SOC WLF 105Social Welfare Policy in Modern America: Historical Perspectives
Social Welfare · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Historical overview of American social policy dealing with three core societal problems: poverty, sickness, and joblessness. Programs developed by governments to ameliorate these problems have typically been public insurance programs or cash transfers such as unemployment insurance, welfare, and Social Security. Collectively these programs are known as the welfare state; examination of origins of the U.S. welfare state, its development over time, and features that make it distinctive as compared to welfare states in other nations.
Letter grading.
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Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
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