The goal of this course is to help students develop or refine their statistical literacy skills. Both the informal activity of human inference arising from statistical constructs, as well as the moral formal perspectives on statistical inference found in confidence intervals and hypothesis tests are studied. Throughout, the emphasis is on understanding what distinguishes good and bad inferential reasoning in the practical world around us.
The goal of this course is to help students develop or refine their statistical literacy skills. Both the informal activity of human inference arising from statistical constructs, as well as the moral formal perspectives on statistical inference found in confidence intervals and hypothesis tests are studied. Throughout, the emphasis is on understanding what distinguishes good and bad inferential reasoning in the practical world around us.
Supervised reading and discussion of a selected research topic. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.
Supervised reading and discussion of a selected research topic. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.
Supervised reading and discussion of a selected research topic. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credits.
This course is designed to challenge and develop the student's knowledge of and ways of thinking about substance use and misuse in contemporary society. SW 524 provides clinical and scientific knowledge about the nature of substance misuse, and the effect of substance use disorder on individuals, families, health, and development. It further explores controversies in social policy regarding substance use and misuse, challenging the student to form his/her own understanding and judgment about these critical contemporary issues.
This course provides an overview of social work practice with military members, veterans, and military families. Students will learn to appreciate the unique experiences and stresses of military members and their families, and resultant implications for helping professionals serving this population.
Study of issues of current and special significance for social work practice. Issues selected in accordance with the needs and interests of students enrolled.
Study of issues of current and special significance for social work practice. Issues selected in accordance with the needs and interests of students enrolled.
Designed to enhance professional judgment and clinical decision-making concerning child and adolescent clients, this course provides knowledge and skills for assessment and intervention concerning a broad range of biopsychosocial disorders, including situationally precipitated conditions or disorders. An integrative, comparative, and analytic approach is used to explore the relationship between these conditions and the matrix created by biology, society, culture and environment, and to apply this knowledge to assessment and treatment.
