2008-09 Catalog 
    
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2008-09 Catalog [Archived Catalog]

SWK 220 - Research Methods II: Practice and Program Evaluation

(3 credits)
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to engage in qualitative and quantitative evaluation of their own practice and of programs in the human services field, as they prepare to become social work professionals. Practice evaluation content focuses on facilitating understanding of the practitioner’s impact on client systems on the individual, family, group, organization and community levels. Program evaluation content focuses on facilitating understanding of the comprehensive process of evaluation and the necessity of useful program design.

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.

Prerequisites: SOC101, PSY111, MAT090 or fulfillment of the general education math requirement, and PSY215.