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Nov 23, 2024
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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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SWRK 311 - Research Methods: Practice Oriented
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
This course is designed to prepare students to be effective consumers and producers of research, and to evaluate their own practice. They learn to read, critically evaluate, and use the research of others to select interventions that are based on evidence. Within this process, the following will be covered: the scientific method for building knowledge for social work practice, ethical standards for scientific inquiry, qualitative and quantitative research methodology, research designs for developing knowledge and systematically evaluating social work practice and human service programs, and the review and utilization of research findings.
Prerequisite: Junior standing and SWRK 230 and a declared social work major
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