Description
This course provides the student with the foundation of social work research, preparing the student to become an informed consumer of research. Emphasis is placed upon application: preparing the student to be a consumer and producer of practice-based research, especially evaluation research. Students will learn the design and planning of research, methodologies, and their applications. Both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies will be examined. Ethics of research and cultural competence of research will be emphasized. How tribal values relate to research, especially within the Lakota culture framework, will be explored.
Prerequisites: Sowk 323, Sowk 343 or SoSc 313
3 Credits