the learner will develop a policy analysis that will create a foundation for professional policy analyst assignments....

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IL

May 9, 2021

I learned a lot and very much enjoyed learning about the social policy. Thank you professor Robertson and all the speakers for their lessons taught throughout the course!

TA

Sep 26, 2019

"US Social Services Compared" - I am hoping this course will help me out with a clear concept of US Social Services Compared. Thanks COURSERA for the such online access.

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By K L

Dec 12, 2020

I have a greater understanding of the State Welfare system.

By Diane H

Dec 12, 2019

Challenging class but also very informative!

By Loubna C

Nov 11, 2021

very nice introduction to welfare state

By Manuel G A

Oct 31, 2022

Great content and very informative!

By Kevin I

Jul 19, 2022

Very good foundational course!

By Robert B S M M

Jan 6, 2020

Good course... thanks.

By Michael L B J

Aug 17, 2020

Un excelente curso.

By Codie J V

May 14, 2020

Excellent Material

By Suhmer F

Oct 5, 2019

Excellent

By ABRAHAM I H L

Feb 20, 2023

WELL

By Mona A A

May 30, 2020

GOOD

By Google U

May 4, 2023

Overall good foundations, very much from a social work perspective. Could have used a content refresh (lots of outdated stats, articles, etc) and a more modern approach to these topics. There was a negative framing of issues affecting those experiencing poverty and it was telling about the instructor's biases. It would be great to have modern research and people informed by an intersectional lens to their research/work to contribute to the course content.

By Melanie H

Aug 22, 2021

The information was overall really helpful in giving a broad view of social policy, but it felt a bit shallow and I would have loved to dive deeper into some of the topics, or see more research to back up some of the analysis of U.S. social policy efficiency and outcomes.

By EMERSON O

Dec 6, 2020

This was a very good course, and I'm glad that I completed it. From Emerson Overton

By Smith V P

Dec 4, 2021

Gracias por este gran curso

By Aaron A

Feb 19, 2021

Good information, but fragmented presentation. The speaker, pop-up questions, and discussion questions often refer to discussions that either haven't happened yet or simply don't exist in the course. Also, you should probably find a companion book to flesh out some of the ideas in this course, because the content is very high level.

By Ms J

Jun 18, 2023

The recording volume is so low til when I turn up my volume on my computer it's still very faint and I have to use headphones to hear recordings

By WILLIAM M

Nov 16, 2021

I took the course as a general review of information I had not specifically studied in some time. It was surprising that so little new information was available. It seemed almost as if nothing had changed since 1990 when I was originally studying for my MSW.

I also found that some of the quiz questions were poorly worded or were unclear, more than one had a typo. The answer to the question on "means tested" meaning stated "enough wealth to LIVE themselves out of poverty-clearly meant to say LIFT.

Overall the presentations could use a good proofing-- I mean this is coming from Columbia University. Several slides have typos and even outright error or wrong word choices. "venerable" instead of vulnerable- Worker Safer? when it should have been safety. FOR used when the intention was FROM, several places in the document. What are the "really" choices? REALLY? obviously real was the correct word.

Sorry but it simply seemed sloppy, and generally I was disappointed in the overall course.