Prerequisites: Doctoral student standing at Loyola University Chicago; Students in other LUC Doctoral programs may register for the course with approval from the School of Social Work Doctoral Program Director.
This course presents an overview and critical analysis of the research methods commonly used in social work and other related disciplines. The course will involve reading about these research methods, critically analyzing a variety of research reports, and applying research methods to an area relevant to the advancement of knowledge about social work selected by each student.
Outcomes: Understand the epistemological bases of various approaches to research on the research process and knowledge development in the social sciences; Understand the variety of traditions of research in and relevant to the social work profession, with an emphasis on research about practice, to identify and analyze the research and evaluation designs or strategies of inquiry; Understand problem formulation process, including engaging in the process of identifying and refining the description of a study issue, the statement of a research question, and the connection of it to a strategy of inquiry.
This course presents an overview and critical analysis of the research methods commonly used in social work and other related disciplines. The course will involve reading about these research methods, critically analyzing a variety of research reports, and applying research methods to an area relevant to the advancement of knowledge about social work selected by each student.
Outcomes: Understand the epistemological bases of various approaches to research on the research process and knowledge development in the social sciences; Understand the variety of traditions of research in and relevant to the social work profession, with an emphasis on research about practice, to identify and analyze the research and evaluation designs or strategies of inquiry; Understand problem formulation process, including engaging in the process of identifying and refining the description of a study issue, the statement of a research question, and the connection of it to a strategy of inquiry.