SCWK-49600 Research in Social Work

This course introduces students to the purposes, goals and logic of social science thinking. Instruction focuses on understanding and interpreting the social work ethical obligation of evidence-based practice, research design, quantitative and qualitative analysis in the social work context, and illustrating the use of research in advocating for new programming, funding, and policy on behalf of at-risk populations.  The course is oriented toward providing students skills that can be used in learning how to evaluate the student's own practice in the future and in critiquing the research of others. The advanced writing requirement of the General Education Curriculum is successfully completed in this course.

Credits

3