Online DSW Coursework
Required DSW Coursework
4 Credits – Course Number SOWK 9951
Learning Objectives:
- Integrate multiple theories and evidence-based conceptual frameworks of leadership
- Understand social work leadership in evidence-based practices
- Learn, analyze, and critique various styles of leadership using a multicultural perspective
- Identify and evaluate one’s preferred leadership style
Applied Practice Gain:
- Conduct a systematic review of EBP and/or leadership within APP
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate one’s personal effectiveness as a leader
4 Credits – Course Number SOWK 9961
Learning Objectives:
- Develop a theoretical platform and practical implications of social work practice, research, and values
- Identify social issues central to the student’s area or population of interest
- Develop a critical frame for applying social systems theory to relevant social issues and research
Applied Practice Gain:
- Link theory to APP and guiding research
- Create a manuscript introduction
1 Credit – Course Number SOWK 9992
Applied Practice Gain:
- Create online portfolio and develop CV draft with existing experience
- Identify potential APP areas based on portfolio
4 Credits – Course Number SOWK 9971
Learning Objectives:
- Develop comprehensive knowledge of the background and history of social policy
- Critically analyze policies using Bardach’s “Eightfold Path” model
- Understand policy, service delivery, and the nature of power and control in the political and legislative process, with a special emphasis on disenfranchised populations and social work values
Applied Practice Gain:
- Link historical and policy approaches to APP
- Update/modify introduction section
4 Credits – Course Number SOWK 9941
Learning Objectives:
- Locate, critically analyze, and design selected potential outcome measure
- Locate, critically analyze, and design selected research designs in outcomes research
- Move students forward in conceptualizing and designing their required APPs
Applied Practice Gain:
- Develop research questions for project
- Draft quantitative methods section for APP
1 Credit – Course Number SOWK 9992
Applied Practice Gain:
- Finalize initial CV
- Create a concept map with potential APP
4 Credits – Course Number SOWK 9955
Learning Objectives:
- Acquire skills useful in conducting action research with community organizations
- Further develop a critical frame for designing real-world program and clinical evaluations
- Apply program evaluation and outcomes research design skills to a local agency
Applied Practice Gain:
- Identify program evaluation options central to APP topic
- Develop program evaluation plan and applied research skills central to participatory research
4 Credits – Course Number SOWK 9942
Learning Objectives:
- Identify theoretical and technical challenges in conducting qualitative data collection
- Understand the importance of qualitative methods for program evaluation and outcome research
- Conduct interview and transcribe the interview
- Qualitative data analysis and coding schemes
Applied Practice Gain:
- Develop research questions for project
- Draft qualitative methods/results section for APP
1 Credit – Course Number SOWK 9992
Applied Practice Gain:
- Asynchronous Work
- Learn techniques for proposal and abstract writing.
- Draft, finalize, and submit proposal for APP, including research questions and timeline
4 Credits – Course Number TBD
Learning Objectives:
- Increase proficiency in the process of learning and teaching, especially linking to the CSWE Core Competencies
- Identify philosophies of adult education and strategies to enhance learning in the classroom, with a special emphasis on incorporating diversity content and conflict resolution in the classroom
- Develop specific teaching skills, including curriculum/syllabus design, lecture preparation, assignments, and evaluation
Applied Practice Gain:
- Develop a teaching philosophy and portfolio
- Create curriculum and learn effective presentation skills
4 Credits – Course Number SOWK 9993
Learning Objectives:
- Develop an understanding of ethical requirements and pragmatic considerations in the development of a research proposal through becoming knowledgeable about the IRB process
- Develop a manageable research and poignant and concise literature review relevant to stated research question
- Further identify relevant and manageable methods appropriate for addressing stated research question
Applied Practice Gain:
- Develop a draft of Tulane IRB
1 Credit – Course Number SOWK 9992
Applied Practice Gain:
- Learn techniques for journal selection, submission, and peer review process
- Draft manuscript outline
4 Credits – Course Number SOWK 9943
Learning Objectives:
- Understand data management, storage, and ethics
- Develop critical framework for secondary and publicly available macro data sets
- Identify appropriate variables and levels of measurement
- Learn descriptive and inferential statistics useful in program evaluation and outcome research
Applied Practice Gain:
- Develop results section for APP manuscript
- Identify statistics appropriate for APP
4 Credits – Course Number TBD
Learning Objectives:
- Articulate the theoretical foundations that affect the growth of and external influences on the nonprofit sector
- Understand different management aspects, roles of boards, strategic planning, and fundraising ethics for nonprofit management
- Perform basic analyses of financial information provided by nonprofit entities, including budgetary calculations, cost allocation techniques, capital planning, and operational needs
Applied Practice Gain:
- Agency Leadership
1 Credit – Course Number SOWK 9992
Learning Objectives:
- APP advising
Applied Practice Gain:
- Review timeline, progress, and changes needed
1 Credit – Course Number TBD
Learning Objectives:
- Identify and describe theories and relevant models of effective community practice theoretical models for community organization
- Learn the community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to advocacy
- Identify advantages and disadvantages of CBPR as a method for approaching study and action to address social problems
- Describe similarities and differences between participatory evaluation and participatory research
Applied Practice Gain:
- Community leadership
- Further develop program evaluation plan and applied research skills central to APP
5 Credits – Course Number SOWK 9995
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the fundamental components of a grant proposal, such as the abstract or summary, background and significance, specific aims/goals and objectives, project design and methods, sustainability, assessment, broader impacts, dissemination, budget, budget justification, and cover letter, as well as the overall grant submission process
- Learn how to locate available funding opportunities
- Develop the skills needed to develop competitive grant proposals
- Prepare a complete grant proposal to an agency of the student’s choice
Applied Practice Gain:
- Develop grant application based on topic of interest
1 Credit – Course Number SOWK 9992
Applied Practice Gain: Asynchronous Work
- Learn techniques for succinct scholarly writing
- Draft APP reports
1 Credit – Course Number SOWK 9991
Applied Practice Gain:
- Submit drafts for feedback
- Submit manuscript
- Submit finalized secondary report
1 Credit – Course Number SOWK 9991
Applied Practice Gain:
- Learn techniques for scholarly presentation and dissemination
- Defend projects and knowledge gain