SW 6461 - Advanced Research I in Public Services

In this course, second-year students will build on their practice skills and concepts associated with research about public service programs, e.g., child welfare, aging, substance abuse, temporary aid to needy families, etc. This semester's work will assist students in developing the basics for evaluating interventions with individual consumers within these programs. Students will focus on single-subject research and will use quantitative and qualitative methods for applied clinical and evaluative research. Student will also learn program evaluation methods.