This seminar introduces beginning doctoral students to the research activities of social work faculty and advanced students. Presentations will familiarize students with practical issues in the conceptual development and conduct of current research. May be repeated to a maximum of two credits.
Provides the doctoral student opportunity to conduct social work research under the supervision of a chosen faculty member. This experience is expected to result in one or more reports suitable for submission to a scholarly journal at conclusion of the practicum.
Provides the doctoral student opportunity to conduct social work research under the supervision of a chosen faculty member. This experience is expected to result in one or more reports suitable for submission to a scholarly journal at conclusion of the practicum.
Supervised teaching and other classroom experiences designed to prepare doctoral students to be social work educators.
This course examines relevant and timely topics that impact social work practice across the micro-macro continuum and all practice settings. Current, ongoing, pressing issues facing social workers will be identified with the inherent flexibility to explore topics related to students' interests. In the course, students will explore a contemporary issue of their choosing that may connect to their focus in the DSW program and ultimately their capstone project.
This course encompasses aspects of professional practice related to use of supervision and ethically derived practice. Students are introduced to the place of ethics in professional social work practice, the philosophical formulations that underlie ethics and relevant concepts derived from these formulations. The course emphasizes the development of ethical reasoning and decision-making.
Social workers must be able to evaluate knowledge and critically think about the research that informs practice. Additionally, social workers must be consumers as well as producers of evidence based research and practice. This course covers the requisite foundations of knowledge of the scientific approach, tools to identify resources, and skills to tailor interventions, implement evidence-based interventions and evidence supported common social work practice factors.
Advanced social work practice requires knowledge and skills related to competent data analysis. This course is grounded in the conceptual understanding of how data informs social work practice. Topics to be covered include but are not limited to: descriptive analysis, correlations, ANOVA, and regression. Students will gain familiarity with cleaning data, interpreting results and applying critical thinking to help them make sense of statistical presentations in published manuscripts, popular media, and other sources.
Leadership skills are essential to effectively interface within a larger institutional context and community settings to maximize their own organizational goals in meeting client needs. This course encompasses the theoretical and practical foundations of leadership and management in social work settings and prepares students to use community resources to support the mission of their organization or agency.
Leadership skills are essential to effectively interface within a larger institutional context and community settings to maximize their own organizational goals in meeting client needs. This course encompasses the theoretical and practical foundations of leadership and management in social work settings and prepares students to use community resources to support the mission of their organization or agency.
