15.5 PhD COURSE
DESCRIPTIONS (SW)
Courses are subject to
modification without advance notice
SW 600 Social Work and the
Welfare State. Three hours.
Prerequisite: Admission to the PhD program or permission of the
instructor.
Introduction to needs and opportunities for research in social
welfare policy and its implementation, past and present. Examination
of the development of the welfare state and current research on
social welfare policy and its implementation.
SW 601 Seminar in Doctoral Education. One hour.
Provides students with an introduction to the PhD program,
expectations for doctoral-level study, and familiarity with faculty
and their research interests.
SW 605 Social Work Education. Three
hours.
Prerequisite: SW 601
Focuses on the history, current structure, pedagogical theories, and
contemporary issues important to social work educators.
SW 620 Social Work Research I. Three hours.
Prerequisite: Admission to the PhD program or permission of the
instructor.
Prerequisite or corequisite: An approved statistics course.
Examination of some of the key theoretical issues of qualitative and
quantitative social science research and the basic processes of
theory formulation and knowledge building.
SW 621 Social Work Research II. Three hours.
Prerequisite: SW 620.
Prerequisite or corequisite: Completion of the statistics
requirement or enrollment in an approved statistics course.
Continuation of SW 620. Prepares students to design and carry out
quantitative, qualitative, and multi-method research appropriate and
adequate for answering social work research questions. Focuses on
research design, sampling, data collection and analysis, and
dissemination of results and conclusions.
SW 622 Observation and Measurement. Three hours.
Prerequisites: SW 621 and completion of the statistics requirement
or permission of the instructor.
Focuses on the theoretical foundations of observation and
measurement in social research and on the practical skills for
measuring social phenomena, including assessment of the psychometric
properties of research instruments and the design of reliable and
valid instruments.
SW 623 Seminar in Qualitative Research. Three hours.
Prerequisites: SW 621 and completion of the statistics requirement
or permission of the instructor.
Advanced study of key concepts in qualitative research, with
applications for social work practice research and evaluation.
SW 624 Seminar in Research on Social Work Practice. Three
hours.
Prerequisites: SW 621 and completion of the statistics requirement
or permission of the instructor.
Intensive study of selected research problems and relevant research
methods concerning social work practice.
SW 628 Research Practicum. Three hours.
Prerequisites: SW 621 and completion of
statistics requirement or permission of the instructor.
Development of a social work research proposal, including the
conceptualization of the research question, review of pertinent
literature, project administration, arrangements for community
collaboration, and IRB approval. Participation in ongoing research
under faculty supervision.
SW 629 Seminar in Special Topics in Social Work Research.
Three hours.
Prerequisites: SW 621 and completion of the statistics requirement
or permission of the instructor.
Study of an advanced quantitative or qualitative method, approach,
or technique with emphasis on knowledge-building applications of the
method, approach, or technique.
SW 640 Concepts and Theories of Social Work Practice. Three
hours.
Prerequisite: Admission to the PhD program or permission of the
instructor.
Components of social work practice theory, including historical
forces shaping conceptualizations of practice, the ideological and
epistemological assumptions of both normative and empirical
conceptualizations of practice, and the contributions of science and
other approaches to knowledge and skill building.
SW 648 Seminar in Social Work: Special Topics. Three hours.
Prerequisite: Admission to the PhD program or permission of the
instructor.
Integrative seminar on special topics.
SW 660 Independent Study. Three hours.
Prerequisite: Completion of the doctoral core courses or permission
of the instructor.
SW 698 Nondissertation Research. Variable credit.
SW 699 Dissertation Research. Variable credit. Three-hour
minimum.
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