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Overview Understand social work research through the critical examination of the methods and organization of the ever-expanding professional literature associated with social work practice. The field of social work research has experienced considerable growth over the past 25 years. This body...

Overview Explore current social welfare issues in the context of their history and the underlying rationale and values that support different approaches. Emphasis is placed on major fields of social work service such as: income maintenance health care mental health child welfare corrections...

Overview Interested in public policy thinking? This course will equip you to utilize a powerful, eight-step method for analyzing public policy problems and formulating recommendations for addressing them. To help you learn the “eightfold path” to problem solving, you will review and enjoy...

Overview This course is part of the IPSAMOOC project, a joint venture Federica Weblearning - IPSA, the International Political Science Association If you've ever asked the question, "What is Democracy?" this course is for you. This comparative study of politics covers a wide variety of topics...

Overview This course is part of the IPSAMOOC project, a joint venture Federica Weblearning - IPSA, the International Political Science Association With the demise of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the World Order that had been established after the Second World War began to...

Overview This course is part of the IPSAMOOC project, a joint venture Federica Weblearning - IPSA, the International Political Science Association Political science discourse brings us face to face with many important concepts like authority, democracy, and power. However, all of them are used...

Overview “We the People” are the opening words of the U.S. Constitution, yet the original document did not give citizens much say in the election of their officials. Though some of those issues have been addressed, substantial barriers—gerrymandering, voter registration, and voter ID laws—still...

Overview This course will provide insight on the competitive and strategic advantages of enterprises by using Intellectual Property Rights. You will learn about the different types of Intellectual Property as well as the strategy, valuation and asset management of it. The course also includes...

Overview This course systematically explores the effectiveness of the law and justice system from a psychological perspective. By experiencing a fictional case first hand, you will learn about the psychology of law and some of the misconceptions commonly held about criminal justice. What...

Overview Learn about contracts from Harvard Law Professor Charles Fried, one of the world’s leading authorities on contract law. Contracts are promises that the law will enforce. But when will the law refuse to honor a promise? What happens when one party does not hold to their part of the deal...

Overview The University of Baltimore School of Law and Lyle Denniston, who has been covering the Supreme Court of the United States for over five decades, examine the Court’s interaction with America’s political life. From the founding of a new nation - with the creation of a truly national...

Overview This course is part of the Healthcare Administration MicroMasters program which consists of 7 courses and a capstone exam. After completing the program, you can also apply to Doane University to complete your MBA online for approximately $10,500 (learn more about the program here). To...

Overview This course is part of the Certified Lifestyle Medicine Executive MicroMasters program which consists of 9 courses and a capstone exam. After completing the program, you can also apply to Doane University to complete your MBA online for approximately $10,500 (learn more about the...

Overview Human rights are developed through the constant dialogue between international human rights bodies and domestic courts, in a search that crosses geographical, cultural and legal boundaries. The result is a unique human rights grammar, which this course shall discuss and question...

Overview International law can be considered as the law of the international community, the law that governs relations between States. But it also relates to what international organizations do and, increasingly, it concerns individuals, corporations, NGO’s and other non-state actors. As the...

Overview Armed conflicts have always existed around the world. Unfortunately, recent events have shown that this phenomenon is becoming increasingly complex, especially with respect to some legal issues, such as: - The definition of combatants when terrorists are involved in the hostilities. -...

Overview Are you aware of the controversial situations facing States and foreign investors nowadays in relation to, for instance, the protection of public health and the environment? Do you recall recent cases such as Philip Morris v Uruguay and Vattenfall v Germany? In the aftermath of these...

Overview Human rights defenders are people who have the courage to stand up against injustice. In this online course, you will follow their stories, learn how they mitigate risks and explore the creative ways they use to speak up. You will find out what drives them to take action, witness what...

Overview Across the world, barriers are growing. Every day people fleeing war and persecution find the door slammed in their face. Refugees have human rights. What are these rights? Who is responsible for upholding and protecting them? How can we hold them to account? This short course will...

Overview The course commences through exploring the development of the conventional understanding of universal human rights and then moves to critiquing this concept from cultural relativist, postmodern, postcolonial and feminist perspectives. It also examines understandings of human rights from...