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Research & Information for Evidence-based Practice

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
TuTh 8a.m. – 9:15a.m.
Wheatley W02-0107 3 $1984 (guest students)
Date
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
Time
TuTh 8a.m. – 9:15a.m.
Location
Wheatley W02-0107
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1984 (guest students)

Description

This course focuses on locating and critically applying data to inform practice in human services. Human service providers frequently encounter service users with challengers reflecting larger social problems. Student will learn how to identify these social problems and turn them into research questions. They will learn to locate and appraise relevant studies, and to understand what constitutes sound evidence as the basis for problem solving in human service practice. In the process, students will become familiar with the scientific method of data collection, enabling them to be critical consumers of information relevant to human services.

This course is closed for registration.

Course Details