2021-22 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2021-22 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

SWK 320WI - Qualitative Research

(2 credits) (Writing intensive)
The course prepares students to engage in qualitative inquiry and research designs, including narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, case study, participatory action research, focus groups, and ethnography. Comparative analysis of approaches, paradigmatic controversies, and mixed model designs are discussed. The course reviews strategies of inquiry, sampling methods, data collection, and analysis. Students will learn conventions of qualitative research writing in the field of social work.

Note: Transfer credits will be evaluated on a course-by-course basis. No academic credit will be granted for social work courses taken in programs which are not accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. No academic credit will be granted, in whole or in part, for life experience or work experience. Students must achieve a grade of “C” or above in all social work core foundational courses. If not, the student must repeat the course until the standard has been achieved.

Prerequisites: SOC101SS, PSY100SS, SWK300, PSY215 and be at the junior level.