SOWK 3210

Social Work Research

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding and an appreciation for the scientific approach. Students will have the opportunity to understand how the scientific approach is used to build a knowledge base for generalist social worker practice and how it is used to evaluate practice/program effectiveness. Standards for ethical behavior applicable to the scientific process are presented and discussed. Furthermore, this course will require the student to become involved in understanding and applying qualitative/ quantitative methods, data analysis techniques, practice/program evaluation designs, and in raising pertinent social work research questions. This course also requires students to critically evaluate research articles pertinent to generalist social work practice.

Units: 3.0