Course Descriptions

The Course Descriptions catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate courses offered by Michigan State University. The searches below only return course versions Fall 2000 and forward. Please refer to the Archived Course Descriptions for additional information.

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SW 829 Essential Research Tools for Social Work Practice

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 2   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:2
Recommended Background:
Bachelors degree required.
Restrictions:
Open only to graduate students.
Description:
Role of research in social work. Nature of the evidence base in social work. Critical thinking, ethics, diversity, and social justice issues. Research designs in social work. Descriptive and inferential statistics.
Effective Dates:
US06 - SS10

SW 829 Social Work Research Methods I

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 2   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:2
Recommended Background:
Bachelors degree required.
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the School of Social Work.
Description:
Knowledge and skills in critical thinking, statistical methods. Concepts of data, distributions, samples and populations, measurement, descriptive statistics, inferential statistics and related topics using either SPSS or Excel. Ethics, diversity, social justice issues.
Effective Dates:
US10 - US17

SW 829 Social Work Research Methods I

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 2   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:2
Recommended Background:
Bachelors degree required.
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the School of Social Work.
Description:
Knowledge and skills in critical thinking and statistical methods. Concepts of data, distributions, samples and populations, measurement, descriptive statistics, inferential statistics and related topics using either SPSS or Excel. Ethics, diversity, social justice issues.
Effective Dates:
FS17 - US25

SW 829 Social Work Research Methods I

Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: Credits: 2   Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours:2
Recommended Background:
Bachelor's degree required.
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the School of Social Work.
Description:
Knowledge in statistical methods: Descriptive and basic inferential statistics. Application for statistical knowledge to research-informed practice in social work problem settings. Ethics, diversity, social justice issues.
Effective Dates:
FS25 - Open