Social Welfare in International Perspective: Review of an Undergraduate Course

Abstract

This study analyzes learning outcomes for 266 students who completed a course on social welfare in international perspective. Preceding the analysis is a description of course objectives, content, and the students who enrolled, including their reasons for doing so. The paper concludes that if social work education wishes to incorporate an understanding of key social welfare concepts and issues into the education of all students so that they can intelligently respond to welfare needs in their future roles as citizens and professionals, teaching social welfare in a comparative cross-national framework is one way to do this.