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 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.

This course focuses on the relationship between theory and research, with particular attention to how theories are constructed, how they evolve, and how they can inform different types of inquiry and research designs.

This course provides students with a theoretical and conceptual framework for understanding social problems and their implications for macro social work practice. Critical perspectives related to social science theory will be identified, assumptions assessed, values examined, and empirical evidence analyzed. Theories covered will be drawn from sociological, socio-cultural, political, economic, historical and other perspectives. Students will be expected to develop their abilities to analyze and critique social problems and macro social work practice.

Organized study, research and/or tutorial focused on special issues or social problems. Course may be taken for one to three credit hours per semester. This course may be taken, repeatedly, up to a maximum of 12 credit hours.

Organized study, research and/or tutorial focused on special issues or social problems. Course may be taken for one to three credit hours per semester. This course may be taken, repeatedly, up to a maximum of 12 credit hours.

Organized study, research and/or tutorial focused on special issues or social problems. Course may be taken for one to three credit hours per semester. This course may be taken, repeatedly, up to a maximum of 12 credit hours.

In this second of two required research methods courses, students will conduct and report on the quantitative research project proposed in the first semester. They will also conduct a meta-analysis, test a research instrument's reliability and validity, conduct an exercise using qualitative methodology, and explore large public databases.

This advanced level practicum builds on the SW 740 advanced practicum and the foundation practicum, and prepares students to practice as social workers at the advanced level in public and private settings. The advanced practicum focuses on the application of theory, knowledge, and skills, and integrates the social work competencies developed in the advanced curriculum year with practice experience in community-based agencies to address complex needs and problems.

This course provides social work students an opportunity for advanced study of differential diagnostic assessment using the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The course also provides an opportunity for more detailed study of the more common mental disorders seen in social work practice. Students will engage in the advanced study of clinical decision making as it pertains to current mental health assessment, with special attention made to anti-racist and anti-oppressive inclusive mental health assessment.