SW 689 - Community-Based Research in Social Work Practice
Units: 4
The purpose of this course is to prepare students to implement and evaluate a community-based research, evaluation or advocacy project. Topics include program evaluation and planning, data analysis, and ethical issues in community-based research.
Prerequisites: M.S.W. major.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Synchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Develop a community-based research, evaluation, or advocacy project that reflects a sophisticated understanding of stakeholder strengths, needs, and input, draws on theoretical and empirical literature, and considers issues of social work ethics, diversity, and social and economic justice
2. Demonstrate an understanding of ethical, political, and managerial implications of planning a program and conducting an evaluation in human service organizations
3. Describe and critically assess the similarities and differences among evaluation models and approaches used in human services
4. Apply qualitative and quantitative participatory methods to program planning and evaluation
5. Articulate a rationale for how evaluation results can be used to improve human services, advance the interests of stakeholders, and inform social work practice
6. Conduct a self-assessment of personal strengths and challenges related to implementing a community-based research project and plan for how to build on strengths and address challenges.
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