Syllabus
	Course Calendar
	List of Library Readings Available On Reserve
	Link to Library Reserves
	Active Reading Checklist

Assignments

	Social Welfare Group Presentation
	Assignment 1 Social Welfare Web Census Exercise
	Assignment 2 Complete the NYS Welfare Application
	Assignment 3 Health Care Coverage Assignment  --->   Grid for your answers
	Assignment 4 Power Point Assignment
	Assignment 5 Moving To Opportunity  (MTO) film http://www.msnbc.com/news/DATELINEMTO_Front.asp §         Moving Out Video-1 (8 minutes) §         Starting Over Video 2 (10:46 minutes) §         New Neighbors Video 3 (6:11 minutes) §         Handling Change Video 4 (5:14 minutes) §         What’s Next (2 years later) Video 5 (7:55 minutes)
	Assignment 6 Social Security Budgeting Exercise
	Instructions
	Excel Spreadsheet
	Social Welfare Policy/Program Paper
	Turnitin.com instructions

****To Print out Lecture Notes in Handout Form

 

	Introduction to the class
	What is the Welfare State?
	The US WS in Comparative Perspective I
	The US WS in Comparative Perspective II
	The Legacy of the Modern US WS I
	The Legacy of the Modern US WS II
	A Framework for Understanding Policy I
	A Framework for Understanding Policy II
	HST Ch3: Fashioning a New Society in the Wilderness

 

	Social Security I
	Social Security II
	Library Presentation

 

	Unemployment Insurance and Disability Insurance
	Means Tested Welfare
	SSI, Housing, Food Stamps
	HST Ch4: Social Welfare Policy in the Early Republic: 1789-1860
	Review For Midterm Review Puzzle for Programs and Terms

 

	Health: Medicare and Medicaid
	Education Policy
	HST Ch5: Lost Opportunities: The Frontier, the Civil War, and Industrialization 1803-1902
	HST Ch6: Social Reform in the Progressive Era: 1882-1924 Part I

 

	Capstone Paper Workshop
	HST Ch 7: The Early Stages of the New Deal
	Experiencing the Welfare State
	HST Ch 8: Institutionalizing the New Deal
	HST Ch 9: The Era of Federal Social Services: The New Frontier and the Great Society Part II

 

	Making Policies
	Knowledge, Power and Interests I
	Knowledge, Power and Interests II
	HST Ch 10: The Paradoxical Era
	Budgeting
	Implementation
	HST Ch 11: The Conservative Counterrevolution in the Era of Reagan and Bush

 

	Social Work and Public Administration
	Program Evaluation
	Trends Influencing the Future of Social Welfare
	HST Ch 12: Reluctance Illustrated: Policy Uncertainty in the Clinton Administration

 

Review For Final Exam Review Puzzles  Policy Making and Knowledge Jeopardy