Undergraduate - UnitSWK3310 - Social welfare practice and research

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	Department of Social Work
Offered	Not offered in 2013
Coordinator(s)	Dr Kerry Brydon

Synopsis

The unit will equip students with basic research techniques, emphasizing how the various quantitative and qualitative methods may be synthesized within one research project and the ways in which data may be analyzed.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

Describe the place of research in social welfare practice and in the development of knowledge for social welfare practice;
Discuss the most commonly used techniques in social welfare research and the skills needed to implement them;
Critically evaluate existing research literature: and
Demonstrate the capacity to use common data analysis techniques.

Assessment

One critique of a published research article, 750 words worth 15% of the unit mark.
Identification of a social problem and review of literature and development of the research question. 1500 words worth 35% of the unit mark.
Development of proposed methodology, 2,250 words worth 50% of the unit mark.

Contact hours

Students will attend up to three hours of direct teaching classes per week and are expected to complete nine hours of independent study each week.

Co-requisites

Available to Bachelor of Social Welfare students only