SOCWEL 282A
Seminar in Social Welfare Research I
This course is designed to provide (1) an overview of epistemological paradigms (or how we organize and legitimize our ways of knowing) and (2) various research methods that are derived from those paradigms and are used to inform social welfare research and practice.
Topics
- To equip students with the research skills that will help them engage thematic material in previous and subsequent social welfare courses. To cultivate a healthy spirit of skepticism and become sharper consumers of the biological, psychological, and social scientific information that informs evidence-based practice and praxis. To provide the necessary background for students to begin conducting research that is steered by and advances social work values.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Prerequisites & course information
{'preRequisiteCourse': '1215801', 'concurrentPrerequisit': False}
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027