This course examines the concept of human need as it relates to social justice and the cyclical relationships between social problems and public policies. A variety of strategies for effective social policy design, implementation and analysis are presented within the context of existing social welfare policies and services. Course content reflects the interdisciplinary efforts of the social, political, legal, economic, and administrative processes which are vital to policy making at all levels.

The use of technology is just one area in which social workers must have translational knowledge and skill. Social workers must not only be able to effectively leverage technology and social media, but are often responsible for financial management tasks such budgeting, accounting, and cost/benefit analysis, particularly within non-profit agencies. This course draws from multiple disciplines (e.g., business, marketing, communication) to help students understand and utilize business and technology skills in the work they do as social workers.

Evaluating social work practice is a professional imperative based on the NASW Code of Ethics and the profession's core values. Given that social workers do research in the "real world" rather than in a lab, this class addresses the advantages and challenges of conducting research in social work settings (e.g., data collection, use of existing data, etc.).

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.

This course provides an overview of the doctoral program, introduces students to expectations related to doctoral education, and addresses writing for academic and professional social work practitioners. Topics that will be covered include but are not limited to: orientation to the program, curriculum, and capstone project; academic writing for publication; and professional documentation across practice settings (e.g., case notes, contract writing, MOUs, etc.).

Supervised teaching and other classroom experiences designed to prepare doctoral students to be social work educators.

This practicum experience provides the doctoral student an opportunity to conduct social work research under the supervision of a chosen faculty member. This experiential learning experience is expected to result in one or more reports suitable for submission to a scholarly journal at conclusion of the practicum.

This practicum experience provides the doctoral student an opportunity to conduct social work research under the supervision of a chosen faculty member. This experiential learning experience is expected to result in one or more reports suitable for submission to a scholarly journal at conclusion of the practicum.

This practicum experience provides the doctoral student an opportunity to conduct social work research under the supervision of a chosen faculty member. This experiential learning experience is expected to result in one or more reports suitable for submission to a scholarly journal at conclusion of the practicum.

This practicum experience provides the doctoral student an opportunity to conduct social work research under the supervision of a chosen faculty member. This experiential learning experience is expected to result in one or more reports suitable for submission to a scholarly journal at conclusion of the practicum.